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Read›1 Samuel›Chapter 30

The Amalekites Raid Ziklag

1 Samuel 30:4

In 11 translations

BSB
So David and the troops with him lifted up their voices and wept until they had no strength left to weep.
KJV
Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.
WEB
Then David and the people who were with him lifted up their voice and wept until they had no more power to weep.
ASV
Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.
LSV
And David lifts up—and the people who [are] with him—their voice and weep, until they have no power to weep.
YLT
And David lifteth up — and the people who [are] with him — their voice and weep, till that they have no power to weep.
DBY
Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.
DRC
David and the people that were with him, lifted up their voices, and wept till they had no more tears.
GNV
Then Dauid and the people that was with him, lift vp their voyces and wept, vntill they could weepe no more.
JPS
Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.
LXXE
And David and his men lifted up their voice, and wept till there was no longer any power within them to weep.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיִּשָּׂ֨א דָוִ֜ד וְהָעָ֧ם אֲשֶׁר־אִתּ֛וֹ אֶת־קוֹלָ֖ם וַיִּבְכּ֑וּ עַ֣ד אֲשֶׁ֧ר אֵין־בָּהֶ֛ם כֹּ֖חַ לִבְכּֽוֹת׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ᾖρε Δαυὶδ καὶ οἱ ἄνδρες αὐτοῦ τὴν φωνὴν αὐτῶν, καὶ ἔκλαυσαν ἕως ὅτου οὐκ ἦν ἐν αὐτοῖς ἰσχὺς ἔτι τοῦ κλαίειν.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 1 Samuel 11:4When the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and relayed these words in the hearing of the people, they all wept aloud.
  • Judges 21:2So the people came to Bethel and sat there before God until evening, lifting up their voices and weeping bitterly.
  • 1 Samuel 4:13When he arrived, there was Eli, sitting on his chair beside the road and watching, because his heart trembled for the ark of God. When the man entered the city to give a report, the whole city cried out.
  • Judges 2:4When the angel of the LORD had spoken these words to all the Israelites, the people lifted up their voices and wept.
  • Numbers 14:39And when Moses relayed these words to all the Israelites, the people mourned bitterly.
  • Genesis 37:33–35His father recognized it and said, “It is my son’s robe! A vicious animal has devoured him. Joseph has surely been torn to pieces!” Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son…
  • Numbers 14:1Then the whole congregation lifted up their voices and cried out, and that night the people wept.
  • Ezra 10:1While Ezra prayed and made this confession, weeping and falling facedown before the house of God, a very large assembly of Israelites—men, women, and children—gathered around him, and the people wept bitterly as well.

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