1 Samuel 18:6

1 Samuel 18:6 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

6When the men were returning home after David had killed the Philistine, the women came out from all the towns of Israel to meet King Saul with singing and dancing, with joyful songs and with timbrels and lyres.

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New American Standard Bible - NASB (NASB2020)

6Now it happened as they were coming, when David returned from killing the Philistine, that the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul, with tambourines, with joy and with other 18:6 Possibly three-stringed lutesmusical instruments.

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New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)

6It happened as they were coming, when David returned from killing the Philistine, that the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul, with tambourines, with joy and with I.e. triangles; or three-stringed instrumentsmusical instruments.

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Amplified Bible (AMP)

6As they were coming [home], when David returned from killing the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul with tambourines, [songs of] joy, and 18:6 Lit three-stringed.musical instruments.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

6As the troops were returning home after David had killed the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel to meet King Saul with singing and dancing, with joyful songs, and with tambourines and other instruments.18:6 Possibly three-stringed instruments or cymbals or lutes or lyres

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New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)

6After David had killed Goliath, the men of Israel returned home. The women came out of all the towns of Israel to meet King Saul. They danced and sang joyful songs. They played harps and tambourines.

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