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


In Context

23 And about the matter you and I discussed-remember, the Lord is witness between you and me forever."

24 So David hid in the field, and when the New Moon festival came, the king sat down to eat.

25 He sat in his customary place by the wall, opposite Jonathan, and Abner sat next to Saul, but David's place was empty.

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

27 But the next day, the second day of the month, David's place was empty again. Then Saul said to his son Jonathan, "Why hasn't the son of Jesse come to the meal, either yesterday or today?"

28 Jonathan answered, "David earnestly asked me for permission to go to Bethlehem.

1st Samuel 20:26 in Other Translations

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 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.