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1 Samuel 30:22

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30:22But all the evil and worthless men among those who had gone with David said, “Since they didn’t go with us,18 we won’t give them any of the loot we retrieved! They may take only their wives and children. Let them lead them away and be gone!”

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  1. 18 Heb “with me.” The singular is used rather than the plural because the group is being treated as a singular entity, in keeping with Hebrew idiom. It is not necessary to read “with us,” rather than the “with me,” although the plural can be found here in a few medieval Hebrew . See also the , , and , although these versions may simply reflect an understanding of the idiom as found in the rather than a different textual reading.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

Then all the wicked and worthless fellows among the men who had gone with David said, “Because they did not go with us, we will not give them any of the spoil that we have recovered, except that each man may lead away his wife and children, and depart.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

But all the evil men and troublemakers among David’s followers said, “Because they did not go out with us, we will not share with them the plunder we recovered. However, each man may take his wife and children and go.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

but all the corrupt and worthless men among those who had gone with David argued, “Because they didn’t go with us, we will not give any of the plunder we recovered to them except for each man’s wife and children. They may take them and go.”

NLTNew Living Translation

But some evil troublemakers among David’s men said, “They didn’t go with us, so they can’t have any of the plunder we recovered. Give them their wives and children, and tell them to be gone.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Then all the corrupt and useless men among the men who went with David reacted and said, “Because they did not go with us, we will not give them anything from the plunder which we recovered, except each man may take his own wife and children. They must take them along and go!”

KJV 1900King James Version

Then answered all the wicked men and men of Belial, of those that went with David, and said, Because they went not with us, we will not give them ought of the spoil that we have recovered, save to every man his wife and his children, that they may lead them away, and depart.