1 Samuel 29:5
Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands?
1 Samuel 29:5 in other translations
| BSB | Is this not the David about whom they sing in their dances: ‘Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands’?” |
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| WEB | Isn’t this David, of whom people sang to one another in dances, saying, ‘Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands’?” |
| ASV | Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, And David his ten thousands? |
| YLT | Is not this David, of whom they answer in choruses, saying, Saul hath smitten among his thousands, and David among his myriads?' |
| DARBY | Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, Saul smote his thousands, and David his ten thousands? |
| BBE | Is this not David, who was named in their songs, when in the dance they said to one another, Saul has put to death thousands, and David tens of thousands? |
| Webster | Is not this David, of whom they sung one to another in dances, saying, Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands? |
What does 1 Samuel 29:5 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Samuel 29:1-5
David waited with a secret hope that the Lord would help him out of his difficulty. But he seems to have been influenced too much by the fear of man, in consenting to attend Achish. It is hard to come near to the brink of sin, and not to fall in. God inclined the princes of the Philistines to oppose David's being employed in the battle. Thus their dislike befriended him, when no friend could do him such a kindness.
1 Samuel 29:5 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 1 Samuel 29:5
- 1 Samuel 21:11
And the servants of Achish said unto him, Is not this David the king of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?
- 1 Samuel 18:6-7
And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of musick. And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.
- Proverbs 27:14
He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
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Context
- 1 Samuel 29:4
And the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines said unto him, Make this fellow return, that he may go again to his place which thou hast appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he be an adversary to us: for wherewith should he reconcile himself unto his master? should it not be with the heads of these men?
- 1 Samuel 29:5
Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands?
- 1 Samuel 29:6
Then Achish called David, and said unto him, Surely, as the Lord liveth, thou hast been upright, and thy going out and thy coming in with me in the host is good in my sight: for I have not found evil in thee since the day of thy coming unto me unto this day: nevertheless the lords favour thee not.
1 Samuel 29:5 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | ¿No es este David de quien cantaban en los corros, diciendo: Saúl hirió sus miles, y David sus diez miles? |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | N’est-ce pas ce David, au sujet duquel on s’entre-répondait dans les danses, en disant: Saül a frappé ses 1 000, et David ses 10 000? |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Ist das nicht David, von dem sie in den Reigen sangen und sprachen: "Saul hat seine Tausende erschlagen, und David seine Zehntausende"? |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Nonne iste est David, cui cantabant in choris, dicentes: Percussit Saul in millibus suis, et David in decem millibus suis? |