26And Saul said nothing that day; for he thought, Something has befallen him, that he is not clean: surely he is not clean.


In Context

23 And as to the matter which thou and I have spoken of, behold, Jehovah is between me and thee for ever.

24 And David hid himself in the field; and it was the new moon, and the king sat at table to eat.

25 And the king sat on his seat, as at other times, on the seat by the wall; and Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by Saul's side, and David's place was empty.

26 And Saul said nothing that day; for he thought, Something has befallen him, that he is not clean: surely he is not clean.

27 And it came to pass the next day after the new moon, the second day of the month, as David's place was empty, that Saul said to Jonathan his son, Why has not the son of Jesse come to table, neither yesterday nor to-day?

28 And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Bethlehem,

1 Samuel 20:26 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

20:26Saul said nothing that day, for he thought, "Something must have happened to David to make him ceremonially unclean-surely he is unclean."

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:26Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day: for he thought, Something hath befallen him, he is not clean; surely he [is] not clean.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

20:26And Saul said nothing that day, for he thought it might have happened to him, that he was not clean, nor purified.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

20:26Nevertheless Saul spake not anything that day: for he thought, Something hath befallen him, he is not clean; surely he is not clean.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

20:26Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day: for he thought, Something hath befallen him, he is not clean; surely he is not clean.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:26Nevertheless Saul spoke not any thing that day: for he thought, Something hath befallen him, he is not clean; surely he is not clean.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:26Nevertheless Saul didn't say anything that day: for he thought, |Something has happened to him. He is not clean. Surely he is not clean.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

20:26And Saul hath not spoken anything on that day, for he said, 'It is an accident; he is not clean — surely not clean.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:26Nevertheless Saul spoke not any thing that day: for he thought, Something has befallen him, he is not clean; surely he is not clean.