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OET (OET-RV) Yahweh was with David and he was succeeding in everything he did.
OET-LV and_he/it_was Dāvid to/from_all/each/any/every undertakings_of_his[fn] being_successful and_YHWH with_him/it.
18:14 OSHB note: We have abandoned or added a ketib/qere relative to BHS. In doing this we agree with L against BHS.
UHB וַיְהִ֥י דָוִ֛ד לְכָל־דָּרְכָ֖יו [fn] מַשְׂכִּ֑יל וַֽיהוָ֖ה עִמּֽוֹ׃ ‡
(vayəhiy dāvid ləkāl-dārəkāyv maskil vayhvāh ˊimmō.)
Key: khaki:verbs, green:YHWH.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
K דרכו
BrLXX Καὶ ἦν Δαυὶδ ἐν πάσαις ταῖς ὁδοῖς αὐτοῦ συνιῶν, καὶ Κύριος ἦν μετʼ αὐτοῦ.
(Kai aʸn Dawid en pasais tais hodois autou suniōn, kai Kurios aʸn metʼ autou. )
BrTr And David was prudent in all his ways, and the Lord was with him.
ULT And David was succeeding in all of his ways, for Yahweh was with him.
UST But Yahweh helped David, so David won all of the battles that he fought.
BSB and he continued to prosper in all his ways, because the LORD was with him.
MSB (Same as BSB above)
OEB and he acted wisely and prospered in all his ways, for the Lord was with him.
WEBBE David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the LORD was with him.
WMBB (Same as above)
NET Now David achieved success in all he did, for the Lord was with him.
LSV And David is acting wisely in all his ways, and YHWH [is] with him,
FBV David was very successful in everything he did, because the Lord was with him.
T4T he always had great success, because Yahweh was helping him.
LEB No LEB 1 SAM book available
BBE And in all his undertakings David did wisely; and the Lord was with him.
Moff No Moff 1 SAM book available
JPS And David had great success in all his ways; and the LORD was with him.
ASV And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and Jehovah was with him.
DRA And David behaved wisely in all his ways, and the Lord was with him.
YLT And David is in all his ways acting wisely, and Jehovah [is] with him,
Drby And David prospered in all his ways; and Jehovah was with him.
RV And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the LORD was with him.
SLT And David will be prudent in all his ways; and Jehovah with him.
Wbstr And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the LORD was with him.
KJB-1769 And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the LORD was with him.[fn]
18.14 behaved…: or, prospered
KJB-1611 [fn]And Dauid behaued himselfe wisely in all his wayes; & the LORD was with him.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above apart from footnotes)
18:14 Or, prospered.
Bshps No Bshps 1 SAM book available
Gnva And Dauid behaued himselfe wisely in all his wayes: for the Lord was with him.
(And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways: for the Lord was with him. )
Cvdl No Cvdl 1 SAM book available
Wycl No Wycl 1 SAM book available
Luth No Luth 1 SAM book available
ClVg In omnibus quoque viis suis David prudenter agebat, et Dominus erat cum eo.
(In to_all too ways to_his_own David prudenter agebat, and Master was when/with by_him. )
RP-GNT No RP-GNT 1 SAM book available
18:8-15 Saul came to view David as a threat rather than an ally and would do anything to get rid of him.
Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result
וַיְהִ֥י דָוִ֛ד לְכָל־דָּרְכָ֖יו מַשְׂכִּ֑יל וַֽיהוָ֖ה עִמּֽוֹ
and=he/it_was Dāvid to/from=all/each/any/every (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was Dāvid to/from=all/each/any/every undertakings_of,his had_success and=YHWH with=him/it )
If it would be more natural in your language, you could reverse the order of these phrases, since the second phrase gives the reason for the result that the first phrase describes. Alternate translation: [And because Yahweh was with him, David was succeeding in all of his ways]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
לְכָל־דָּרְכָ֖יו
to/from=all/each/any/every (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was Dāvid to/from=all/each/any/every undertakings_of,his had_success and=YHWH with=him/it )
The author is speaking as if David’s activities were paths that he walked on. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [in everything he did]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
וַֽיהוָ֖ה עִמּֽוֹ
and=YHWH with=him/it
See how you translated this expression in [3:19](../03/19.md). Alternate translation: [because Yahweh was helping him]