1 Samuel 30:10
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“because two hundred men were too exhausted to cross the brook. But David and four hundred men continued in pursuit.”
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“because two hundred men were too exhausted to cross the brook. But David and four hundred men continued in pursuit.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred abode behind, which were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor.”
King James Version · Public Domain“But David pursued, he and four hundred men; for two hundred stayed behind, who were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and David pursueth, he and four hundred men, (and two hundred men stand still who have been too faint to pass over the brook of Besor),”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Samuel 30:10 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Judges 8:4Then Gideon and his three hundred men came to the Jordan and crossed it, exhausted yet still in pursuit.
- 1 Samuel 14:20Then Saul and all his troops assembled and marched to the battle, and they found the Philistines in total confusion, with each man wielding the sword against his neighbor.
- 1 Samuel 14:31That day, after the Israelites had struck down the Philistines from Michmash to Aijalon, the people were very faint.
- 1 Samuel 30:9So David and his six hundred men went to the Brook of Besor, where some stayed behind
- 1 Samuel 30:21When David came to the two hundred men who had been too exhausted to follow him from the Brook of Besor, they came out to meet him and the troops with him. As David approached the men, he greeted them,
- Isaiah 40:30Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall.
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