1 Samuel 14:38
What does 1 Samuel 14:38 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Samuel 14:38 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And Saul said, Draw nigh hither, all ye chiefs of the people; and know and see wherein this sin hath been this day.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And Saul said, Draw ye near hither, all the chief of the people: and know and see wherein this sin hath been this day.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And Saul said, Draw nigh hither, all ye chiefs of the people; and know and see wherein this sin hath been this day.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And Saul said, Come near, all you chiefs of the people, and let us get word from God and see in whom is this sin today.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And Saul saith, `Draw ye nigh hither all, the chiefs of the people, and know and see in what this sin hath been to-day;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And Saul said: Bring hither all the corners of the people: and know, and see by whom this sin hath happened to day.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And Saul said, Draw ye near hither, all the heads of the people; and know and see wherein this sin has been this day.
Context
v.37And Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I go down after the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into the hand of Israel? But he answered him not that day.
v.38This passage
v.39For, as Jehovah liveth, who saveth Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die. But there was not a man among all the people that answered him.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Zechariah 10:4
From him shall come forth the corner-stone, from him the nail, from him the battle bow, from him every ruler together.
- Judges 20:2
And the chiefs of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen that drew sword.
- Joshua 7:11
Israel hath sinned; yea, they have even transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: yea, they have even taken of the devoted thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also; and they have even put it among their own stuff.
- Psalms 47:9
The princes of the peoples are gathered together To bethe people of the God of Abraham; For the shields of the earth belong unto God: He is greatly exalted.
- Joshua 7:14
In the morning therefore ye shall be brought near by your tribes: and it shall be, that the tribe which Jehovah taketh shall come near by families; and the family which Jehovah shall take shall come near by households; and the household which Jehovah shall take shall come near man by man.
- Numbers 24:17
I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not nigh: There shall come forth a star out of Jacob, And a sceptre shall rise out of Israel, And shall smite through the corners of Moab, And break down all the sons of tumult.
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