1 Samuel 16:21 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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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

And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.

1 Kings 10:8

Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom.

Psalm 118:9

It is better to trust in the LORD Than to put confidence in princes.

Psalm 146:3

Put not your trust in princes, Nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.

Psalm 62:9

Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: In the balances they will go up; They are together lighter than vanity.

Proverbs 22:29

Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; He shall not stand before mean men.

Deuteronomy 1:38

Joshua the son of Nun, which standeth before thee, he shall go in thither: encourage thou him; for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.

Deuteronomy 10:8

At that time the LORD separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to minister unto him, and to bless in his name, unto this day.

Judges 9:54

Then he called hastily unto the young man his armourbearer, and said unto him, Draw thy sword, and kill me, that men say not of me, A woman slew him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died.

1 Samuel 16:22

And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let David, I pray thee, stand before me; for he hath found favour in my sight.

1 Samuel 17:15

Now David went to and fro from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Beth-lehem.

1 Samuel 17:55

And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said unto Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this youth? And Abner said, As thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell.

1 Samuel 19:7

And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan shewed him all those things. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence, as beforetime.