你父亲若见我不在席上，你就说：‘大卫切求我许他回本城伯利恒去，因为他全家在那里献年祭。’

你父亲若见我不在席上，你就说：‘大卫恳求我允许他赶回本城伯利恒去，因为他全家在那里献年祭。’

你父亲若见我不在席上，你就说：‘大卫恳求我允许他赶回本城伯利恒去，因为他全家在那里献年祭。’

如果你父亲问起我，你就说我恳求你允许我回到故乡伯利恒，因为我全家正在那里献年祭。

如果你父亲不见我在座，你就说：‘大卫恳求我让他赶回他的本城伯利恒去，因为他全家在那里有献年祭的事。’

如果你父亲问起我，你就说：‘大卫恳求我让他赶回他本乡伯利恒去，因为全家族要在那里举行年祭。’

你父親若見我不在席上，你就說：『大衛切求我許他回本城伯利恆去，因為他全家在那裏獻年祭。』

你父親若見我不在席上，你就說：『大衛懇求我允許他趕回本城伯利恆去，因為他全家在那裏獻年祭。』

你父親若見我不在席上，你就說：『大衛懇求我允許他趕回本城伯利恆去，因為他全家在那裏獻年祭。』

如果你父親問起我，你就說我懇求你允許我回到故鄉伯利恆，因為我全家正在那裡獻年祭。

如果你父親不見我在座，你就說：‘大衛懇求我讓他趕回他的本城伯利恆去，因為他全家在那裡有獻年祭的事。’

你父親若察覺我不在席上，那麼你就說：『大衛懇切求我許他跑回他本城伯利恆去；因為在那裏他全家有獻年祭的事。』

如果你父親問起我，你就說：『大衛懇求我讓他趕回他本鄉伯利恆去，因為全家族要在那裡舉行年祭。』

如爾父見我不在、可言大衛切請於我、許其趨歸伯利恆故邑、蓋其全家獻歲祭於彼、

如爾父見我不在、請告之曰、大闢全家、歲獻祭品、彼請於我、容其趨歸伯利恆故邑、

如爾父覺我不在席、而問其故、爾即云、大衛求我容其趨歸伯利恆故邑、蓋其全家在彼、適獻年祭、

If your father misses me at all, tell him,‘ David earnestly asked my permission to hurry to Bethlehem, his hometown, because an annual sacrifice is being made there for his whole clan.’

Your father might miss me. If he does, then tell him,‘ David begged me to let him hurry home to Bethlehem. A yearly sacrifice is being offered there for his whole family group.’

If your father misses me at all, then say,‘ David earnestly asked leave of me to run to Bethlehem his city, for there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the clan.’

If your father asks where I am, tell him I asked permission to go home to Bethlehem for an annual family sacrifice.

If your father misses me at all, say,‘ David urgently requested my permission to go quickly to his hometown, Bethlehem, for an annual sacrifice there involving the whole clan.’

If your father misses me at all, then say,‘ David earnestly requested leave of me to run to Bethlehem, his city, because it is the yearly sacrifice there for the whole family.’

If your father misses me at all, then say,‘ David earnestly asked permission of me that he might run over to Bethlehem, his city, for there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the family.’

If thy father miss me at all, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Beth- lehem his city; for it is the yearly sacrifice there for all the family.

If your father misses me at all, say,‘ David urgently requested my permission to quickly go to his town Bethlehem for an annual sacrifice there involving the whole clan.’

If thy father at all miss me, then say, David earnestly asked[ leave] of me that he might run to Bethlehem his city: for[ there is] a yearly sacrifice there for all the family.

If your father happens to miss me, you should say,‘ David urgently requested me to let him go to his city Bethlehem, for there is an annual sacrifice there for his entire family.’

If your father misses me at all, then say,‘ David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Bethlehem his city; for it is the yearly sacrifice there for all the family.’

“ He is,” they answered.“ He’s ahead of you. Hurry now; he has just come to our town today, for the people have a sacrifice at the high place. (niv)

“ Whose son are you, young man?” Saul asked him. David said,“ I am the son of your servant Jesse of Bethlehem.” (niv)

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.’Invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what to do. You are to anoint for me the one I indicate.”Samuel did what the Lord said. When he arrived at Bethlehem, the elders of the town trembled when they met him. They asked,“ Do you come in peace?”Samuel replied,“ Yes, in peace; I have come to sacrifice to the Lord. Consecrate yourselves and come to the sacrifice with me.” Then he consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice. (niv)

But you are to seek the place the Lord your God will choose from among all your tribes to put his Name there for his dwelling. To that place you must go; (niv)

Does not Scripture say that the Messiah will come from David’s descendants and from Bethlehem, the town where David lived?” (niv)