1 Samuel 16:23

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took the harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took the harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

And whenever the spirit from God came upon Saul, David would pick up his harp and play, and Saul would become well, and the spirit of distress would depart from him.

Bible in Basic English ☆

And whenever the evil spirit from God came on Saul, David took his instrument and made music: so new life came to Saul, and he got well, and the evil spirit went away from him.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

And it came to pass when the evil spirit was upon Saul, that David took his harp, and played with his hand: and Saul was refreshed, and it was well with him, and the evil spirit departed from him.

Darby Translation ☆

And it came to pass, when the [evil] spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took the harp, and played with his hand; and Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

So whensoever the evil spirit from the Lord was upon Saul, David took his harp, and played with his hand, and Saul was refreshed, and was better, for the evil spirit departed from him.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

And so when the euil spirite of God came vpon Saul, Dauid tooke an harpe and plaied with his hande, and Saul was refreshed, and was eased: for the euill spirit departed from him.

Leeser Tanakh ☆

And it came to pass, when the spirit of God was upon Saul, that David took the harp, and played with his hand; so Saul became relieved, and he felt well, and the evil spirit departed from him.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took the harp, and played with his hand; so Saul found relief, and it was well with him, and the evil spirit departed from him.

King James Version ☆

And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took a harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

And it came to pass when the evil spirit was upon Saul, that David took his harp, and played with his hand: and Saul was refreshed, and it was well with him, and the evil spirit departed from him.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

And it came to pass when the evil spirit was upon Saul, that David took his harp, and played with his hand: and Saul was refreshed, and it was well with him, and the evil spirit departed from him.

Majority Standard BIble ☆

And whenever the spirit from God came upon Saul, David would pick up his harp and play. Then Saul would find relief and feel better, and the spirit of distress would depart from him.

Webster Bible ☆

And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took a harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.

Revised Version ☆

And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took the harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

And it came to pass when the evil spirit was upon Saul, that David took his harp, and played with his hand: and Saul was refreshed, and it was well with him, and the evil spirit departed from him.

World English Bible ☆

When the spirit from God was on Saul, David took the harp and played with his hand; so Saul was refreshed and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

When the spirit from God was on Saul, David took the harp and played with his hand; so Saul was refreshed and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.

World English Bible British Edition ☆

When the spirit from God was on Saul, David took the harp and played with his hand; so Saul was refreshed and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

When the spirit from God was on Saul, David took the harp and played with his hand; so Saul was refreshed and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.

World English Bible Classic ☆

When the spirit from God was on Saul, David took the harp and played with his hand; so Saul was refreshed and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.

World English Bible Updated ☆

When the spirit from God was on Saul, David took the harp and played with his hand; so Saul was refreshed and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.

World Messianic Bible ☆

When the spirit from God was on Saul, David took the harp and played with his hand; so Saul was refreshed and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

When the spirit from God was on Saul, David took the harp and played with his hand; so Saul was refreshed and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.

Young's Literal Translation ☆

And it hath come to pass, in the spirit of [sadness from] God being on Saul, that David hath taken the harp, and played with his hand, and Saul hath refreshment and gladness, and the spirit of sadness hath turned aside from off him.

The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible ☆

And it came to pass, when the ruach Elohim was upon Sha'ul, that Dovid took the kinnor, and played with his yad; so Sha'ul was relieved, and was tov, and the ruach hara'ah departed from him.

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

وَكَانَ عِنْدَمَا جَاءَ ٱلرُّوحُ مِنْ قِبَلِ ٱللهِ عَلَى شَاوُلَ أَنَّ دَاوُدَ أَخَذَ ٱلْعُودَ وَضَرَبَ بِيَدِهِ، فَكَانَ يَرْتَاحُ شَاوُلُ وَيَطِيبُ وَيَذْهَبُ عَنْهُ ٱلرُّوحُ ٱلرَّدِيءُ.

