1 Samuel 19:9 — compare English translations
Compare translations1 Samuel 19:9 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 →
וַתְּהִי֩
hâyâh
H1961
to be
ר֨וּחַ
rûwach
H7307
spirit
יְהוָ֤ה
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
רָעָה֙
raʻ
H7451
evil
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
שָׁא֔וּל
Shâʼûwl
H7586
Saul
וְהוּא֙
hûwʼ
H1931
he
בְּבֵית֣וֹ
bayith
H1004
house
יוֹשֵׁ֔ב
yâshab
H3427
to dwell
וַחֲנִית֖וֹ
chănîyth
H2595
spear
בְּיָד֑וֹ
yâd
H3027
hand
וְדָוִ֖ד
Dâvid
H1732
David
מְנַגֵּ֥ן
nâgan
H5059
to play stringed instrument
בְּיָֽד
yâd
H3027
hand
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
An evil spirit from Yahweh was on Saul, as he sat in his house with his spear in his hand; and David was playing with his hand.
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King James Version Public Domain
And the evil spirit from the LORD was upon Saul, as he sat in his house with his javelin in his hand: and David played with his hand.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And a bad spirit from Yahweh came upon Saul, and he was sitting in his house, and his spear in his hand, and David was playing by hand.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).