36Saul said, |Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and take spoil among them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them.| They said, |Do whatever seems good to you.| Then the priest said, |Let us draw near here to God.|


In Context

33 Then they told Saul, saying, |Behold, the people are sinning against Yahweh, in that they eat meat with the blood.| He said, |You have dealt treacherously. Roll a large stone to me this day!|

34 Saul said, |Disperse yourselves among the people, and tell them, 'Bring me here every man his ox, and every man his sheep, and kill them here, and eat; and don't sin against Yahweh in eating meat with the blood.'| All the people brought every man his ox with him that night, and killed them there.

35 Saul built an altar to Yahweh. This was the first altar that he built to Yahweh.

36 Saul said, |Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and take spoil among them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them.| They said, |Do whatever seems good to you.| Then the priest said, |Let us draw near here to God.|

37 Saul asked counsel of God, |Shall I go down after the Philistines? Will you deliver them into the hand of Israel?| But he didn't answer him that day.

38 Saul said, |Draw near here, all you chiefs of the people; and know and see in which this sin has been this day.

1 Samuel 14:36 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

14:36Saul said, "Let us go down after the Philistines by night and plunder them till dawn, and let us not leave one of them alive." "Do whatever seems best to you," they replied. But the priest said, "Let us inquire of God here."

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:36And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and spoil them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them. And they said, Do whatsoever seemeth good unto thee. Then said the priest, Let us draw near hither unto God.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

14:36And Saul said: Let us fall upon the Philistines by night, and destroy them till the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them. And the people said: Do all that seemeth good in thy eyes. And the priest said: Let us draw near hither unto God.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

14:36And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and take spoil among them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them. And they said, Do whatsoever seemeth good unto thee. Then said the priest, Let us draw near hither unto God.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:36And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and plunder them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them. And they said, Do whatsoever is good in thy sight. Then said the priest, Let us come near hither to God.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

14:36And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and spoil them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them. And they said, Do whatsoever seemeth good unto thee. Then said the priest, Let us draw near hither unto God.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:36And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and spoil them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them. And they said, Do whatever seemeth good to thee. Then said the priest, Let us draw near hither to God.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

14:36And Saul saith, 'Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and we prey upon them till the light of the morning, and leave not a man of them.' And they say, 'All that is good in thine eyes do.' And the priest saith, 'Let us draw near hither unto God.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:36And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and spoil them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them. And they said, Do whatever seems good to you. Then said the priest, Let us draw near here to God.