1 Samuel 19:16 - Easy To Read Version

¹⁶ The messengers went to David’s house. They went inside to get David, but they saw it was only a statue on the bed. And they saw its hair was only goat’s hair.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ And when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats' hair for his bolster.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ And when the messengers came in, behold, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats' hair at its head.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ And when the messengers came in, behold, the teraphim was in the bed, with the pillow of goats’ hair at the head thereof.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ When the messengers arrived, they found the idol in the bed with the goat’s hair on its head.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ And when the messengers had arrived, they found a likeness on the bed, with a goat pelt at its head.

1 Samuel 19:16 Cross References

1 Samuel 19:13

Michal took the household god and put clothes on it. Then she put that statue in the bed. She also put goats’ hair on its head.

1 Samuel 19:15

The men went and told Saul, but he sent the messengers back to see David. Saul told these men, “Bring David to me. Bring him lying on his bed if you must, even if it kills him.”

1 Samuel 19:17

Saul said to Michal, “Why did you trick me like this? You let my enemy escape! David has run away!”