1 Samuel 29:5
1 Samuel 29:4-5 The Message (MSG)
Angry with Achish, the Philistine officers said, “Send this man back to where he came from. Let him stick to his normal duties. He’s not going into battle with us. He’d switch sides in the middle of the fight! What better chance to get back in favor with his master than by stabbing us in the back! Isn’t this the same David they celebrate at their parties, singing, Saul kills by the thousand, David by the ten thousand!”
1 Samuel 29:5 King James Version (KJV)
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 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Is this not David, of whom they sing in the dances, saying, ‘Saul has slain his thousands, And David his ten thousands’?”
1 Samuel 29:5 New Century Version (NCV)
David is the one the Israelites dance and sing about, saying: ‘Saul has killed thousands of his enemies, but David has killed tens of thousands.’ ”
1 Samuel 29:5 American Standard Version (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?
1 Samuel 29:5 New International Version (NIV)
Isn’t this the David they sang about in their dances: “ ‘Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands’?”
1 Samuel 29:5 New King James Version (NKJV)
Is this not David, of whom they sang to one another in dances, saying: ‘Saul has slain his thousands, And David his ten thousands’?”
1 Samuel 29:5 Amplified Bible (AMP)
Is this not David, of whom they used to sing in dances, ‘Saul killed his thousands, And David his ten thousands’?”