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Jonathan Eats the Honey

1 Samuel 14:25

In 11 translations

BSB
Then all the troops entered the forest, and there was honey on the ground.
KJV
And all they of the land came to a wood; and there was honey upon the ground.
WEB
All the people came into the forest; and there was honey on the ground.
ASV
And all the people came into the forest; and there was honey upon the ground.
LSV
And all [those of] the land have come into a forest, and there is honey on the face of the field;
YLT
And all [they of] the land have come into a forest, and there is honey on the face of the field;
DBY
And all they of the land came to a wood; and there was honey on the ground.
DRC
And all the common people came into a forest, in which there was honey upon the ground.
GNV
And all they of the land came to a wood, where hony lay vpon the ground.
JPS
And all the people came into the forest; and there was honey upon the ground.
LXXE
And Jaal was a wood abounding in swarms of bees on the face of the ground.Gr. of a swarm, etc.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וְכָל־הָאָ֖רֶץ בָּ֣אוּ בַיָּ֑עַר וַיְהִ֥י דְבַ֖שׁ עַל־פְּנֵ֥י הַשָּׂדֶֽה׃
LXX-Br
καὶ πᾶσα ἡ γῆ ἠρίστα. Καὶ Ἰάαλ δρυμὸς ἦν μελισσῶνος κατὰ πρόσωπον τοῦ ἀγροῦ.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Exodus 3:8I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites,…
  • Numbers 13:27And they gave this account to Moses: “We went into the land to which you sent us, and indeed, it is flowing with milk and honey. Here is some of its fruit!
  • Deuteronomy 9:28Otherwise, those in the land from which You brought us out will say, ‘Because the LORD was not able to bring them into the land He had promised them, and because He hated them, He has brought them out to kill them in…
  • Matthew 3:4–5John wore a garment of camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey. People went out to him from Jerusalem and all Judea and the whole region around the Jordan.

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