7and the women answer — those playing, and say, 'Saul hath smitten among his thousands, And David among his myriads.'


In Context

4 and Jonathan strippeth himself of the upper robe which is upon him, and giveth it to David, and his long robe, even unto his sword, and unto his bow, and unto his girdle.

5 And David goeth out whithersoever Saul doth send him; he acted wisely, and Saul setteth him over the men of war, and it is good in the eyes of all the people, and also in the eyes of the servants of Saul.

6 And it cometh to pass, in their coming in, in David's returning from smiting the Philistine, that the women come out from all the cities of Israel to sing — also the dancers — to meet Saul the king, with tabrets, with joy, and with three-stringed instruments;

7 and the women answer — those playing, and say, 'Saul hath smitten among his thousands, And David among his myriads.'

8 And it is displeasing to Saul exceedingly, and this thing is evil in his eyes, and he saith, 'They have given to David myriads, and to me they have given the thousands, and more to him is only the kingdom;'

9 and Saul is eyeing David from that day and thenceforth.

1 Samuel 18:7 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

18:7As they danced, they sang: "Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands."

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:7And the women answered [one another] as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

18:7And the women sung as they played, and they said: Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

18:7And the women sang one to another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, And David his ten thousands.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:7And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath smitten his thousands, And David his ten thousands.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

18:7And the women sang one to another in their play, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:7And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:7The women sang one to another as they played, and said, |Saul has slain his thousands, David his ten thousands.|

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:7And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.