And Saul's servants said unto him, Behold now, an evil spirit from God troubleth thee.

and the servants of Saul say unto him, 'Lo, we pray thee, a spirit of sadness from God is terrifying thee;

And Saul's servants said to him, See now, an evil spirit from God is troubling you.

And Saul's servants said unto him: 'Behold now, an evil spirit from God terrifieth thee.

And the servants of Saul said to him: "Behold, an evil spirit from God disturbs you.

The "evil" or "melancholy" spirit here spoken of was "the Spirit of God," or "of Jehovah," as being God's messenger and minister, sent by Him to execute His righteous purpose upon Saul (see 1-Kings 22:19-22 note).

And Saul's servants said unto him,.... His courtiers, who observing him to act in a frantic manner, to be dull and melancholy, timorous, and irresolute, unsteady, divided, and distressed; or his physicians, who were called in to assist him, and remove his disorder from him:
behold, now an evil spirit from God troubleth thee: the disorder was not from any natural cause, or any bodily disease, and therefore out of the reach of physicians to do any service, but was from an evil spirit suffered of God to harass and disturb him.