1 Samuel 30:2
What does 1 Samuel 30:2 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Samuel 30:2 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000and had taken captive the womenand allthat were therein, both small and great: they slew not any, but carried them off, and went their way.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And had taken the women captives, that were therein: they slew not any, either great or small, but carried them away, and went on their way.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901and had taken captive the womenand allthat were therein, both small and great: they slew not any, but carried them off, and went their way.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And had made the women and all who were there, small and great, prisoners: they had not put any of them to death, but had taken them all away.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and they take captive the women who <FI>are<Fi> in it; from small unto great they have not put any one to death, and they lead away, and go on their way.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And had taken the women captives that were in it, both little and great: and they had not killed any person, but had carried them with them, and went on their way.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890and had taken the women captives that were in it; both great and small: they had put none to death, but had carried them off, and went on their way.
Context
v.1And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had made a raid upon the South, and upon Ziklag, and had smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire,
v.2This passage
v.3And when David and his men came to the city, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captive.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 38:11
And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further; And here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
- Psalms 76:10
Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: The residue of wrath shalt thou gird upon thee.
- 1 Samuel 27:11
And David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring them to Gath, saying, Lest they should tell of us, saying, So did David, and so hath been his manner all the while he hath dwelt in the country of the Philistines.
- 1 Samuel 30:19
And 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.
- Isaiah 27:8
In measure, when thou sendest them away, thou dost contend with them; he hath removed them with his rough blast in the day of the east wind.
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