1 Samuel 18:25 
Context| NET © | Saul replied, “Here is what you should say to David: ‘There is nothing that the king wants as a price for the bride except a hundred Philistine foreskins, so that he can be avenged of his 1 enemies.’” (Now Saul was thinking that he could kill David by the hand of the Philistines.) |
| NIV © | Saul replied, "Say to David, ‘The king wants no other price for the bride than a hundred Philistine foreskins, to take revenge on his enemies.’" Saul’s plan was to have David fall by the hands of the Philistines. |
| NASB © | Saul then said, "Thus you shall say to David, ‘The king does not desire any dowry except a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to take vengeance on the king’s enemies.’" Now Saul planned to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines. |
| NLT © | he told them, "Tell David that all I want for the bride price is one hundred Philistine foreskins! Vengeance on my enemies is all I really want." But what Saul had in mind was that David would be killed in the fight. |
| MSG © | When the servants reported David's response to Saul, he told them to tell David this: "The king isn't expecting any money from you; only this: Go kill a hundred Philistines and bring evidence of your vengeance on the king's behalf. Avenge the king on his enemies." (Saul expected David to be killed in action.) |
| BBE © | And Saul said, Then say to David, The king has no desire for any bride-price, but only for the private parts of a hundred Philistines so that the king may get the better of his haters. But it was in Saul’s mind that David might come to his end by the hands of the Philistines. |
| NRSV © | Then Saul said, "Thus shall you say to David, ‘The king desires no marriage present except a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, that he may be avenged on the king’s enemies.’" Now Saul planned to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines. |
| NKJV © | Then Saul said, "Thus you shall say to David: ‘The king does not desire any dowry but one hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to take vengeance on the king’s enemies.’" But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines. |
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| NASB © | Saul <07586> then said <0559> , "Thus <03541> you shall say <0559> to David <01732> , 'The king <04428> does not desire <02656> any dowry <04119> except <03588> a hundred <03967> foreskins <06190> of the Philistines <06430> , to take <05358> vengeance <05358> on the king's <04428> enemies <0340> .'" Now Saul <07586> planned <02803> to make David <01732> fall <05307> by the hand <03027> of the Philistines .<06430> |
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| NET © [draft] ITL | Saul <07586> replied <0559> , “Here is what <03541> you should say <0559> to David <01732> : ‘There is nothing <0369> that the king <04428> wants <02656> as a price <04119> for <03588> the bride <04119> except a hundred <03967> Philistine <06430> foreskins <06190> , so that he can be avenged <05358> of his enemies <0341> .’” (Now Saul <07586> was thinking <05307> <02803> that he could kill David <01732> by the hand <03027> of the Philistines .)<06430> |
| NET © | Saul replied, “Here is what you should say to David: ‘There is nothing that the king wants as a price for the bride except a hundred Philistine foreskins, so that he can be avenged of his 1 enemies.’” (Now Saul was thinking that he could kill David by the hand of the Philistines.) |
| NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “the king’s.” |
