31That day, after the Israelites had struck down the Philistines from Micmash to Aijalon, they were exhausted.


In Context

28 Then one of the soldiers told him, "Your father bound the army under a strict oath, saying, 'Cursed be any man who eats food today!' That is why the men are faint."

29 Jonathan said, "My father has made trouble for the country. See how my eyes brightened when I tasted a little of this honey.

30 How much better it would have been if the men had eaten today some of the plunder they took from their enemies. Would not the slaughter of the Philistines have been even greater?"

31 That day, after the Israelites had struck down the Philistines from Micmash to Aijalon, they were exhausted.

32 They pounced on the plunder and, taking sheep, cattle and calves, they butchered them on the ground and ate them, together with the blood.

33 Then someone said to Saul, "Look, the men are sinning against the Lord by eating meat that has blood in it." "You have broken faith," he said. "Roll a large stone over here at once."

1st Samuel 14:31 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:31And they smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon: and the people were very faint.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

14:31So they smote that day the Philistines from Machmas to Ailon. And the people were wearied exceedingly.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

14:31And they smote of the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon. And the people were very faint;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:31And they smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to Ajalon; and the people were very faint.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

14:31And they smote of the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon: and the people were very faint.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:31And they smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to Ajalon: and the people were very faint.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:31They struck of the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon. The people were very faint;

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

14:31And they smite on that day among the Philistines from Michmash to Aijalon, and the people are very weary,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:31And they smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon: and the people were very faint.