Parallel Verses
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.
New American Standard Bible
Then they told David, saying, “Behold, the Philistines are fighting against
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
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.
Amplified
Then they told David, saying, “Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah and are plundering (robbing) the threshing floors [of the grain].”
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.'
Themes
David » King of israel » Saves keilah
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul
Philistines » David » Often defeated during saul's reign
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Samuel 23:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
David Defeats The Philistines At Keilah
1 And they sent word to David, saying, The Philistines are fighting against Keilah and taking the grain from the grain-floors. 2 So David, questioning the Lord, said, Am I to go and make an attack on these Philistines? And the Lord said to David, Go and make an attack on the Philistines so that Keilah may be kept from falling into their hands.
Cross References
Joshua 15:44
And Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine towns with their unwalled places.
Nehemiah 3:17-18
Then came the Levites, Rehum, the son of Bani. By his side was working Hashabiah, ruler of half the division of Keilah, for his division.
Leviticus 26:16
This will I do to you: I will put fear in your hearts, even wasting disease and burning pain, drying up the eyes and making the soul feeble, and you will get no profit from your seed, for your haters will take it for food.
Deuteronomy 28:33
The fruit of your land and all the work of your hands will be food for a nation which is strange to you and to your fathers; you will only be crushed down and kept under for ever:
Deuteronomy 28:51
He will take the fruit of your cattle and of your land till death puts an end to you: he will let you have nothing of your grain or wine or oil or any of the increase of your cattle or the young of your flock, till he has made your destruction complete.
Judges 6:4
And put their army in position against them; and they took all the produce of the earth as far as Gaza, till there was no food in Israel, or any sheep or oxen or asses.
Judges 6:11
Now the angel of the Lord came and took his seat under the oak-tree in Ophrah, in the field of Joash the Abiezrite; and his son Gideon was crushing grain in the place where the grapes were crushed, so that the Midianites might not see it.
Micah 6:15
You will put in seed, but you will not get in the grain; you will be crushing olives, but your bodies will not be rubbed with the oil; and you will get in the grapes, but you will have no wine.