1 Samuel 16:16 - Modern English Version

¹⁶ Let our lord now tell your servants, who are before you, that they might seek out a man experienced in playing the lyre. And it will come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is on you, that he will play with his hand, and you will be well.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ Let our lord now command thy servants, which are before thee, to seek out a man, who is a cunning player on an harp: and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ Let our lord now command your servants here before you to find a man who plays skillfully on the lyre; and when the evil spirit from God is upon you, he will play it, and you will be well.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ Let our lord now command thy servants, that are before thee, to seek out a man who is a skilful player on the harp: and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ If our master just says the word, your servants will search for someone who knows how to play the lyre. The musician can play whenever the evil spirit from God is affecting you, and then you’ll feel better.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ 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 16:16 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 41:46

Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh, the 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 your men, and happy are these your servants who stand continually before you and hear your wisdom!

2 Kings 3:15

Now bring me a musician.” And when the musician played, the hand of the Lord came upon him.

1 Samuel 10:5

“After that you will come to the hill of God, where the garrison of the Philistines is. And when you come there to the city, you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place with a harp, a tambourine, a flute, and a lyre before them. And they will prophesy.

1 Samuel 16:14

Now the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul and an evil spirit from the Lord terrified him.

1 Samuel 16:15

So the servants of Saul said to him, “Behold, an evil spirit from God troubles you.

1 Samuel 16:17

Saul said to his servants, “Find for me now a man who can play well, and bring him to me.”

1 Samuel 18:10

The next day an evil spirit from God came upon Saul, and he raved in his house. David was playing the lyre, as at other times. Now there was a spear in Saul’s hand.

1 Samuel 19:9

Now an evil spirit from the Lord was upon Saul as he was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand while David was playing an instrument with his hand.