1 Samuel 30:10
World English Bible (WEB)
But David pursued, he and four hundred men; for two hundred stayed behind, who were so faint that they couldn’t go over the brook Besor.
In context
8 David inquired of the LORD, saying, “If I pursue after this troop, will I overtake them?” He answered him, “Pursue, for you will surely overtake them, and will without fail recover all.”
9 So David went, he and the six hundred men who were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those who were left behind stayed.
10 But David pursued, he and four hundred men; for two hundred stayed behind, who were so faint that they couldn’t go over the brook Besor.
11 They found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he ate; and they gave him water to drink.
12 They gave him a piece of a cake of figs and two clusters of raisins. When he had eaten, his spirit came again to him; for he had eaten no bread, and drank no water for three days and three nights.
1 Samuel 30:10 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- But David pursued, he and four hundred men; for two hundred stayed behind, who were so faint that they couldn’t go over the brook Besor.
- KJV King James Version
- 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.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- because two hundred men were too exhausted to cross the brook. But David and four hundred men continued in pursuit.
- ASV American Standard Version
- 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.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- 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),
- DBY Darby Translation
- And David pursued, he and four hundred men; for two hundred stayed behind, who were too exhausted to go over the torrent Besor.
- WBS Webster Bible
- But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred abode behind, who were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor.