1 Samuel 14:26
What does 1 Samuel 14:26 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Samuel 14:26 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And 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.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And when the people were come into the wood, behold, the honey dropped; but no man put his hand to his mouth: for the people feared the oath.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And 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.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949But not a man put his hand to his mouth for fear of the curse.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and the people come in unto the forest, and lo, the honey dropped, and none is moving his hand unto his mouth, for the people feared the oath.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And when the people came into the forest, behold the honey dropped, but no man put his hand to his mouth. For the people feared the oath.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And the people had come into the wood, and behold, the honey flowed; but no man put his hand to his mouth, for the people feared the oath.
Context
v.25And all the people came into the forest; and there was honey upon the ground.
v.26This passage
v.27But Jonathan heard not when his father charged the people with the oath: wherefore he put forth the end of the rod that was in his hand, and dipped it in the honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes were enlightened.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ecclesiastes 9:2
All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth and to him that sacrificeth not; as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.
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