NET Bible
"The women who were playing the music sang,“Saul has struck down his thousands, but David his tens of thousands!”"
— 1 Samuel 18:7, NET Bible
“And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.”
“And the women sang one to another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, And David his ten thousands. ”
“The women sang one to another as they played, and said, "Saul has slain his thousands, David his ten thousands."”
“And the women sung as they played, and they said: Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands.”
“And the women, answering one another in their song, said, Saul has put to death his thousands and David his tens of thousands.”
“And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.”
Jonathan took off the robe he was wearing and gave it to David, along with the rest of his gear, including his sword, his bow, and even his belt.
On every mission on which Saul sent him, David achieved success. So Saul appointed him over the men of war. This pleased not only all the army, but also Saul’s servants.
When the men arrived after David returned from striking down the Philistine, the women from all the cities of Israel came out singing and dancing to meet King Saul. They were happy as they played their tambourines and three-stringed instruments.
The women who were playing the music sang,“Saul has struck down his thousands, but David his tens of thousands!”
This made Saul very angry. The statement displeased him and he thought,“They have attributed to David tens of thousands, but to me they have attributed only thousands. What does he lack, except the kingdom?”
So Saul was keeping an eye on David from that day onward.
The next day an evil spirit from God rushed upon Saul and he prophesied within his house. Now David was playing the lyre as usual. There was a spear in Saul’s hand,