1 Samuel 27:5 - Tree of Life Version

⁵ Then David said to Achish, “If now I have found favor in your eyes, let me be given a place in one of the country towns, so I may live there. Why should your servant stay in the royal city with you?”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ And David said unto Achish, If I have now found grace in thine eyes, let them give me a place in some town in the country, that I may dwell there: for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ And David said to Achish, If I have now found favor in your eyes, let me be given a place to dwell in some country town; for why should your servant live in the royal city with you?

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ And David said unto Achish, If now I have found favor in thine eyes, let them give me a place in one of the cities in the country, that I may dwell there: for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee?

Common English Bible

⁵ Then David said to Achish, “If you approve of me, please give me a place in one of the towns in the country so I can live there. Why should I, your servant, live in the capital city with you?”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ And David said to Achish: "If I have found favor in your eyes, let a place be given to me in one of the cities of this region, so that I may live there. For why should your servant stay in the city of the king with you?"

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵ And David said to Achis: If I have found favour in thy sight, let a place be given me in one of the cities of this country, that I may dwell there. For why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee?

1 Samuel 27:5 Cross References

Genesis 46:34

you must say, ‘Your servants have been men who handle livestock since the time of our youth until now, both we and our fathers,’ so that you can live in the land of Goshen, because every shepherd is loathsome to the Egyptians.”

2 Corinthians 6:17

Therefore, come out from among them, and be separate, says Adonai. Touch no unclean thing. Then I will take you in.

1 Samuel 27:4

So when Saul was told that David had fled to Gath, he no longer searched for him.

1 Samuel 27:6

So Achish granted him Ziklag that day. Thus Ziklag came to belong to the kings of Judah to this day.