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

ထို​နေ့​မှ​အ​စ​ပြု​၍​ရှော​လု​ကို​ဘု​ရား​သ​ခင် စေ​လွှတ်​တော်​မူ​သော​နတ်​မိစ္ဆာ​ဝင်​သည့်​အ​ခါ​တိုင်း ဒါ​ဝိဒ်​သည်​စောင်း​ကို​ယူ​၍​တီး​လေ့​ရှိ​၏။ ထို အ​ခါ​နတ်​မိစ္ဆာ​သည်​ထွက်​ခွာ​သွား​သ​ဖြင့် ရှော​လု​သည်​သက်​သာ​၍​တစ်​ဖန်​ကျန်း​မာ လာ​လေ​သည်။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

ဘုရား သခင့်ထံတော်က ဆိုးသောဝိညာဉ် သည် ရှောလု အပေါ် မှာ ရောက် သောအခါ ၊ ဒါဝိဒ် သည် စောင်း ကိုယူ ၍ တီး သဖြင့် ဆိုး သောဝိညာဉ် ထွက် သွား၍ ၊ ရှောလု သည် သက်သာ လျက် ပကတိ ကျန်းမာလျက်ရှိတတ်၏။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Angraeng khae ih kasae muithla Saul khaeah phak naah, David mah katoeng to lak moe, kruek; to naah Saul loe hoihkhang kue, poeknawm kue moe, kasae muithla mah anih to caehtaak.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Pathen kah mueihla loh Saul te a pha tih a om thil takuem vaengah, David loh rhotoeng a loh tih a kut neh a tum pah. Te vaengah Saul dongkah mueihla thae a nong dongah amah khaw hoengpoek tih a then pah.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Pathen kah mueihla loh Saul te a pha tih a om thil takuem vaengah, David loh rhotoeng a loh tih a kut neh a tum pah. Te vaengah Saul dongkah mueihla thae a nong dongah amah khaw hoengpoek tih a then pah.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

从 神那里来的恶魔临到 扫罗身上的时候， 大卫就拿琴，用手而弹， 扫罗便舒畅爽快，恶魔离了他。

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

從上帝那裏來的惡魔臨到 掃羅身上的時候， 大衛就拿琴，用手而彈， 掃羅便舒暢爽快，惡魔離了他。

World Chinese Bible ☆

每当从上帝那里来的灵临到扫罗身上，大卫就拿琴，用手弹奏；扫罗便舒畅好转，那邪灵也离开了他。

Croatian Bible ☆

I kad god bi Božji duh napao Šaula, David bi uzeo harfu i svirao; tada bi Šaulu odlanulo i bilo bi mu bolje, a zao bi duh odlazio od njega.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

I bývalo, že kdyžkoli napadal duch Boží Saule, David, bera harfu, hrával rukou svou; i míval Saul polehčení, a lépe mu bývalo, nebo ten duch zlý odstupoval od něho.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

Når nu Ånden fra Gud kom over Saul, tog David sin Citer og rørte Strengene; så følte Saul Lindring og fik det godt, og den onde Ånd veg fra ham.

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

En het geschiedde, als de geest Gods over Saul was, zo nam David de harp, en hij speelde met zijn hand; dat was voor Saul een verademing, en het werd beter met hem, en de boze geest week van hem.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

En telkens als de geest van God Saul overviel, nam David de citer en speelde erop; dan kalmeerde Saul en voelde zich beter, omdat de boze geest van hem week.

Esperanto Bible ☆

Kaj ĉiufoje, kiam la spirito, sendita de Dio, atakis Saulon, David prenadis la harpon kaj ludadis per sia mano; tiam al Saul fariĝadis pli facile kaj bone, kaj la malbona spirito foriĝadis de li.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

Et il arrivait que, quand l’esprit [envoyé] de Dieu était sur Saül, David prenait la harpe et en jouait de sa main ; et Saül était soulagé et se trouvait bien, et le mauvais esprit se retirait de dessus lui.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Quand donc le mauvais esprit, envoyé de Dieu, était sur Saül, David prenait la harpe, et en jouait de sa main; et Saül respirait et était soulagé, et le mauvais esprit se retirait de lui.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

Et lorsque l’esprit de Dieu était sur Saül, David prenait la harpe et jouait de sa main; Saül respirait alors plus à l’aise et se trouvait soulagé, et le mauvais esprit se retirait de lui.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Chaque fois que l’esprit venant de Dieu était sur Saül, David prenait la harpe et jouait. Saül respirait alors plus librement, se trouvait soulagé, et le mauvais esprit se retirait de lui.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Und es geschah, wenn der Geist von Gott über Saul kam, so nahm David die Laute und spielte mit seiner Hand; und Saul fand Erleichterung, und es wurde ihm wohl, und der böse Geist wich von ihm.

