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1 Samuel 14:36

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14:36Saul said, “Let’s go down after the Philistines at night; we will rout38 them until the break of day.39 We won’t leave any of them alive!”40 They replied, “Do whatever seems best to you.”41 But the priest said, “Let’s approach God here.”

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Footnotes

  1. 38 Heb “plunder.”
  2. 39 Heb “until the light of the morning.”
  3. 40 Heb “and there will not be left among them a man.”
  4. 41 Heb “all that is good in your eyes.” So also in v. 40.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

Then Saul said, “Let us go down after the Philistines by night and plunder them until the morning light; let us not leave a man of them.” And they said, “Do whatever seems good to you.” But the priest said, “Let us draw near to God here.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Saul said, “Let us go down and pursue the Philistines by night and plunder them till dawn, and let us not leave one of them alive.”

“Do whatever seems best to you,” they replied.

But the priest said, “Let us inquire of God here.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Saul said, “Let’s go down after the Philistines tonight and plunder them until morning. Don’t let even one remain!”

“Do whatever you want,” the troops replied.

But the priest said, “Let’s approach God here.”

NLTNew Living Translation

Then Saul said, “Let’s chase the Philistines all night and plunder them until sunrise. Let’s destroy every last one of them.”

His men replied, “We’ll do whatever you think is best.”

But the priest said, “Let’s ask God first.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Saul said, “Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and let us plunder them until the morning light, and let us not leave alive a man among them.” So they said, “Do all that is good in your eyes.” But the priest said, “Let us draw near to God here.”

KJV 1900King James Version

And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and spoil them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them. And they said, Do whatsoever seemeth good unto thee. Then said the priest, Let us draw near hither unto God.