1 Samuel 18:6–7
6 When the victorious Israelite army was returning home after David had killed the Philistine, women from all the towns of Israel came out to meet King Saul. They sang and danced for joy with tambourines and cymbals.* 7 This was their song:
“Saul has killed his thousands,
and David his ten thousands!”
1 Samuel 18:6–7 — The New International Version (NIV)
6 When the men were returning home after David had killed the Philistine, the women came out from all the towns of Israel to meet King Saul with singing and dancing, with joyful songs and with timbrels and lyres. 7 As they danced, they sang:
“Saul has slain his thousands,
and David his tens of thousands.”
1 Samuel 18:6–7 — English Standard Version (ESV)
6 As they were coming home, when David returned from striking down the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul, with tambourines, with songs of joy, and with musical instruments. 7 And the women sang to one another as they celebrated,
“Saul has struck down his thousands,
and David his ten thousands.”
1 Samuel 18:6–7 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
6 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. 7 And the women answered one another as they played, and said,
Saul hath slain his thousands,
And David his ten thousands.
1 Samuel 18:6–7 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
6 Now it had happened as they were coming home, when David was returning from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women had come out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul, with tambourines, with joy, and with musical instruments. 7 So the women sang as they danced, and said:
“Saul has slain his thousands,
And David his ten thousands.”
1 Samuel 18:6–7 — New Century Version (NCV)
6 After David had killed the Philistine, he and the men returned home. Women came out from all the towns of Israel to meet King Saul. They sang songs of joy, danced, and played tambourines and stringed instruments. 7 As they played, they sang,
“Saul has killed thousands of his enemies,
but David has killed tens of thousands.”
1 Samuel 18:6–7 — American Standard Version (ASV)
6 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 timbrels, with joy, and with instruments of music. 7 And the women sang one to another as they played, and said,
Saul hath slain his thousands,
And David his ten thousands.
1 Samuel 18:6–7 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
6 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 And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath smitten his thousands, And David his ten thousands.
1 Samuel 18:6–7 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
6 As they arrived, David was returning from a campaign against the Philistines. Women from all of Israel’s cities came to meet King Saul. They sang and danced, accompanied by tambourines, joyful music, and triangles.7 The women who were celebrating sang,
“Saul has defeated thousands
but David tens of thousands!”
1 Samuel 18:6–7 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
6 As the troops were coming back, when David was returning from killing the Philistine, the women came out from all the cities of Israel to meet King Saul, singing and dancing with tambourines, with shouts of joy, and with three-stringed instruments. 7 As they celebrated, the women sang:
Saul has killed his thousands,
but David his tens of thousands.
1 Samuel 18:6–7 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
6 As they were coming home, when David returned from killing the Philistine, the women came out of all the towns of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul, with tambourines, with songs of joy, and with musical instruments. 7 And the women sang to one another as they made merry,
“Saul has killed his thousands,
and David his ten thousands.”
1 Samuel 18:6–7 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
6 When they were coming back after David had returned from striking down the Philistine, the women went out from all the cities of Israel singing and dancing to meet King Saul with tambourines, with joy, and with three-stringed instruments. 7 And the women sang as they danced, and they said,
“Saul has struck down his thousands,
but David his ten thousands!”
1 Samuel 18:6–7 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
6 After David had killed Goliath, the men of Israel returned home. The women came out of all of the towns of Israel to meet King Saul. They danced and sang joyful songs. They played lutes and tambourines. 7 As they danced, they sang,
“Saul has killed thousands of men.
David has killed tens of thousands.”
1 Samuel 18:6–7 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
6 It happened as they were coming, when David returned from killing the Philistine, that the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul, with tambourines, with joy and with musical instruments.
7 The women sang as they played, and said,
“Saul has slain his thousands,
And David his ten thousands.”