1 Samuel 30:8 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And David enquired at the Lord, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all.”
1 Samuel 30:8 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
1 Samuel 30:8 in 6 Bible Translations
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1 Samuel 30:8 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“David inquired of Yahweh, saying, “If I pursue after this troop, will I overtake them?” He answered him, “Pursue, for you will surely overtake them, and will without fail recover all.””
1 Samuel 30:8 — World English Bible
1 Samuel 30:8 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And David inquired of Jehovah, saying, If I pursue after this troop, shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue; for thou shalt surely overtake them, and shalt without fail recover all. ”
1 Samuel 30:8 — American Standard Version
1 Samuel 30:8 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“and David asketh at Jehovah, saying, `I pursue after this troop--do I overtake it?' And He saith to him, `Pursue, for thou dost certainly overtake, and dost certainly deliver.'”
1 Samuel 30:8 — Young's Literal Translation
1 Samuel 30:8 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And David inquired of Jehovah, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he said to him, Pursue; for thou shalt assuredly overtake [them] and shalt certainly recover. ”
1 Samuel 30:8 — Darby Translation
1 Samuel 30:8 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Then Dauid asked counsell at the Lord, saying, Shall I follow after this companie? shall I ouertake them? And he answered him, Followe: for thou shalt surely ouertake them, and recouer all.”
1 Samuel 30:8 — Geneva Bible
1 Samuel 30:8 in Context — 1 Samuel 30
6 And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the Lord his God.
7 And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech’s son, I pray thee, bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither the ephod to David.
8 And David enquired at the Lord, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all.
9 So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those that were left behind stayed.
10 But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred abode behind, which were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor.
What Does 1 Samuel 30:8 Mean?
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