1 Samuel 16:17
New International Version
So Saul said to his attendants, “Find someone who plays well and bring him to me.”

New Living Translation
“All right,” Saul said. “Find me someone who plays well, and bring him here.”

English Standard Version
So Saul said to his servants, “Provide for me a man who can play well and bring him to me.”

Berean Standard Bible
And Saul commanded his servants, “Find me someone who plays well, and bring him to me.”

King James Bible
And Saul said unto his servants, Provide me now a man that can play well, and bring him to me.

New King James Version
So Saul said to his servants, “Provide me now a man who can play well, and bring him to me.”

New American Standard Bible
So Saul said to his servants, “Now select for me a man who can play well, and bring him to me.”

NASB 1995
So Saul said to his servants, “Provide for me now a man who can play well and bring him to me.”

NASB 1977
So Saul said to his servants, “Provide for me now a man who can play well, and bring him to me.”

Legacy Standard Bible
So Saul said to his servants, “Provide for me now a man who can play well and bring him to me.”

Amplified Bible
So Saul told his servants, “Find me a man who plays well and bring him to me.”

Christian Standard Bible
Then Saul commanded his servants, “Find me someone who plays well and bring him to me.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then Saul commanded his servants, “Find me someone who plays well and bring him to me.”

American Standard Version
And Saul said unto his servants, Provide me now a man that can play well, and bring him to me.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And Shaul said to his Servants: “Look for a man for me who plays well and bring him to me”

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And Saul said to his servants, Look now out for me a skillful player, and bring him to me.

Contemporary English Version
"All right," Saul answered. "Find me someone who is good at playing the harp and bring him here."

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Saul said to his servants: Provide me then some man that can play well, and bring him to me.

English Revised Version
And Saul said unto his servants, Provide me now a man that can play well, and bring him to me.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Saul told his officials, "Please find me a man who can play well and bring him to me."

Good News Translation
Saul ordered them, "Find me a man who plays well and bring him to me."

International Standard Version
Saul told his servants, "Find a man for me who can play well and bring him to me."

JPS Tanakh 1917
And Saul said unto his servants: 'Provide me now a man that can play well, and bring him to me.'

Literal Standard Version
And Saul says to his servants, “Now provide for me a man playing well—then you have brought [him] to me.”

Majority Standard Bible
And Saul commanded his servants, “Find me someone who plays well, and bring him to me.”

New American Bible
Saul then told his servants, “Find me a good harpist and bring him to me.”

NET Bible
So Saul said to his servants, "Find me a man who plays well and bring him to me."

New Revised Standard Version
So Saul said to his servants, “Provide for me someone who can play well, and bring him to me.”

New Heart English Bible
Saul said to his servants, "Provide me now a man who can play well, and bring him to me."

Webster's Bible Translation
And Saul said to his servants, Provide me now a man that can play well, and bring him to me.

World English Bible
Saul said to his servants, “Provide me now a man who can play well, and bring him to me.”

Young's Literal Translation
And Saul saith unto his servants, 'Provide, I pray you, for me a man playing well -- then ye have brought him in unto me.'

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
David Serves Saul
16Let our lord command your servants here to seek out someone who can skillfully play the harp. Whenever the spirit of distress from God is upon you, he is to play it, and you will be well.” 17And Saul commanded his servants, “Find me someone who plays well, and bring him to me.” 18One of the servants answered, “I have seen a son of Jesse of Bethlehem who knows how to play the harp. He is a mighty man of valor, a warrior, eloquent and handsome, and the LORD is with him.”…

Cross References
1 Samuel 16:16
Let our lord command your servants here to seek out someone who can skillfully play the harp. Whenever the spirit of distress from God is upon you, he is to play it, and you will be well."

1 Samuel 16:18
One of the servants answered, "I have seen a son of Jesse of Bethlehem who knows how to play the harp. He is a mighty man of valor, a warrior, eloquent and handsome, and the LORD is with him."


Treasury of Scripture

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Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
And Saul
שָׁא֖וּל (šā·’ūl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 7586: Saul -- first king of Israel, also an Edomite and two Israelites

commanded
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

his servants,
עֲבָדָ֑יו (‘ă·ḇā·ḏāw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5650: Slave, servant

“Find
רְאוּ־ (rə·’ū-)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 7200: To see

me
לִ֗י (lî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew

someone
אִ֚ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

who plays
לְנַגֵּ֔ן (lə·nag·gên)
Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct
Strong's 5059: To touch or play a stringed instrument

well,
מֵיטִ֣יב (mê·ṭîḇ)
Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 3190: To be good, well, glad, or pleasing

and bring
וַהֲבִיאוֹתֶ֖ם (wa·hă·ḇî·’ō·w·ṯem)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

him to me.”
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to


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