1 Samuel 18:19 — Compare Translations

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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

And it cometh to pass, at the time of the giving of Merab daughter of Saul to David, that she hath been given to Adriel the Meholathite for a wife.

English ASV

But it came to pass at the time when Merab, Sauls daughter, should have been given to David, that she was given unto Adriel the Meholathite to wife.

English Amplified

But at the time when Merab, Saul's daughter, should have been given to David, she was given to Adriel the Meholathite as wife.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

But at the time when Merab, Saul's daughter, should have been given to David, she was given to Adriel the Meholathite as wife.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

So when it was time to give Saul’s daughter Merab to David, she was given in marriage to Adriel of Meholah.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

When it was time to give Saul’s daughter Merab to David, she was given to Adriel the Meholathite as a wife.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

And it came to pass at the time when Merab Saul's daughter should have been given to David, that she was given to Adriel the Meholathite as wife.

English EASY 2024

When the time came for Merab to marry David, Saul told her to marry a different man. He gave her to Adriel from Meholah to be his wife.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

So when the time came for David to marry Saul's daughter, Saul let her marry Adriel from Meholah.

But at the time when Merab, Saul's daughter, should have been given to David, she was given to Adriel the Meholathite for a wife.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

But when the time came for Merab to be given to David, she was given instead to a man named Adriel from Meholah.

English God's Word - GW 1995

But when the time came to give Saul's daughter Merab to David, she was married to Adriel from Meholah.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

When it was time to give Saul's daughter Merab to David, she was given to Adriel the Meholathite as a wife.

English KJV 1611

But it came to pass at the time when Merab Saul's daughter should have been given to David, that she was given unto Adriel the Meholathite to wife.

English LSB

So it happened at the time when Merab, Saul’s daughter, should have been given to David, that she was given to Adriel the Meholathite as a wife.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

So when it was time that Merab, daughter of Saul, should have been given to David, she was given to Adriel the Meholathite for a wife.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

So it came about at the time when Merab, Saul's daughter, should have been given to David, that she was given to Adriel the Meholathite for a wife.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

However, when it was time for Saul's daughter Merob to be given to David, she was given in marriage to Adriel the Meholathite instead.)

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

When the time came for Merab, Saul’s daughter, to be given to David, she instead was given in marriage to Adriel, who was from Meholah.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

The time came for Saul to give his daughter Merab to David. Instead, Saul gave her to Adriel from Meholah to be his wife.

English NIV

So when the time came for Merab, Saul's daughter, to be given to David, she was given in marriage to Adriel of Meholah.

English NKJ 1982

But it happened at the time when Merab, Saul’s daughter, should have been given to David, that she was given to Adriel the Meholathite as a wife.

English NLT

So when the time came for the wedding, Saul gave Merab in marriage to Adriel, a man from Meholah.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

But at the time when Saul's daughter Merab should have been given to David, she was given to Adriel the Meholathite as a wife.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

But at the time when Merab, Saul's daughter, should have been given to David, she was given to Adriel the Meholathite for a wife.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

But when the time arrived for the wedding, Saul married her to Adriel, a man from Meholath, instead.

English Tyndale 1537

How be it when the time was come that Merob Saul's daughter should have been given to David she was given unto Adziel a Neholothite, to wife.