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Wenn nun der Geist Gottes über Saul kam, so nahm David die Harfe und spielte mit seiner Hand; so erquickte sich Saul, und es ward besser mit ihm, und der böse Geist wich von ihm.

German Textbibel ☆

So oft hernach der Gottesgeist über Saul kam, griff David zur Zither und spielte: da wurde es Saul leichter und besser, und der böse Geist zog sich von ihm zurück.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Wenn nun der [böse] Geist von Gott über Saul kam, so nahm David die Harfe und spielte mit seiner Hand; und Saul fand Erleichterung, und es ward ihm wohl, und der böse Geist wich von ihm.

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Brenton Septuagint ☆

Καὶ ἐγενήθη ἐν τῷ εἶναι πνεῦμα πονηρὸν ἐπὶ Σαοὺλ, καὶ ἐλάμβανε Δαυὶδ τὴν κινύραν, καὶ ἔψαλλεν ἐν χειρὶ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀνέψυχε Σαοὺλ, καὶ ἀγαθὸν αὐτῷ, καὶ ἀφίστατο ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ πονηρόν.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Depi lè sa a, chak fwa move lespri Bondye te voye a desann sou Sayil, David pran gita a epi li tonbe jwe. Lè konsa, move lespri a kite l', epi Sayil te soulaje, li te santi l' byen ankò.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

A i ka manawa i hiki mai ai ka uhane ino maluna o Saula na ke Akua mai, lalau aku la o Davida i ka lira, a hookani aku la me kona lima; a ua oluolu o Saula, a ua ola hoi, a haalele ka uhane ino ia ia.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

וְהָיָ֗ה בִּֽהְיֹ֤ות רֽוּחַ־אֱלֹהִים֙ אֶל־שָׁא֔וּל וְלָקַ֥ח דָּוִ֛ד אֶת־הַכִּנֹּ֖ור וְנִגֵּ֣ן בְּיָדֹ֑ו וְרָוַ֤ח לְשָׁאוּל֙ וְטֹ֣וב לֹ֔ו וְסָ֥רָה מֵעָלָ֖יו ר֥וּחַ הָרָעָֽה׃ פ

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

והיה בהיות רוח אלהים אל שאול ולקח דוד את הכנור ונגן בידו ורוח לשאול וטוב לו וסרה מעליו רוח הרעה׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

Ora, quando lo spirito malvagio, mandato da Dio, era sopra Saulle, Davide pigliava la cetera, e ne sonava con la mano; e Saulle n'era sollevato, e ne stava meglio, e lo spirito malvagio si partiva da lui.

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

Or quando il cattivo spirito suscitato da Dio investiva Saul, Davide pigliava l’arpa e si metteva a sonare; Saul si sentiva sollevato, stava meglio, e il cattivo spirito se n’andava da lui.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

神からの霊がサウルに臨むと、ダビデは竪琴を取り、自分の手で弾いた。するとサウルはさわやかになり、良くなって、悪霊は彼から離れ去った。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

하나님의 부리신 악신이 사울에게 이를 때에 다윗이 수금을 취하여 손으로 탄즉 사울이 상쾌하여 낫고 악신은 그에게서 떠나더라

Kosraean Bible ☆

In pacl sac fahla, pacl nukewa ma ngun koluk se sin God ac utyak nu in Saul, na David el ac eis harp natul ac srital kac. Na ngun koluk sac ac som lukel Saul, ac el ac mongi ac sifilpa wola.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Igitur quandocumque spiritus Domini malus arripiebat Saul, David tollebat citharam, et percutiebat manu sua, et refocillabatur Saul, et levius habebat: recedebat enim ab eo spiritus malus.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

و واقع می‌شد هنگامی که روح بد از جانب خدا بر شاول می‌آمد که داودبربط گرفته، به‌دست خود می‌نواخت، و شاول راراحت و صحت حاصل می‌شد و روح بد از اومی رفت.

