11 translations · Hebrew
1 Samuel 30:6
David was greatly distressed; for the people spoke of stoning him, because the souls of all the people were grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters; but David strengthened himself in Yahweh his God.
1 Samuel 30:6 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- David was greatly distressed; for the people spoke of stoning him, because the souls of all the people were grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters; but David strengthened himself in Yahweh his God.
- KJV King James Version
- And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- And David was greatly distressed because the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of every man grieved for his sons and daughters. But David found strength in the LORD his God.
- ASV American Standard Version
- And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David strengthened himself in Jehovah his God.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- and David has great distress, for the people have said to stone him, for the soul of all the people has been bitter, each for his sons and for his daughters; and David strengthens himself in his God YHWH.
- FBV Free Bible Version
- David was in a great deal of trouble, because the men were so upset over losing their children that they began to talk of stoning him. But trusting in the Lord his God,
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- and David hath great distress, for the people have said to stone him, for the soul of all the people hath been bitter, each for his sons and for his daughters; and David doth strengthen himself in Jehovah his God.
- DBY Darby Translation
- And David was greatly distressed; for the people spoke of stoning him; for the soul of all the people was embittered, every man because of his sons and because of his daughters; but David strengthened himself in Jehovah his God.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- And David was greatly distressed: for the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons, and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- David was greatly distressed, for the people spoke of stoning him, because the souls of all the people were grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters; but David strengthened himself in the LORD his God.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- And David was greatly afflicted: for the people had a mind to stone him, for the soul of every man was bitterly grieved for his sons, and daughters: but David took courage in the Lord his God.
The Hebrew words
Each word of the Hebrew text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַתֵּ֨צֶר | wat·tê·ṣer | distressed | H3334 יָצַר be distressed |
| לְדָוִ֜ד | lə·ḏā·wiḏ | And David | H1732 דָּוִד David |
| מְאֹ֗ד | mə·’ōḏ | was greatly | H3966 מְאֹד much |
| כִּֽי־ | kî- | because | H3588 כִּי for |
| אָמְר֤וּ | ’ā·mə·rū | spoke | H559 אָמַר to say |
| הָעָם֙ | hā·‘ām | the people | H5971 עַם people |
| לְסָקְל֔וֹ | lə·sā·qə·lōw | of stoning him | H5619 סָקַל to stone |
| כִּֽי־ | kî- | because | H3588 כִּי for |
| מָ֙רָה֙ | mā·rāh | grieved | H4784 מָרָה to rebel |
| נֶ֣פֶשׁ | ne·p̄eš | the soul | H5315 נֶ֫פֶשׁ soul |
| כָּל־ | kāl- | — | H3605 כֹּל all |
| הָעָ֔ם | hā·‘ām | — | H5971 עַם people |
| אִ֖ישׁ | ’îš | of every man | H376 אִישׁ man |
| עַל־ | ‘al- | for | H5921 עַל upon |
| בְּנוֹ | bə·nō | his sons | H1121 בֵּן son: child |
| וְעַל־ | wə·‘al- | and | H5921 עַל upon |
| בְּנֹתָ֑יו | bə·nō·ṯāw | daughters | H1323 בַּת daughter |
| וַיִּתְחַזֵּ֣ק | way·yiṯ·ḥaz·zêq | found strength | H2388 חָזַק to strengthen: strengthen |
| דָּוִ֔ד | dā·wiḏ | But David | H1732 דָּוִד David |
| בַּיהוָ֖ה | Yah·weh | in the LORD | H3068 יְהֹוָה LORD |
| אֱלֹהָֽיו׃ס | ’ĕ·lō·hāw | his God | H430 אֱלֹהִים God |
Related verses
- Psalm 56:3–4
When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you. In God, I praise his word. In God, I put my trust. I will not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?
- Psalm 56:11
I have put my trust in God. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
- Psalm 62:5
My soul, wait in silence for God alone, for my expectation is from him.
- Psalm 27:1–3
Yahweh is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? Yahweh is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid? When evildoers came at me to eat up my flesh, even my adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell. Though an army should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear. Though war should rise against me, even then I will be confident.
- Psalm 18:6
In my distress I called on Yahweh, and cried to my God. He heard my voice out of his temple. My cry before him came into his ears.
- Psalm 25:17
The troubles of my heart are enlarged. Oh bring me out of my distresses.
- Psalm 40:1–2
I waited patiently for Yahweh. He turned to me, and heard my cry. He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay. He set my feet on a rock, and gave me a firm place to stand.
- Exodus 17:4
Moses cried to Yahweh, saying, “What shall I do with these people? They are almost ready to stone me.”
- Romans 8:31
What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
- 2 Corinthians 1:8–10
For we don’t desire to have you uninformed, brothers, concerning our affliction which happened to us in Asia, that we were weighed down exceedingly, beyond our power, so much that we despaired even of life. Yes, we ourselves have had the sentence of death within ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead, who delivered us out of so great a death, and does deliver; on whom we have set our hope that he will also still deliver us;
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
4 Then David and the people who were with him lifted up their voice and wept until they had no more power to weep.
5 David’s two wives were taken captive, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
6 David was greatly distressed; for the people spoke of stoning him, because the souls of all the people were grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters; but David strengthened himself in Yahweh his God.
7 David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, “Please bring the ephod here to me.” Abiathar brought the ephod to David.
8 David inquired of Yahweh, saying, “If I pursue after this troop, will I overtake them?” He answered him, “Pursue; for you will surely overtake them, and will without fail recover all.”
Read all of 1 Samuel 30 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
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Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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