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OET (OET-RV) Then David prayed, “Yahweh, God of Yisrael, your servant has heard that Sha’ul is intending to come to Ke’ilah—to destroy the city because of me.
OET-LV and_ Dāvid _he/it_said Oh_YHWH the_god_of Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) certainly_(hear) he_has_heard servant_of_your if/because_that is_seeking Shāʼūl to_come to Qəˊīlāh to_destroy to_the_city in/on/at/with_account_of_me.
UHB וַיֹּאמֶר֮ דָּוִד֒ יְהוָה֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל שָׁמֹ֤עַ שָׁמַע֙ עַבְדְּךָ֔ כִּֽי־מְבַקֵּ֥שׁ שָׁא֖וּל לָב֣וֹא אֶל־קְעִילָ֑ה לְשַׁחֵ֥ת לָעִ֖יר בַּעֲבוּרִֽי׃ ‡
(vayyoʼmer dāvid yhwh ʼₑlohēy yisrāʼēl shāmoˊa shāmaˊ ˊaⱱdəkā kiy-məⱱaqqēsh shāʼūl lāⱱōʼ ʼel-qəˊīlāh ləshaḩēt lāˊir baˊₐⱱūriy.)
Key: khaki:verbs, blue:Elohim, 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).
BrLXX Καὶ εἶπε Δαυίδ, Κύριε ὁ Θεὸς Ἰσραήλ, ἀκούων ἀκήκοεν ὁ δοῦλός σου, ὅτι ζητεῖ Σαοὺλ ἐλθεῖν ἐπὶ Κεϊλὰ διαφθεῖραι τὴν πόλιν διʼ ἐμέ.
(Kai eipe Dawid, Kurie ho Theos Israaʸl, akouōn akaʸkoen ho doulos sou, hoti zaʸtei Saʼoul elthein epi Keila diaftheirai taʸn polin diʼ eme. )
BrTr And David said, Lord God of Israel, thy servant has indeed heard, that Saul seeks to come against Keila to destroy the city on my account.
ULT And David said, “Yahweh, God of Israel, hearing, your servant has heard that Saul is seeking to come to Keilah, to destroy the city because of me.
UST So when Abiathar brought it, David prayed, “Yahweh, God of us Israelites, I have heard reliably that Saul is planning to come here to Keilah with his army. He will destroy the city if he has to in order to capture me.
BSB And David said, “O LORD, God of Israel, Your servant has heard that Saul intends to come to Keilah and destroy the city on my account.
MSB (Same as BSB above)
OEB And David said, ‘Lord, God of Israel, your servant has surely heard that Saul is seeking to come to Keilah, to destroy the city because of me.
WEBBE Then David said, “O LORD, the God of Israel, your servant has surely heard that Saul seeks to come to Keilah to destroy the city for my sake.
WMBB (Same as above)
NET Then David said, “O Lord God of Israel, your servant has clearly heard that Saul is planning to come to Keilah to destroy the city because of me.
LSV And David says, “YHWH, God of Israel, Your servant has certainly heard that Saul is seeking to come to Keilah, to destroy the city on my account.
FBV David prayed, “Lord, God of Israel, I your servant have been clearly told that Saul plans to come to Keilah and destroy the town because of me.
T4T So when Abiathar brought it, David prayed, “Yahweh, God of us Israelis, I have heard that Saul is planning to come here with his army and destroy Keilah because I am here.
LEB No LEB 1 SAM book available
BBE Then David said, O Lord, the God of Israel, news has been given to your servant that it is Saul's purpose to come to Keilah and send destruction on the town because of me.
Moff No Moff 1 SAM book available
JPS Then said David: 'O LORD, the God of Israel, Thy servant hath surely heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.
ASV Then said David, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, thy servant hath surely heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.
DRA And David said: O Lord God of Israel, thy servant hath heard a report, that Saul designeth to come to Ceila, to destroy the city for my sake:
YLT And David saith, 'Jehovah, God of Israel, Thy servant hath certainly heard that Saul is seeking to come in unto Keilah, to destroy the city on mine account.
Drby Then said David, Jehovah, [fn]God of Israel, thy servant hath heard for certain that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.
23.10 Elohim
RV Then said David, O LORD, the God of Israel, thy servant hath surely heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.
(Then said David, Oh LORD, the God of Israel, thy/your servant hath/has surely heard that Saul seeketh/seeks to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake. )
SLT And David will say, Jehovah God of Israel, hearing, thy servant heard that Saul is seeking to come to Keilah to destroy the city on account of me.
Wbstr Then said David, O LORD God of Israel, thy servant hath certainly heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.
KJB-1769 Then said David, O LORD God of Israel, thy servant hath certainly heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.
(Then said David, Oh LORD God of Israel, thy/your servant hath/has certainly heard that Saul seeketh/seeks to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake. )
KJB-1611 Then saide Dauid, O LORD God of Israel, thy seruant hath certainly heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the citie for my sake.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)
Bshps No Bshps 1 SAM book available
Gnva Then sayde Dauid, O Lord God of Israel, thy seruat hath heard, that Saul is about to come to Keilah to destroy the citie for my sake.
(Then said David, Oh Lord God of Israel, thy/your seruat hath/has heard, that Saul is about to come to Keilah to destroy the city for my sake. )
Cvdl No Cvdl 1 SAM book available
Wycl No Wycl 1 SAM book available
Luth No Luth 1 SAM book available
ClVg Et ait David: Domine Deus Israël, audivit famam servus tuus, quod disponat Saul venire in Ceilam, ut evertat urbem propter me:
(And he_said David: Master God Israel, he_heard famam servant your, that disponat Saul I_camere in/into/on Ceilam, as evertat city because me: )
RP-GNT No RP-GNT 1 SAM book available
23:1-29 Thanks to informants (23:7, 13), Saul was able to stay on David’s trail. David also had informants, allowing him to keep one step ahead of Saul (23:1, 9, 15, 25). David’s chief advantage was access to divine guidance and resources (23:2, 4, 12), which Saul lacked.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / reduplication
שָׁמֹ֤עַ שָׁמַע֙ עַבְדְּךָ֔
to_hear he_heard servant_of,your
David is repeating forms of the verb “hear” in order to intensify his expression of the idea that it conveys. If your language can repeat words for intensification, it would be appropriate to do that here in your translation. If not, your language may have another way of expressing the intensification. Alternate translation: [your servant has clearly heard]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / 123person
שָׁמֹ֤עַ שָׁמַע֙ עַבְדְּךָ֔
to_hear he_heard servant_of,your
David is speaking about himself in the third person as a way of showing respect to Yahweh. If it would be helpful in your language, you could translate this in the first person. Alternate translation: [I, your servant, have clearly heard]