1 Samuel 16:2 — compare English translations
Compare translations1 Samuel 16:2 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
שְׁמוּאֵל֙
Shᵉmûwʼêl
H8050
Samuel
אֵ֣יךְ
ʼêyk
H349
how
אֵלֵ֔ךְ
yâlak
H3212
to walk
וְשָׁמַ֥ע
shâmaʻ
H8085
to hear
שָׁא֖וּל
Shâʼûwl
H7586
Saul
וַהֲרָגָ֑נִי
hârag
H2026
to kill
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
יְהוָ֗ה
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
עֶגְלַ֤ת
ʻeglâh
H5697
heifer
בָּקָר֙
bâqâr
H1241
cattle
תִּקַּ֣ח
lâqach
H3947
to take
בְּיָדֶ֔ךָ
yâd
H3027
hand
וְאָ֣מַרְתָּ֔
ʼâmar
H559
to say
לִזְבֹּ֥חַ
zâbach
H2076
to sacrifice
לַֽיהוָ֖ה
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
בָּֽאתִי
bôwʼ
H935
to enter
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World English Bible Public Domain
Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me. Yahweh said, Take a heifer with you, and say, I am come to sacrifice to Yahweh.
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King James Version Public Domain
And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me. And the LORD said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to the LORD.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
But Samuel said, “How shall I go? If Saul hears, then he will kill me.” So Yahweh said, “Take a heifer of cattle in your hand and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to Yahweh.’
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).