Parallel Verses
NET Bible
They told David, "The Philistines are fighting in Keilah and are looting the threshing 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].”
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."
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
Nagad
Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Samuel 23:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
David Defeats The Philistines At Keilah
1 They told David, "The Philistines are fighting in Keilah and are looting the threshing floors." 2 So David asked the Lord, "Should I go and strike down these Philistines?" The Lord said to David, "Go, strike down the Philistines and deliver Keilah."
Cross References
Joshua 15:44
Keilah, Aczib, and Mareshah -- a total of nine cities and their towns.
Nehemiah 3:17-18
After him the Levites worked -- Rehum son of Bani and after him Hashabiah, head of half the district of Keilah, for his district.
Leviticus 26:16
I for my part will do this to you: I will inflict horror on you, consumption and fever, which diminish eyesight and drain away the vitality of life. You will sow your seed in vain because your enemies will eat it.
Deuteronomy 28:33
As for the produce of your land and all your labor, a people you do not know will consume it, and you will be nothing but oppressed and crushed for the rest of your lives.
Deuteronomy 28:51
They will devour the offspring of your livestock and the produce of your soil until you are destroyed. They will not leave you with any grain, new wine, olive oil, calves of your herds, or lambs of your flocks until they have destroyed you.
Judges 6:4
They invaded the land and devoured its crops all the way to Gaza. They left nothing for the Israelites to eat, and they took away the sheep, oxen, and donkeys.
Judges 6:11
The Lord's angelic messenger came and sat down under the oak tree in Ophrah owned by Joash the Abiezrite. He arrived while Joash's son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress so he could hide it from the Midianites.
Micah 6:15
You will plant crops, but will not harvest them; you will squeeze oil from the olives, but you will have no oil to rub on your bodies; you will squeeze juice from the grapes, but you will have no wine to drink.