May our lord order, and your servants, who are before you, will seek a man skillful in playing a stringed instrument, so that when the evil spirit from the Lord assails you, he may play with his hand, and you may bear it more easily."
1 Samuel 16:17 - Catholic Public Domain Version And Saul said to his servants, "Then provide for me someone who can play well, and bring him to me." Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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.” 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. English Standard Version 2016 So Saul said to his servants, “Provide for me a man who can play well and bring him to me.” |
May our lord order, and your servants, who are before you, will seek a man skillful in playing a stringed instrument, so that when the evil spirit from the Lord assails you, he may play with his hand, and you may bear it more easily."
And one of the servants, responding, said: "Behold, I have seen the son of Jesse of Bethlehem, a skillful player, and very strong and robust, a man fit for war, and prudent in words, a handsome man. And the Lord is with him."