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1 Samuel 16:19

Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, which is with the sheep.

KJV

Misit ergo Saul nuntios ad Isai, dicens : Mitte ad me David filium tuum, qui est in pascuis.

Vulgate

καὶ ἀπέστειλεν Σαοὺλ ἀγγέλους πρὸς Ἰεσσαὶ λέγων Ἀπόστειλον πρὸς μὲ τὸν υἱόν σου Δαυεὶδ τὸν ἐν τῷ ποιμνίῳ σου.

LXX

Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, who is with the sheep.

ASV

וַ/יִּשְׁלַ֥ח שָׁא֛וּל מַלְאָכִ֖ים אֶל יִשָׁ֑י וַ/יֹּ֕אמֶר שִׁלְחָ֥/ה אֵלַ֛/י אֶת דָּוִ֥ד בִּנְ/ךָ֖ אֲשֶׁ֥ר בַּ/צֹּֽאן

Hebrew

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In this verse

People JesseSaulDavid

In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
דָּוִ֔ד
dvd
proper_noun · 1067×
יִשַׁ֔י
yshy
proper_noun · 42×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
מַלְאַ֣ךְ
ml'k
noun · 212×
נִי
ny
verb · 838×
צֹ֣אן
ts'n
noun · 269×
שָׁא֔וּל
sh'vl
proper_noun · 404×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 16:11 — And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will not
  • 1Sam 17:15 — But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Bethlehem.
  • Ps 78:70 — He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds: