1 Samuel 14:25
What does 1 Samuel 14:25 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Samuel 14:25 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And all the people came into the forest; and there was honey upon the ground.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And all they of the land came to a wood; and there was honey upon the ground.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And all the people came into the forest; and there was honey upon the ground.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And there was honey on the face of the field, and all the people came to the honey, the bees having gone from it;
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And all <FI>they of<Fi> the land have come into a forest, and there is honey on the face of the field;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And all the common people came into a forest, in which there was honey upon the ground.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And all they of the land came to a wood; and there was honey on the ground.
Context
v.24And the men of Israel were distressed that day; for Saul had adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food until it be evening, and I be avenged on mine enemies. So none of the people tasted food.
v.25This passage
v.26And when the people were come unto the forest, behold, the honey dropped: but no man put his hand to his mouth; for the people feared the oath.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 13:27
And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us; and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it.
- Exodus 3:8
and I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
- Matthew 3:4
Now John himself had his raiment of camel’s hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his food was locusts and wild honey.
- Deuteronomy 9:28
lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say, Because Jehovah was not able to bring them into the land which he promised unto them, and because he hated them, he hath brought them out to slay them in the wilderness.
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