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


In Context

23 And concerning the word which I and thou have spoken, the Lord be between thee and me for ever.

24 So David was hid in the field, and the new moon came, and the king sat down to eat bread.

25 And when the king sat down upon his chair (according to custom) which was beside the wall, Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by Saul's side, and David's place appeared empty.

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

27 And when the second day after the new moon was come, David's place appeared empty again. And Saul said to Jonathan his son: Why cometh not the son of Isai to meat neither yesterday nor to day?

28 And Jonathan answered Saul: He asked leave of me earnestly 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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:26And Saul said nothing that day; for he thought, Something has befallen him, that 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.