Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Let our lord give orders, and thy servants who are before thee, will seek out a man skilful in playing on the harp, that when the evil spirit from the Lord is upon thee, he may play with his hand, and thou mayst bear it more easily. before thee 1 Samuel 16:21,22 And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him exceedingly, and made him his armourbearer. . . . Genesis 41:46 (Now he was thirty years old when he stood before king Pharao), and he went round all the countries of Egypt. 1 Kings 10:8 Blessed are thy men, and blessed are thy servants, who stand before thee always, and hear thy wisdom. play 1 Samuel 16:23 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. 1 Samuel 10:5 After that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where the garrison of the Philistines is: and when thou shalt be come there into the city, thou shalt meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place, with a psaltery, and a timbrel, and a pipe, and a harp before them, and they shall be prophesying. 2 Kings 3:15 But now bring me hither a minstrel. And when the minstrel played, the hand of the Lord came upon him, and he said: Context David Serves Saul…15And the servants of Saul said to him: Behold now an evil spirit from God troubleth thee. 16Let our lord give orders, and thy servants who are before thee, will seek out a man skilful in playing on the harp, that when the evil spirit from the Lord is upon thee, he may play with his hand, and thou mayst bear it more easily.17And Saul said to his servants: Provide me then some man that can play well, and bring him to me.… Cross References 1 Samuel 16:14 But the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord troubled him. 1 Samuel 16:15 And the servants of Saul said to him: Behold now an evil spirit from God troubleth thee. 1 Samuel 16:17 And Saul said to his servants: Provide me then some man that can play well, and bring him to me. 1 Samuel 18:10 And the day after, the evil spirit from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of his house. And David played with his hand as at other times. And Saul held a spear in his hand, 1 Samuel 19:9 And the evil spirit from the Lord came upon Saul; and he sat in his house, and held a spear in his hand: and David played with his hand. 2 Kings 3:15 But now bring me hither a minstrel. And when the minstrel played, the hand of the Lord came upon him, and he said: Lexicon Let our lordאֲדֹנֵ֙נוּ֙ (’ă·ḏō·nê·nū) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common plural Strong's Hebrew 113: Sovereign, controller command יֹאמַר־ (yō·mar-) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say your servants עֲבָדֶ֣יךָ (‘ă·ḇā·ḏe·ḵā) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5650: Slave, servant here לְפָנֶ֔יךָ (lə·p̄ā·ne·ḵā) Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face to seek out יְבַקְשׁ֕וּ (yə·ḇaq·šū) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 1245: To search out, to strive after someone אִ֕ישׁ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person who can skillfully יֹדֵ֖עַ (yō·ḏê·a‘) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3045: To know play מְנַגֵּ֣ן (mə·nag·gên) Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5059: To touch or play a stringed instrument the harp. בַּכִּנּ֑וֹר (bak·kin·nō·wr) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3658: A harp Whenever בִּֽהְי֨וֹת (bih·yō·wṯ) Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be the spirit רֽוּחַ־ (rū·aḥ-) Noun - common singular construct Strong's Hebrew 7307: Wind, breath, exhalation, life, anger, unsubstantiality, a region of the sky, spirit of distress רָעָ֔ה (rā·‘āh) Adjective - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 7451: Bad, evil from God אֱלֹהִים֙ (’ĕ·lō·hîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative is upon you, עָלֶ֤יךָ (‘ā·le·ḵā) Preposition | second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against he is to play it, וְנִגֵּ֥ן (wə·nig·gên) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5059: To touch or play a stringed instrument and you לָֽךְ׃ (lāḵ) Preposition | second person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew [will be] well.” וְט֥וֹב (wə·ṭō·wḇ) Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2895: To be pleasing or good Additional Translations Let our lord command your servants here to seek out someone who can skillfully play the harp. Whenever the spirit of distress from God is upon you, he is to play it, and you will be well.”Let our lord now command your servants, which are before you, to seek out a man, who is a cunning player on an harp: and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is on you, that he shall play with his hand, and you shall be well. Let our lord now command thy servants, that are before thee, to seek out a man who is a skilful player on the harp: and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well. Let now thy servants speak before thee, and let them seek for our lord a man skilled to play on the harp; and it shall come to pass when an evil spirit comes upon thee and he shall play on his harp, that thou shalt be well, and he shall refresh thee. Let our lord now speak; thy servants are before thee: they shall seek out a man, a skilful player on a harp; and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well. Let our lord now command thy servants, which are before thee, to seek out a man who is a cunning player on the harp: and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well. Let our lord now command thy servants, who are before thee, to seek a man who is a skillful player on a harp: and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he will play with his hand, and thou wilt be well. Let our lord now command your servants who are before you, to seek out a man who is a skillful player on the harp. It shall happen, when the evil spirit from God is on you, that he shall play with his hand, and you shall be well." let our lord command, we pray thee, thy servants before thee, they seek a skilful man, playing on a harp, and it hath come to pass, in the spirit of sadness from God being upon thee, that he hath played with his hand, and it is well with thee.' Jump to Previous Command Cunning Evil Hand Harp Play Player Seek Servants Skilful Skillful SpiritJump to Next Command Cunning Evil Hand Harp Play Player Seek Servants Skilful Skillful SpiritExternal Links 1 Samuel 16:16 NIV1 Samuel 16:16 NLT 1 Samuel 16:16 ESV 1 Samuel 16:16 NASB 1 Samuel 16:16 ASV 1 Samuel 16:16 Bible Apps 1 Samuel 16:16 Biblia Paralela 1 Samuel 16:16 Chinese Bible 1 Samuel 16:16 French Bible 1 Samuel 16:16 German Bible Alphabetical: a about and are be before better can come comes command evil feel for from God hand harp He here his is it Let lord man now on our play player search seek servants shall skillful someone spirit that the them to upon well when who will with you your OT History: 1 Samuel 16:16 Let our lord now command your servants (1Sa iSam 1 Sam i sa) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |