1 Samuel 14:30 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“How much more, if haply the people had eaten freely to day of the spoil of their enemies which they found? for had there not been now a much greater slaughter among the Philistines?”
1 Samuel 14:30 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
1 Samuel 14:30 in 6 Bible Translations
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1 Samuel 14:30 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“How much more, if perhaps the people had eaten freely today of the plunder of their enemies which they found? For now there has been no great slaughter among the Philistines.””
1 Samuel 14:30 — World English Bible
1 Samuel 14:30 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“How much more, if haply the people had eaten freely to-day of the spoil of their enemies which they found? for now hath there been no great slaughter among the Philistines. ”
1 Samuel 14:30 — American Standard Version
1 Samuel 14:30 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“How much more if the people had well eaten to-day of the spoil of its enemies which it hath found, for now, the smiting hath not been great among the Philistines.'”
1 Samuel 14:30 — Young's Literal Translation
1 Samuel 14:30 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“How much more, if the people had eaten freely to-day of the spoil of their enemies which they found? for would there not now have been a much greater slaughter among the Philistines? ”
1 Samuel 14:30 — Darby Translation
1 Samuel 14:30 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Howe much more, if the people had eaten to day of the spoyle of their enemies which they found? for had there not bene nowe a greater slaughter among the Philistims?”
1 Samuel 14:30 — Geneva Bible
1 Samuel 14:30 in Context — 1 Samuel 14
28 Then answered one of the people, and said, Thy father straitly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food this day. And the people were faint.
29 Then said Jonathan, My father hath troubled the land: see, I pray you, how mine eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a little of this honey.
30 How much more, if haply the people had eaten freely to day of the spoil of their enemies which they found? for had there not been now a much greater slaughter among the Philistines?
31 And they smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon: and the people were very faint.
32 And the people flew upon the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and slew them on the ground: and the people did eat them with the blood.
What Does 1 Samuel 14:30 Mean?
1 Samuel 14:30 is a verse from the Book of 1 Samuel, part of the Old Testament. It appears in 1 Samuel chapter 14. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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