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.


In Context

7 David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, |Please bring me here the ephod.| Abiathar brought the ephod to David.

8 David inquired of Yahweh, saying, |If I pursue after this troop, shall I overtake them?| He answered him, |Pursue; for you shall surely overtake them, and shall without fail recover all.|

9 So David went, he and the six hundred men who were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those who were left behind stayed.

10 But 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.

11 They found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he ate; and they gave him water to drink.

12 They gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins. when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him; for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights.

1 Samuel 30:10 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

30:10for two hundred men were too exhausted to cross the ravine. But David and four hundred men continued the pursuit.

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 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.