1 Samuel 28:5
What does 1 Samuel 28:5 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Samuel 28:5 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And when Saul saw the host of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart trembled greatly.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And when Saul saw the host of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart greatly trembled.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And when Saul saw the host of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart trembled greatly.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And when Saul saw the Philistine army he was troubled, and his heart was moved with fear.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and Saul seeth the camp of the Philistines, and feareth, and his heart trembleth greatly,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And Saul saw the army of the Philistines, and was afraid, and his heart was very much dismayed.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And when Saul saw the camp of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart greatly trembled.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Daniel 5:6
Then the king’s countenance was changed in him, and his thoughts troubled him; and the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.
- Psalms 48:5
They saw it, then were they amazed; They were dismayed, they hasted away.
- Psalms 73:19
How are they become a desolation in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors.
- Job 15:21
A sound of terrors is in his ears; In prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
- Isaiah 21:3
Therefore are my loins filled with anguish; pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman in travail: I am pained so that I cannot hear; I am dismayed so that I cannot see.
- Isaiah 57:20
But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it cannot rest, and its waters cast up mire and dirt.
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