“And when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats' hair for his bolster.”
King James Version (KJV)
19:18 To Samuel - Both for comfort and direction in his distress; and for safety, supposing that Saul would be ashamed to execute his bloody designs in the presence of so venerable a person as Samuel.
And when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goates haire for his bolster.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
When the messengers entered, behold, the household idol {was} on the bed with the quilt of goats' {hair} at its head.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And when the messengers came in, behold, the teraphim was in the bed, with the pillow of goats' `hair' at the head thereof.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And when the men came in, there was the image in the bed, with the cushion of goat's hair at its head
- Basic English Bible
And the messengers came in, and behold, the image was in the bed, and the net of goats' [hair] at its head.
- Darby Bible
And when the messengers had come in, behold, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goat's hair for his bolster.
- Webster's Bible
When the messengers came in, behold, the teraphim was in the bed, with the pillow of goats' hair at its head.
- World English Bible
And the messengers come in, and lo, the teraphim [are] on the bed, and the mattress of goats' [hair], [for] his pillows.
- Youngs Literal Bible
And when the messengers came in, behold, the teraphim was in the bed, with the quilt of goats' hair at the head thereof.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible