1 Samuel 16:21 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²¹ And David came to Saul and entered his service. Saul loved him greatly, and he became his armor-bearer.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him greatly; and he became his armourbearer.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ And David came to Saul and served him. Saul became very fond of him, and he became his armor-bearer.

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him greatly; and he became his armorbearer.

Common English Bible

²¹ That is how David came to Saul and entered his service. Saul liked David very much, and David became his armor-bearer.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ And David went to Saul, and stood before him. And he loved him exceedingly, and he made him his armor bearer.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²¹ And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him exceedingly, and made him his armourbearer.

1 Samuel 16:21 Cross References

Genesis 41:46

Joseph was thirty years old when he entered the service of Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh and went through all the land of Egypt.

1 Kings 10:8

Happy are your wives! Happy are these your servants who continually attend you and hear your wisdom!

Psalm 118:9

It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to put confidence in princes.

Psalm 146:3

Do not put your trust in princes, in mortals, in whom there is no help.

Psalm 62:9

Those of low estate are but a breath; those of high estate are a delusion; in the balances they go up; they are together lighter than a breath.

Proverbs 22:29

Do you see those who are skillful in their work? They will serve kings; they will not serve common people.

Deuteronomy 1:38

Joshua son of Nun, your assistant, shall enter there; encourage him, for he is the one who will secure Israel’s possession of it.

Deuteronomy 10:8

At that time the Lord set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the covenant of the Lord, to stand before the Lord to minister to him and to bless in his name, to this day.

Judges 9:54

Immediately he called to the young man who carried his armor and said to him, “Draw your sword and kill me, so people will not say about me, ‘A woman killed him.’ ” So the young man thrust him through, and he died.

1 Samuel 16:22

Saul sent to Jesse, saying, “Let David remain in my service, for he has found favor in my sight.”

1 Samuel 17:15

but David went back and forth from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Bethlehem.

1 Samuel 17:55

When Saul saw David go out against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the commander of the army, “Abner, whose son is this young man?” Abner said, “As your soul lives, O king, I do not know.”

1 Samuel 19:7

So Jonathan called David and related all these things to him. Jonathan then brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence as before.