1 Kings 16:22
And Saul sent to Isai, saying: Let David stand before me: for he hath found favour in my sight.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Misitque Saul ad Isai, dicens : Stet David in conspectu meo : invenit enim gratiam in oculis meis.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ ἀπέστειλεν Σαοὺλ πρὸς Ἰεσσαὶ λέγων Παριστάσθω δὴ Δαυεὶδ ἐνώπιον ἐμοῦ, ὅτι εὗρεν χάριν ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς μου.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח שָׁא֔וּל אֶל יִשַׁ֖י לֵאמֹ֑ר יַעֲמָד נָ֤א דָוִד֙ לְפָנַ֔י כִּֽי מָ֥צָא חֵ֖ן בְּעֵינָֽי
Haydock's commentary
Sight. He had sent him back, as people of a melancholy temper are often hard to please; (Menochius) and before David married Michol, he did not remain with the king, but only came when his presence was deemed necessary. (Calmet)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.