1 Samuel 30:18
What does 1 Samuel 30:18 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Samuel 30:18 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken; and David rescued his two wives.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away: and David rescued his two wives.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken; and David rescued his two wives.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And David got back everything the Amalekites had taken; and he got back his two wives.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And David delivereth all that the Amalekites have taken; also his two wives hath David delivered.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752So David recovered all that the Amalecites had taken, and he rescued his two wives.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken: and David recovered his two wives.
Context
v.17And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day: and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, who rode upon camels and fled.
v.18This passage
v.19And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor anything that they had taken to them: David brought back all.
Cross references
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- Genesis 14:16
And he brought back all the goods, and also brought back his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.
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