8There was war again. David went out, and fought with the Philistines, and killed them with a great slaughter; and they fled before him.


In Context

5 for he put his life in his hand, and struck the Philistine, and Yahweh worked a great victory for all Israel. You saw it, and rejoiced. Why then will you sin against innocent blood, to kill David without a cause?|

6 Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan: and Saul swore, |As Yahweh lives, he shall not be put to death.|

7 Jonathan called David, and Jonathan showed him all those things. Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence, as before.

8 There was war again. David went out, and fought with the Philistines, and killed them with a great slaughter; and they fled before him.

9 An evil spirit from Yahweh was on Saul, as he sat in his house with his spear in his hand; and David was playing with his hand.

10 Saul sought to pin David even to the wall with the spear; but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he stuck the spear into the wall. David fled, and escaped that night.

1 Samuel 19:8 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

19:8Once more war broke out, and David went out and fought the Philistines. He struck them with such force that they fled before him.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:8And there was war again: and David went out, and fought with the Philistines, and slew them with a great slaughter; and they fled from him.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

19:8And the war began again, and David went out and fought against the Philistines, and defeated them with a great slaughter, and they fled from his face.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

19:8And there was war again: and David went out, and fought with the Philistines, and slew them with a great slaughter; and they fled before him.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:8And there was war again; and David went forth and fought with the Philistines, and smote them with a great slaughter; and they fled before him.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

19:8And there was war again: and David went out, and fought with the Philistines, and slew them with a great slaughter; and they fled before him.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:8And there was war again: and David went out, and fought with the Philistines, and slew them with a great slaughter; and they fled from him.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

19:8And there addeth to be war, and David goeth out and fighteth against the Philistines, and smiteth among them — a great smiting, and they flee from his face.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:8And there was war again: and David went out, and fought with the Philistines, and slew them with a great slaughter; and they fled from him.