1 Samuel 24:2 — Compare Translations

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

And Saul taketh three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and goeth to seek David and his men, on the front of the rocks of the wild goats,

English ASV

Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats.

English Amplified

Then Saul took 3,000 chosen men out of all Israel and went to seek David and his men among the Rocks of the Wild Goats.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

Then Saul took 3,000 chosen men out of all Israel and went to seek David and his men among the Rocks of the Wild Goats.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

So Saul took three thousand chosen men from all Israel and went to look for David and his men in the region of the Rocks of the Wild Goats.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

So Saul took three thousand of Israel’s fit young men and went to look for David and his men in front of the Rocks of the Wild Goats.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

And Saul took three thousand men, chosen out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats.

English EASY 2024

So Saul chose 3,000 of the best soldiers in Israel. They went to look for David and his men near Wild Goat Rocks.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

So Saul chose 3000 men from all over Israel and began searching for David and his men. They looked near Wild Goat Rocks.

Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel and went to seek David and his men in front of the Wildgoats' Rocks.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

Saul took three thousand of the best soldiers in Israel and went looking for David and his men east of Wild Goat Rocks.

English God's Word - GW 1995

Then Saul took 3,000 of the best-trained men from all Israel and went to search for David and his men on the Rocks of the Wild Goats.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

So Saul took 3,000 of Israel's choice men and went to look for David and his men in front of the Rocks of the Wild Goats.

English KJV 1611

Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats.

English LSB

Then Saul took three thousand chosen men from all Israel and went to seek David and his men in front of the Rocks of the Wild Goats.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel and went to seek David and his men in front of the rocks of the wild goats.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

Then Saul took three thousand chosen men from all Israel and went to seek David and his men in front of the Rocks of the Wild Goats.

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

And when Saul returned from the pursuit of the Philistines, he was told that David was in the desert near Engedi.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

So Saul took three thousand select men from all Israel and went to find David and his men in the region of the rocks of the mountain goats.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

So Saul took 3,000 of the best soldiers from the whole nation of Israel. He started out to look for David and his men. He planned to look near the Rocky Cliffs of the Wild Goats.

English NIV

So Saul took three thousand chosen men from all Israel and set out to look for David and his men near the Crags of the Wild Goats.

English NKJ 1982

Then Saul took three thousand chosen men from all Israel, and went to seek David and his men on the Rocks of the Wild Goats.

English NLT

So Saul chose three thousand special troops from throughout Israel and went to search for David and his men near the rocks of the wild goats.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went to look for David and his men in the direction of the Rocks of the Wild Goats.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men in front of the Wildgoats' Rocks.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

so he took three thousand special troops and went to search for him among the rocks and wild goats of the desert.

English Tyndale 1537

Then Saul took three thousand men out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men in the Rocks, where no thing haunted but wild goats.