1 Chronicles 14:14

14 And when David again inquired of God, bGod said to him, “You shall not go up after them; go around and come against them opposite the balsam trees.

1 Chronicles 14:14 — The New International Version (NIV)

14 so David inquired of God again, and God answered him, “Do not go directly after them, but circle around them and attack them in front of the poplar trees.

1 Chronicles 14:14 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

14 Therefore David inquired again of God; and God said unto him, Go not up after them; turn away from them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees.

1 Chronicles 14:14 — New Living Translation (NLT)

14 And once again David asked God what to do. “Do not attack them straight on,” God replied. “Instead, circle around behind and attack them near the poplar trees.

1 Chronicles 14:14 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

14 Therefore David inquired again of God, and God said to him, “You shall not go up after them; circle around them, and come upon them in front of the mulberry trees.

1 Chronicles 14:14 — New Century Version (NCV)

14 David prayed to God again, and God answered him, saying, “Don’t attack the Philistines from the front. Instead, go around them and attack them in front of the balsam trees.

1 Chronicles 14:14 — American Standard Version (ASV)

14 And David inquired again of God; and God said unto him, Thou shalt not go up after them: turn away from them, and come upon them over against the mulberry-trees.

1 Chronicles 14:14 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

14 And David inquired again of God; and God said to him, Go not up after them; turn round them and come upon them opposite the mulberry-trees.

1 Chronicles 14:14 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

14 Once more David asked God.

God answered him, “Don’t go after them. Circle around, and come at them in front of the balsam trees.

1 Chronicles 14:14 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

14 So David again inquired of God, and God answered him, “Do not pursue them directly. Circle around them and attack them opposite the balsam trees.

1 Chronicles 14:14 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

14 When David again inquired of God, God said to him, “You shall not go up after them; go around and come on them opposite the balsam trees.

1 Chronicles 14:14 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

14 Then David inquired again of God. And God said to him, “You shall not go up after them. Go around from before them and come against them the opposite way of the balsam trees.

1 Chronicles 14:14 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

14 So David asked God for advice again.

God answered him, “Do not go straight up. Instead, circle around them. Attack them in front of the balsam trees.

1 Chronicles 14:14 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

14 David inquired again of God, and God said to him, “You shall not go up after them; circle around behind them and come at them in front of the balsam trees.

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