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The Darby Translation DBY
1 et factum est cum conplesset loqui ad Saul anima Ionathan conligata est animae David et dilexit eum Ionathan quasi animam suam
1
And it came to pass, when he had ended speaking to Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
2 tulitque eum Saul in die illa et non concessit ei ut reverteretur in domum patris sui
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And Saul took him that day, and would not let him return to his father's house.
3 inierunt autem Ionathan et David foedus diligebat enim eum quasi animam suam
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And Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
4 nam expoliavit se Ionathan tunicam qua erat vestitus et dedit eam David et reliqua vestimenta sua usque ad gladium et arcum suum et usque ad balteum
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And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his dress, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.
5 egrediebatur quoque David ad omnia quaecumque misisset eum Saul et prudenter se agebat posuitque eum Saul super viros belli et acceptus erat in oculis universi populi maximeque in conspectu famulorum Saul
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And David went forth; whithersoever Saul sent him he prospered; and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants.
6 porro cum reverteretur percusso Philistheo David egressae sunt mulieres de universis urbibus Israhel cantantes chorosque ducentes in occursum Saul regis in tympanis laetitiae et in sistris
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And it came to pass as they came, when David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tambours, with joy, and with triangles.
7 et praecinebant mulieres ludentes atque dicentes percussit Saul mille et David decem milia
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And the women answered [one another] as they played, and said, Saul hath smitten his thousands, And David his ten thousands.
8 iratus est autem Saul nimis et displicuit in oculis eius iste sermo dixitque dederunt David decem milia et mihi dederunt mille quid ei superest nisi solum regnum
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And Saul was very wroth, and that saying was evil in his sight; and he said, They have ascribed to David ten thousands, but to me they have ascribed the thousands; and [what] is there more for him but the kingdom?
9 non rectis ergo oculis Saul aspiciebat David ex die illa et deinceps
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And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.
10 post diem autem alteram invasit spiritus Dei malus Saul et prophetabat in medio domus suae David autem psallebat manu sua sicut per singulos dies tenebatque Saul lanceam
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And it came to pass the next day that an evil spirit from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house, but David played with his hand, as on other days; and the spear was in Saul's hand.
11 et misit eam putans quod configere posset David cum pariete et declinavit David a facie eius secundo
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And Saul cast the spear, and thought, I will smite David and the wall. But David turned away from him twice.
12 et timuit Saul David eo quod esset Dominus cum eo et a se recessisset
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And Saul was afraid of David, because Jehovah was with him, and had departed from Saul.
13 amovit ergo eum Saul a se et fecit eum tribunum super mille viros et egrediebatur et intrabat in conspectu populi
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And Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.
14 in omnibus quoque viis suis David prudenter agebat et Dominus erat cum eo
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And David prospered in all his ways; and Jehovah was with him.
15 vidit itaque Saul quod prudens esset nimis et coepit cavere eum
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And Saul saw that he prospered well, and he stood in awe of him.
16 omnis autem Israhel et Iuda diligebat David ipse enim egrediebatur et ingrediebatur ante eos
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But all Israel and Judah loved David, for he went out and came in before them.
17 dixit autem Saul ad David ecce filia mea maior Merob ipsam dabo tibi uxorem tantummodo esto vir fortis et proeliare bella Domini Saul autem reputabat dicens non sit manus mea in eo sed sit super illum manus Philisthinorum
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And Saul said to David, Behold my eldest daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife; only be thou valiant for me, and fight Jehovah's battles. But Saul thought, My hand shall not be upon him, but the hand of the Philistines shall be upon him.
18 ait autem David ad Saul quis ego sum aut quae est vita mea aut cognatio patris mei in Israhel ut fiam gener regis
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And David said to Saul, Who am I? and what is my life, [or] my father's family in Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the king?
19 factum est autem tempus cum deberet dari Merob filia Saul David data est Hadrihel Molathitae uxor
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And it came to pass at the time when Merab Saul's daughter should have been given to David, that she was given to Adriel the Meholathite as wife.
20 dilexit autem Michol filia Saul altera David et nuntiatum est Saul et placuit ei
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And Michal Saul's daughter loved David; and they told Saul, and the thing was right in his sight.
21 dixitque Saul dabo eam illi ut fiat ei in scandalum et sit super eum manus Philisthinorum dixit ergo Saul ad David in duabus rebus gener meus eris hodie
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And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be upon him. And Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son-in-law a second time.
22 et mandavit Saul servis suis loquimini ad David clam me dicentes ecce places regi et omnes servi eius diligunt te nunc ergo esto gener regis
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And Saul commanded his servants, Speak with David secretly, saying, Behold, the king has delight in thee, and all his servants love thee: now therefore be the king's son-in-law.
23 et locuti sunt servi Saul in auribus David omnia verba haec et ait David num parum vobis videtur generum esse regis ego autem sum vir pauper et tenuis
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And Saul's servants spoke those words in the ears of David. And David said, Is it a light thing in your eyes to be the king's son-in-law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?
24 et renuntiaverunt servi Saul dicentes huiuscemodi verba locutus est David
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And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner did David speak.
25 dixit autem Saul sic loquimini ad David non habet necesse rex sponsalia nisi tantum centum praeputia Philisthinorum ut fiat ultio de inimicis regis porro Saul cogitabat tradere David in manibus Philisthinorum
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And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David: The king does not desire any dowry, but a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.
26 cumque renuntiassent servi eius David verba quae diximus placuit sermo in oculis David ut fieret gener regis
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And his servants told David these words; and the thing was right in David's sight to be the king's son-in-law. And the days were not expired,
27 et post dies paucos surgens David abiit cum viris qui sub eo erant et percussis Philisthim ducentis viris adtulit praeputia eorum et adnumeravit ea regi ut esset gener eius dedit itaque ei Saul Michol filiam suam uxorem
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when David arose and went, he and his men, and smote of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they delivered them in full to the king, that he might be the king's son-in-law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter as wife.
28 et vidit Saul et intellexit quia Dominus esset cum David Michol autem filia Saul diligebat eum
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And Saul saw and knew that Jehovah was with David; and Michal Saul's daughter loved him.
29 et Saul magis coepit timere David factusque est Saul inimicus David cunctis diebus
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And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul was David's enemy continually.
30 et egressi sunt principes Philisthinorum a principio autem egressionis eorum prudentius se gerebat David quam omnes servi Saul et celebre factum est nomen eius nimis
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And the princes of the Philistines went forth; and it came to pass, whenever they went forth, that David succeeded better than all the servants of Saul; and his name was much esteemed.
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