1 Samuel 26:4
What does 1 Samuel 26:4 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Samuel 26:4 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come of a certainty.
KJV
King James Version · 1611David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come in very deed.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come of a certainty.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And so David sent out watchers, and got word from them that Saul was certainly coming.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and David sendeth spies, and knoweth that Saul hath come unto Nachon,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752He sent spies, and learned that he was most certainly come thither.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890David sent out spies, and learned that Saul was certainly come.
Context
v.3And Saul encamped in the hill of Hachilah, which is before the desert, by the way. But David abode in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness.
v.4This passage
v.5And David arose, and came to the place where Saul had encamped; and David beheld the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his host: and Saul lay within the place of the wagons, and the people were encamped round about him.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Matthew 10:16
Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
- Joshua 2:1
And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men as spies secretly, saying, Go, view the land, and Jericho. And they went and came into the house of a harlot whose name was Rahab, and lay there.
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