New International VersionBut when the men entered, there was the idol in the bed, and at the head was some goats’ hair.
New Living TranslationBut when they came to carry David out, they discovered that it was only an idol in the bed with a cushion of goat’s hair at its head.
English Standard VersionAnd when the messengers came in, behold, the image was in the bed, with the pillow of goats’ hair at its head.
Berean Standard BibleAnd when the messengers entered, there was the idol in the bed with the goat hair on its head.
King James BibleAnd when the messengers were come in, behold,
there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats'
hair for his bolster.
New King James VersionAnd when the messengers had come in, there was the image in the bed, with a cover of goats’
hair for his head.
New American Standard BibleWhen the messengers entered, behold, the household idol
was on the bed with the quilt of goats’ hair at its head.
NASB 1995When the messengers entered, behold, the household idol was on the bed with the quilt of goats’ hair at its head.
NASB 1977When the messengers entered, behold, the household idol
was on the bed with the quilt of goats’
hair at its head.
Legacy Standard BibleThe messengers came, and behold, the household idol
was on the bed with the quilt of goats’
hair at its head.
Amplified BibleWhen the messengers came in, there was the household idol on the bed with a quilt of goats’
hair at its head.
Christian Standard BibleWhen the agents arrived, to their surprise, the household idol was on the bed with some goat hair on its head.
Holman Christian Standard BibleWhen the messengers arrived, to their surprise, the household idol was on the bed with some goat hair on its head.
American Standard VersionAnd when the messengers came in, behold, the teraphim was in the bed, with the pillow of goats' hair at the head thereof.
Contemporary English VersionWhen the guards went in, all they found in the bed was the statue with the goat hair on its head.
English Revised VersionAnd when the messengers came in, behold, the teraphim was in the bed, with the pillow of goats' hair at the head thereof.
GOD'S WORD® TranslationThe messengers came, and there in the bed were the idols with the goat-hair blanket at its head.
Good News TranslationThey went inside and found the household idol in the bed and the goats' hair pillow at its head.
International Standard VersionThe messengers went in, and there was the household idol in the bed with the cover of goat hair at its head!
NET BibleWhen the messengers came, they found only the idol on the bed and the quilt made of goat's hair at its head.
New Heart English BibleWhen the messengers came in, look, the teraphim was in the bed, with the pillow of goats' hair at its head.
Webster's Bible TranslationAnd when the messengers had come in, behold, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goat's hair for his bolster.
Majority Text Translations
Majority Standard BibleAnd when the messengers entered, there was the idol in the bed with the goat hair on its head.
World English BibleWhen the messengers came in, behold, the teraphim was in the bed, with the pillow of goats’ hair at its head.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard VersionAnd the messengers come in, and behold, the teraphim [are] on the bed, and the mattress of goats’ [hair for] his pillows.
Young's Literal Translation And the messengers come in, and lo, the teraphim are on the bed, and the mattress of goats' hair, for his pillows.
Smith's Literal TranslationAnd the messengers will come in, and behold, the teraphim in the bed, and the braiding of goats hair at its head.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims BibleAnd when the messengers were come in, they found an image upon the bed, and a goat's skin at its head.
Catholic Public Domain VersionAnd when the messengers had arrived, they found a likeness on the bed, with a goat pelt at its head.
New American BibleBut when the messengers entered, they found the teraphim in the bed, with the tangle of goat’s hair at its head.
New Revised Standard VersionWhen the messengers came in, the idol was in the bed, with the covering of goats’ hair on its head.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa BibleAnd when the messengers came in, behold, there was an idol in the bed, with a pillow of goat's skin at its head.
Peshitta Holy Bible TranslatedAnd the Messengers came and behold, the statue was in the bed, and skin of goats its pillow, and they told Shaul
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917And when the messengers came in, behold, the teraphim was in the bed, with the quilt of goats' hair at the head thereof.
Brenton Septuagint TranslationAnd the messengers come, and, behold, the images
were on the bed, and the goat's liver at his head.
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