Parallel Verses

Amplified

Then they told David, saying, “Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah and are plundering (robbing) the threshing floors [of the grain].”

New American Standard Bible

Then they told David, saying, “Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah and are plundering the threshing floors.”

King James Version

Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the threshingfloors.

Holman Bible

It was reported to David: “Look, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah and raiding the threshing floors.”

International Standard Version

Someone told David, "Look, the Philistines are fighting at Keilah and are plundering the threshing floors."

A Conservative Version

And they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah, and are robbing the threshing-floors.

American Standard Version

And they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah, and are robbing the threshing-floors.

Bible in Basic English

And they sent word to David, saying, The Philistines are fighting against Keilah and taking the grain from the grain-floors.

Darby Translation

And they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the threshing-floors.

Julia Smith Translation

And they will announce to David, saying, Behold, the rovers fighting against Keilah, and they are plundering the threshing-floors.

King James 2000

Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the threshing floors. .

Lexham Expanded Bible

Now they told David, "Look, [the] Philistines [are] fighting in Keilah and they [are] raiding the threshing floors."

Modern King James verseion

And they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the threshing-floors.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Then men told David, saying, "Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and spoil the barns."

NET Bible

They told David, "The Philistines are fighting in Keilah and are looting the threshing floors."

New Heart English Bible

David was told, "Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah, and are robbing the threshing floors."

The Emphasized Bible

Then told they David, saying, - Lo! the Philistines are fighting against Keilah, and they are plundering the threshing-floors.

Webster

Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the threshing-floors.

World English Bible

David was told, "Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah, and are robbing the threshing floors."

Youngs Literal Translation

And they declare to David, saying, 'Lo, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah, and they are spoiling the threshing-floors.'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
נגד 
Nagad 
Usage: 370

דּויד דּוד 
David 
Usage: 1074

פּלשׁתּי 
P@lishtiy 
Usage: 288

לחם 
Lacham 
Usage: 177

קעילה 
Q@`iylah 
Usage: 18

and they rob
שׁשׂה שׁסה 
Shacah 
Usage: 11

References

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Easton

Hastings

Context Readings

David Defeats The Philistines At Keilah

1 Then they told David, saying, “Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah and are plundering (robbing) the threshing floors [of the grain].” 2 So David inquired of the Lord, saying, “Shall I go and attack these Philistines?” And the Lord said to David, “Go and attack the Philistines and save Keilah.”

Cross References

Joshua 15:44

and Keilah and Achzib and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages.

Nehemiah 3:17-18

After him the Levites carried out repairs under Rehum the son of Bani. Next to him Hashabiah, official of half the district of Keilah, carried out repairs for his district.

Leviticus 26:16

I, in turn, will do this to you: I will appoint over you sudden terror, consumption, and fever that will waste away the eyes and cause the soul to languish also. And you will sow your seed uselessly, for your enemies will eat what you plant.

Deuteronomy 28:33

A people whom you do not know will eat the produce of your land and all the products of your labors, and you will never be anything but oppressed and exploited and crushed continually.

Deuteronomy 28:51

and it will eat the offspring of your herd and the produce of your ground until you are destroyed, who will leave you no grain, new wine, or oil, nor the offspring of your herd or the young of your flock until they have caused you to perish.

Judges 6:4

So they would camp against them and destroy the crops of the land as far as Gaza, and leave no sustenance in Israel as well as no sheep, ox, or donkey.

Judges 6:11

Now the Angel of the Lord came and sat under the terebinth tree at Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, and his son Gideon was beating wheat in the wine press [instead of the threshing floor] to [hide it and] save it from the Midianites.

Micah 6:15


“You shall sow but you shall not reap;
You shall tread olives, but shall not anoint yourself with oil,
And [you will extract juice from] the grapes, but you shall not drink the wine.

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