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1 Samuel 30:2–3

and had taken captive the women and everyone else in it, both young and old. They killed none of them, but carried them off as they went on their way.

When David and his men reached Ziklag, they found it destroyed by fire and their wives and sons and daughters taken captive.x

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1 Samuel 30:2–3 — English Standard Version (ESV)

and taken captive the women and all who were in it, both small and great. They killed no one, but carried them off and went their way. And when David and his men came to the city, they found it burned with fire, and their wives and sons and daughters taken captive.

1 Samuel 30:2–3 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

And had taken the women captives, that were therein: they slew not any, either great or small, but carried them away, and went on their way. So David and his men came to the city, and, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captives.

1 Samuel 30:2–3 — New Living Translation (NLT)

They had carried off the women and children and everyone else but without killing anyone.

When David and his men saw the ruins and realized what had happened to their families,

1 Samuel 30:2–3 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

and had taken captive the women and those who were there, from small to great; they did not kill anyone, but carried them away and went their way. So David and his men came to the city, and there it was, burned with fire; and their wives, their sons, and their daughters had been taken captive.

1 Samuel 30:2–3 — New Century Version (NCV)

They captured the women and everyone, young and old, but they had not killed anyone. They had only taken them away.

When David and his men came to Ziklag, they found the town had been burned and their wives, sons, and daughters had been taken as prisoners.

1 Samuel 30:2–3 — American Standard Version (ASV)

and had taken captive the women and all that were therein, both small and great: they slew not any, but carried them off, and went their way. And when David and his men came to the city, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captive.

1 Samuel 30:2–3 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

and had taken the women captives that were in it; both great and small: they had put none to death, but had carried them off, and went on their way. And David and his men came to the city, and behold, it was burnt with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters were taken captives.

1 Samuel 30:2–3 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

Although they captured the young and old women who were there, they killed no one. Instead, they had taken ⸤the women and other prisoners⸥ and gone away. By the time David and his men came to the town, it had been burned down, and their wives, sons, and daughters had been taken captive.

1 Samuel 30:2–3 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

They also had kidnapped the women and everyone in it from the youngest to the oldest. They had killed no one but had carried them off as they went on their way.

When David and his men arrived at the town, they found it burned down. Their wives, sons, and daughters had been kidnapped.

1 Samuel 30:2–3 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

and taken captive the women and all who were in it, both small and great; they killed none of them, but carried them off, and went their way. When David and his men came to the city, they found it burned down, and their wives and sons and daughters taken captive.

1 Samuel 30:2–3 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

They took captive the women who were in it, from the youngest to the oldest. They did not kill anyone, but carried them off and went on their way. When David and his men came to the city, they saw, and it was burned with fire, and their wives, their sons, and their daughters had been taken captive.

1 Samuel 30:2–3 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

They had captured the women and everyone else who was in Ziklag. They had taken as prisoners young people and old people alike. But they didn’t kill any of them. Instead, they carried them off as they went on their way.

David and his men came to Ziklag. They saw that it had been destroyed by fire. They found out that their wives and sons and daughters had been captured.

1 Samuel 30:2–3 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

and they took captive the women and all who were in it, both small and great, without killing anyone, and carried them off and went their way.

When David and his men came to the city, behold, it was burned with fire, and their wives and their sons and their daughters had been taken captive.


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