26When the people were come to the forest, behold, the honey dropped: but no man put his hand to his mouth; for the people feared the oath.


In Context

23 So Yahweh saved Israel that day: and the battle passed over by Beth Aven.

24 The men of Israel were distressed that day; for Saul had adjured the people, saying, |Cursed is the man who eats any food until it is evening, and I am avenged of my enemies.| So none of the people tasted food.

25 All the people came into the forest; and there was honey on the ground.

26 When the people were come to the forest, behold, the honey dropped: but no man put his hand to his mouth; for the people feared the oath.

27 But Jonathan didn't hear when his father commanded the people with the oath: therefore he put forth the end of the rod who was in his hand, and dipped it in the honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes were enlightened.

28 Then one of the people answered, and said, |Your father directly commanded the people with an oath, saying, 'Cursed is the man who eats food this day.'| The people were faint.

1 Samuel 14:26 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

14:26When they went into the woods, they saw the honey oozing out, yet no one put his hand to his mouth, because they feared the oath.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:26And when the people were come into the wood, behold, the honey dropped; but no man put his hand to his mouth: for the people feared the oath.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

14:26And when the people came into the forest, behold the honey dropped, but no man put his hand to his mouth. For the people feared the oath.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

14:26And when the people were come unto the forest, behold, the honey dropped: but no man put his hand to his mouth; for the people feared the oath.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:26And the people had come into the wood, and behold, the honey flowed; but no man put his hand to his mouth, for the people feared the oath.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

14:26And when the people were come unto the forest, behold, the honey dropped: but no man put his hand to his mouth; for the people feared the oath.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:26And when the people had come into the wood, behold, the honey dropped; but no man put his hand to his mouth: for the people feared the oath.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

14:26and the people come in unto the forest, and lo, the honey dropped, and none is moving his hand unto his mouth, for the people feared the oath.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:26And when the people were come into the wood, behold, the honey dropped; but no man put his hand to his mouth: for the people feared the oath.