1 Samuel 4:10 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man into his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.”

1 Samuel 4:10 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

1 Samuel 4:10 in 6 Bible Translations

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1 Samuel 4:10 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“The Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and each man fled to his tent. There was a very great slaughter; for thirty thousand footmen of Israel fell.”

1 Samuel 4:10 — World English Bible

1 Samuel 4:10 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man to his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen. ”

1 Samuel 4:10 — American Standard Version

1 Samuel 4:10 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“And the Philistines fight, and Israel is smitten, and they flee each to his tents, and the blow is very great, and there fall of Israel thirty thousand footmen;”

1 Samuel 4:10 — Young's Literal Translation

1 Samuel 4:10 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And the Philistines fought, and Israel was routed, and they fled every man to his tent; and there was a very great slaughter, and there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen. ”

1 Samuel 4:10 — Darby Translation

1 Samuel 4:10 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“And the Philistims fought, and Israel was smitten downe, and fled euery man into his tent: and there was an exceeding great slaughter: for there fell of Israel thirtie thousand footemen.”

1 Samuel 4:10 — Geneva Bible

1 Samuel 4:10 in Context — 1 Samuel 4

8 Woe unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Gods? these are the Gods that smote the Egyptians with all the plagues in the wilderness.

9 Be strong, and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye be not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you: quit yourselves like men, and fight.

10 And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man into his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.

11 And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.

12 And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes rent, and with earth upon his head.

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What Does 1 Samuel 4:10 Mean?

1 Samuel 4:10 is a verse from the Book of 1 Samuel, part of the Old Testament. It appears in 1 Samuel chapter 4. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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