1 Samuel 14:30
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“How much better it would have been if the troops had eaten freely today from the plunder they took from their enemies! Would not the slaughter of the Philistines have been much greater?””
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“How much better it would have been if the troops had eaten freely today from the plunder they took from their enemies! Would not the slaughter of the Philistines have been much greater?””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“How much more, if haply the people had eaten freely to day of the spoil of their enemies which they found? for had there not been now a much greater slaughter among the Philistines?”
King James Version · Public Domain“How much more, if haply the people had eaten freely to-day of the spoil of their enemies which they found? for now hath there been no great slaughter among the Philistines.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“How much more if the people had well eaten to-day of the spoil of its enemies which it hath found, for now, the smiting hath not been great among the Philistines.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Samuel 14:30 — 1 related verse from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ecclesiastes 9:18Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.
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