10for two hundred men were too exhausted to cross the ravine. But David and four hundred men continued the pursuit.


In Context

7 Then David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, "Bring me the ephod." Abiathar brought it to him,

8 and David inquired of the Lord , "Shall I pursue this raiding party? Will I overtake them?" "Pursue them," he answered. "You will certainly overtake them and succeed in the rescue."

9 David and the six hundred men with him came to the Besor Ravine, where some stayed behind,

10 for two hundred men were too exhausted to cross the ravine. But David and four hundred men continued the pursuit.

11 They found an Egyptian in a field and brought him to David. They gave him water to drink and food to eat-

12 part of a cake of pressed figs and two cakes of raisins. He ate and was revived, for he had not eaten any food or drunk any water for three days and three nights.

1st Samuel 30:10 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

30:10But 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

30:10But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred stayed, who being weary could not go over the torrent Besor.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

30:10But 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

30:10And David pursued, he and four hundred men; for two hundred stayed behind, who were too exhausted to go over the torrent Besor.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

30:10But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred stayed behind, which were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

30:10But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred abode behind, who were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

30:10But David pursued, he and four hundred men; for two hundred stayed behind, who were so faint that they couldn't go over the brook Besor.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

30:10and David pursueth, he and four hundred men, (and two hundred men stand still who have been too faint to pass over the brook of Besor),

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

30:10But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred stayed behind, which were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor.