1 Samuel 20:26
What does 1 Samuel 20:26 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Samuel 20:26 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Nevertheless Saul spake not anything that day: for he thought, Something hath befallen him, he is not clean; surely he is not clean.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day: for he thought, Something hath befallen him, he is not clean; surely he is not clean.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Nevertheless Saul spake not anything that day: for he thought, Something hath befallen him, he is not clean; surely he is not clean.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949But Saul said nothing that day, for his thought was, Something has taken place making him unclean; it is clear that he is not clean.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And Saul hath not spoken anything on that day, for he said, `It <FI>is<Fi> an accident; he is not clean--surely not clean.'
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And Saul said nothing that day, for he thought it might have happened to him, that he was not clean, nor purified.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And Saul said nothing that day; for he thought, Something has befallen [him], that he is not clean: surely he is not clean.
Context
v.25And the king sat upon his seat, as at other times, even upon the seat by the wall; and Jonathan stood up, and Abner sat by Saul’s side: but David’s place was empty.
v.26This passage
v.27And it came to pass on the morrow after the new moon, which was the second day, that David’s place was empty: and Saul said unto Jonathan his son, Wherefore cometh not the son of Jesse to meat, neither yesterday, nor to-day?
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 7:20
but the soul that eateth of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace-offerings, that pertain unto Jehovah, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from his people.
- Leviticus 15:19
And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be in her impurity seven days: and whosoever toucheth her shall be unclean until the even.
- Leviticus 11:40
And he that eateth of the carcass of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: he also that beareth the carcass of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.
- Leviticus 15:16
And if any man’s seed of copulation go out from him, then he shall bathe all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the even.
- Leviticus 11:31
These are they which are unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever doth touch them, when they are dead, shall be unclean until the even.
- Leviticus 15:5
And whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
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