1 Samuel 19:14 — Compare Translations

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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young
And Saul sendeth messengers to take David, and she saith, `He [is] sick.`
English ASV
And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick.
English Amplified
And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick.
English Amplified Classic Bible 1987
And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick.
English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025
When Saul sent the messengers to seize David, Michal said, “He is ill.”
English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible
When Saul sent agents to seize David, Michal said, “He’s sick.”
English Darby 1890 : Public Domain
And Saul sent messengers to take David, and she said, He is sick.
English EASY 2024
Saul sent some of his men to take hold of David. Michal told them that David was ill.
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
Saul sent messengers to take David prisoner. But Michal said, "David is sick."
English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles
And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, "He is sick."
English GNT (Good News Translation)
When Saul's men came to get David, Michal told them that he was sick.
English God's Word - GW 1995
When Saul sent messengers to get David, Michal said, "He's sick."
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
When Saul sent agents to seize David, Michal said, "He's sick."
English KJV 1611
And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick.
English LSB
Then Saul sent messengers to take David, but she said, “He is sick.”
English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)
When Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, “He is sick.”
English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
When Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, "He is sick."
English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website
When Saul sent messengers to arrest David, she said, "He is sick."
English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)
When Saul sent messengers to arrest David, she said, “He’s sick.”
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
Saul sent the men to capture David. But Michal told them, "He's sick."
English NIV
When Saul sent the men to capture David, Michal said, "He is ill."
English NKJ 1982
So when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, “He is sick.”
English NLT
When the troops came to arrest David, she told them he was sick and couldn't get out of bed.
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
When Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, "He is sick."
English RSV (Revised Standard Version)
And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, “He is sick.”
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
When the soldiers came to arrest David and take him to Saul, she told them he was sick and couldn't get out of bed.
English Tyndale 1537
And when Saul sent messengers to fetch David, she said that he was sick.