^28:23But he refused, saying, “I won’t eat!” Both his servants and the woman urged²⁶ him to eat, so he gave in.²⁷ He got up from the ground and sat down on the bed.

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26 The translation follows many medieval Hebrew in reading וַיִּפְצְרוּ (vayyiftseru, “and they pressed”; from the root פצר, psr) rather than the ’s וַיִּפְרְצוּ (vayyifretsu, “and they broke forth”; from the root פרץ, prs).
27 Heb “he listened to their voice.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

He refused and said, “I will not eat.” But his servants, together with the woman, urged him, and he listened to their words. So he arose from the earth and sat on the bed.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

He refused and said, “I will not eat.”

But his men joined the woman in urging him, and he listened to them. He got up from the ground and sat on the couch.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

He refused, saying, “I won’t eat,” but when his servants and the woman urged him, he listened to them. He got up off the ground and sat on the bed.

NLTNew Living Translation

But Saul refused to eat anything. Then his advisers joined the woman in urging him to eat, so he finally yielded and got up from the ground and sat on the couch.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

But he refused and said, “I will not eat!” However, his servants urged him, and the woman also. So he listened to what they said, and he got up from the ground and sat on the bed.

KJV 1900King James Version

But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with the woman, compelled him; and he hearkened unto their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed.

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