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1 Samuel 30:9–10

So David went, he and the six hundred men who were with him, and came to the Brook Besor, where those stayed who were left behind. 10 But David pursued, he and four hundred men; jfor two hundred stayed behind, who were so weary that they could not cross the Brook Besor.

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1 Samuel 30:9–10 — The New International Version (NIV)

David and the six hundred men with him came to the Besor Valley, where some stayed behind. 10 Two hundred of them were too exhausted to cross the valley, but David and the other four hundred continued the pursuit.

1 Samuel 30:9–10 — English Standard Version (ESV)

So David set out, and the six hundred men who were with him, and they came to the brook Besor, where those who were left behind stayed. 10 But David pursued, he and four hundred men. Two hundred stayed behind, who were too exhausted to cross the brook Besor.

1 Samuel 30:9–10 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those that were left behind stayed. 10 But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred abode behind, which were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor.

1 Samuel 30:9–10 — New Living Translation (NLT)

So David and his 600 men set out, and they came to the brook Besor. 10 But 200 of the men were too exhausted to cross the brook, so David continued the pursuit with 400 men.

1 Samuel 30:9–10 — New Century Version (NCV)

David and the six hundred men with him came to the Besor Ravine, where some of the men stayed. 10 David and four hundred men kept up the chase. The other two hundred men stayed behind because they were too tired to cross the ravine.

1 Samuel 30:9–10 — American Standard Version (ASV)

So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those that were left behind stayed. 10 But David pursued, he and four hundred men; for two hundred stayed behind, who were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor.

1 Samuel 30:9–10 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and they came to the torrent Besor; and those that were left stayed behind. 10 And David pursued, he and four hundred men; for two hundred stayed behind, who were too exhausted to go over the torrent Besor.

1 Samuel 30:9–10 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

So David and his 600 men went to the Besor Valley, where some were left behind. 10 David and 400 men went in pursuit, while 200 men who were too exhausted to cross the Besor Valley stayed behind. 

1 Samuel 30:9–10 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

David and the 600 men with him went as far as the Wadi Besor, where 200 men who were to remain behind would stop. 10 They stopped because they were too exhausted to cross the Wadi Besor. David and 400 of the men continued in pursuit.

1 Samuel 30:9–10 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

So David set out, he and the six hundred men who were with him. They came to the Wadi Besor, where those stayed who were left behind. 10 But David went on with the pursuit, he and four hundred men; two hundred stayed behind, too exhausted to cross the Wadi Besor.

1 Samuel 30:9–10 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

So David went, he and the six hundred men who were with him, and they came to the Wadi Besor, but the rest remained. 10 David pursued, he and four hundred men; but two hundred men stayed because they were too exhausted to pass over the Wadi Besor.

1 Samuel 30:9–10 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

David and his 600 men came to the Besor Valley. Some of them stayed behind there. 10 That’s because 200 of them were too tired to go across the valley. But David and the other 400 continued the chase.

1 Samuel 30:9–10 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

So David went, he and the six hundred men who were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those left behind remained.

10 But David pursued, he and four hundred men, for two hundred who were too exhausted to cross the brook Besor remained behind.


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