Let our lord now command your servants, who are before you, to seek out a man who is skilful in playing the lyre; and when the evil spirit from God is upon you, he will play it, and you will be well.”
1 Samuel 16:17 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) So Saul said to his servants, “Provide for me a man who can play well, and bring him to me.” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Saul said unto his servants, Provide me now a man that can play well, and bring him to me. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Saul told his servants, Find me a man who plays well and bring him to me. American Standard Version (1901) And Saul said unto his servants, Provide me now a man that can play well, and bring him to me. Common English Bible Saul said to his servants, “Find me a good musician and bring him to me.” Catholic Public Domain Version And Saul said to his servants, "Then provide for me someone who can play well, and bring him to me." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Saul said to his servants: Provide me then some man that can play well, and bring him to me. |
Let our lord now command your servants, who are before you, to seek out a man who is skilful in playing the lyre; and when the evil spirit from God is upon you, he will play it, and you will be well.”
One of the young men answered, “Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, who is skilful in playing, a man of valor, a man of war, prudent in speech, and a man of good presence; and the Lord is with him.”