World Portuguese Bible ☆

Sempre que o espírito da parte de Deus vinha sobre Saul, Davi pegava a harpa e tocava. Saul sentia alívio e melhorava, e o espírito maligno o deixava.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

E quando o espírito mau da parte de Deus era sobre Saul, Davi tomava a harpa, e tocava com sua mão; e Saul tinha refrigério, e estava melhor, e o espírito mau se afastava dele.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Și s-a întâmplat, când duhul rău de la Dumnezeu era peste Saul, că David lua harpa și cânta cu mâna sa; astfel Saul era înviorat și era bine și duhul rău se depărta de la el.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Ши, кынд духул тримис де Думнезеу веня песте Саул, Давид луа харпа ши кынта ку мына луй; Саул рэсуфла атунч май ушор, се симця ушурат ши духул чел рэу плека де ла ел.

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

И когда дух от Бога бывал на Сауле, то Давид, взяв гусли, играл, - и отраднее и лучше становилось Саулу, и дух злой отступал от него.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

I kad bi duh Božji napao Saula, David uzevši gusle udarao bi rukom svojom, te bi Saul odahnuo i bilo bi mu bolje, jer bi zli duh otišao od njega.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

И кад би дух Божји напао Саула, Давид узевши гусле ударао би руком својом, те би Саул одахнуо и било би му боље, јер би зли дух отишао од њега.

Mashi Bible ☆

Erhi gulya mûka gwa Nyamuzinda gwanamurhogeraga, Daudi anazihe lulya lulanga lwâge n’obwôla Saulu anarhûlirira, ashubicîyumva bwinjà, na gulya mûka mubî gwanamurhengamwo.

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

Y cuando el espíritu malo de parte de Dios era sobre Saúl, David tomaba el arpa, y tañía con su mano; y Saúl tenía refrigerio, y estaba mejor, y el espíritu malo se apartaba de él.

Spanish BLL ☆

Cada vez que el espíritu de parte de Dios atacaba a Saúl, David tomaba el arpa y se ponía a tocar. Entonces Saúl se calmaba y se sentía mejor, y el espíritu malo se apartaba de él.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

Y cuando el espíritu de parte de Dios asaltaba a Saúl, David tomaba el arpa y la tocaba con su mano; Saúl se aliviaba y se sentía mejor, y el espíritu malo se apartaba de él.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

Y cada vez que el espíritu maligno de Dios venía a Saúl, David tomaba su instrumento y hacía música: así le llegó una nueva vida a Saúl, y él mejoró, y el espíritu maligno se fue de él.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

De modo que cuando el espíritu malo de parte de ʼElohim acometía a Saúl, David tomaba el arpa y la tañía con su mano. Saúl hallaba alivio y se sentía mejor, y el espíritu malo se apartaba de él.

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Revised West Version ☆

Pea ʻi he hoko kia Saula ʻae laumālie mei he ʻOtua, pea pehē, naʻe toʻo ʻe Tevita ʻae haʻape ʻo ne tā ʻaki ia hono nima: pea naʻe fakafiemālie ai ʻa Saula, pea moʻui ai, pea naʻe ʻalu ʻiate ia ʻae laumālie kovi.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

І що було найде злий дух від Бога на Саула, візьме Давид гусли та й заграє: от і полегшає Саулові і получшає, і злий дух відійде від його.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

І що було найде злий дух від Бога на Саула, візьме Давид гусли та й заграє: от і полегшає Саулові і получшає, і злий дух відійде від його.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Vậy, khi Đức Chúa Trời khiến ác thần nhập vào Sau-lơ, thì Đa-vít lấy đàn và gảy. Sau-lơ bèn được an ủi, lành mạnh, và ác thần lìa khỏi người.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

וְהָיָ֗ה בִּֽהְי֤וֹת רֽוּחַ־אֱלֹהִים֙ אֶל־שָׁא֔וּל וְלָקַ֥ח דָּוִ֛ד אֶת־הַכִּנּ֖וֹר וְנִגֵּ֣ן בְּיָד֑וֹ וְרָוַ֤ח לְשָׁאוּל֙ וְט֣וֹב ל֔וֹ וְסָ֥רָה מֵעָלָ֖יו ר֥וּחַ הָרָעָֽה׃ פ