Devine Scripture

1 Samuel 11:4

1 Samuel chapter 11 · verse 4 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and spake these words in the ears of the people: and all the people lifted up their voice, and wept.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and told the tidings in the ears of the people: and all the people lifted up their voices, and wept.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and spake these words in the ears of the people: and all the people lifted up their voice, and wept.

Context

v.3And the elders of Jabesh said unto him, Give us seven days’ respite, that we may send messengers unto all the borders of Israel; and then, if there be none to save us, we will come out to thee.

v.4This passage

v.5And, behold, Saul came following the oxen out of the field; and Saul said, What aileth the people that they weep? And they told him the words of the men of Jabesh.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 2 Samuel 21:6

    let seven men of his sons be delivered unto us, and we will hang them up unto Jehovah in Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of Jehovah. And the king said, I will give them.

  • 1 Samuel 14:2

    And Saul abode in the uttermost part of Gibeah under the pomegranate-tree which is in Migron: and the people that were with him were about six hundred men;

  • Hebrews 13:3

    Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; them that are ill-treated, as being yourselves also in the body.

  • Romans 12:15

    Rejoice with them that rejoice; weep with them that weep.

  • 1 Samuel 30:4

    Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.

  • Galatians 6:2

    Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.