1 Samuel 16:20 Parallel Translations

Jesse took six bushels of bread, a full wineskin, and a young goat and sent them with his son David to Saul.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

And Jesse took an ass laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent them by David his son unto Saul.

ASV:

And Jesse took an ass laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent them by David his son unto Saul.

BBE:

And Jesse took five cakes of bread and a skin of wine and a young goat and sent them to Saul by David.

DBY:

And Jesse took an ass with bread, and a flask of wine, and a kid, and sent them by David his son to Saul.

ERV:

And Jesse took an ass laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent them by David his son unto Saul.

JPS:

And Jesse took an ass laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent them by David his son unto Saul.

WBS:

And Jesse took an ass laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent them by David his son to Saul.

WEB:

Jesse took a donkey loaded with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a young goat, and sent them by David his son to Saul.

YLT:

And Jesse taketh an ass, with bread, and a bottle of wine, and one kid of the goats, and sendeth by the hand of David his son unto Saul.

1 Samuel 16:20 Cross References

XREF:

1 Samuel 10:4 and they will greet you and give you two loaves of bread, which you will accept from their hand.

1 Samuel 10:27 But certain worthless men said, "How can this one deliver us?" And they despised him and did not bring him any present. But he kept silent.

Proverbs 18:16 A man's gift makes room for him And brings him before great men. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

WES:

16:20 Sent him - This present, though in our times it would seem contemptible, yet was very agreeable to the usage of those times, and to the condition of Jesse, which was but mean in the world. And it seems to have been the custom of those times, (as it is yet in the eastern countries) when they made their appearance before princes, or great persons, to bring a present.

MHC:

16:14-23 Saul is made a terror to himself. The Spirit of the Lord departed from him. If God and his grace do not rule us, sin and Satan will have possession of us. The devil, by the Divine permission, troubled and terrified Saul, by the corrupt humours of his body, and passions of his mind. He grew fretful, peevish, and discontented, and at times a madman. It is a pity that music, which may be serviceable to the good temper of the mind, should ever be abused, to support vanity and luxury, and made an occasion of drawing the heart from God and serious things. That is driving away the good Spirit, not the evil spirit. Music, diversions, company, or business, have for a time often been employed to quiet the wounded conscience; but nothing can effect a real cure but the blood of Christ, applied in faith, and the sanctifying Spirit sealing the pardon, by his holy comforts. All other plans to dispel religious melancholy are sure to add to distress, either in this world or the next.

CONC:

Ass Bottle Bread Cakes David Donkey Flask Goat Goats Jesse Jug Kid Laden Loaded Saul Skin Taketh Wine

Ass Bottle Bread Cakes David Donkey Hand Jesse Jug Kid Loaded Saul Skin Wine Young

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