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1 Samuel 16:2
New International Version
1 Samuel 16:2
New International Version
2 But Samuel said, “How can I go? If Saul hears about it, he will kill me.”
The Lord said, “Take a heifer with you and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to the Lord.’
1 Samuel 16:2
King James Version
1 Samuel 16:2
King James Version
2 And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me. And the Lord said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to the Lord.
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1 Samuel 16:2
New King James Version
1 Samuel 16:2
New King James Version
2 And Samuel said, “How can I go? If Saul hears it, he will kill me.”
But the Lord said, “Take a heifer with you, and say, (A)‘I have come to sacrifice to the Lord.’
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1 Samuel 16:2
New American Standard Bible
1 Samuel 16:2
New American Standard Bible
2 But Samuel said, “How can I go? When Saul hears about it, he will kill me.” But the Lord said, “(A)Take a heifer [a]with you and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to the Lord.’
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- 1 Samuel 16:2 Lit by your hand
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