‘And I shall lay the land waste, and your enemies who dwell in it shall be astonished at it.
1 Samuel 31:7 - The Scriptures 1998 And they saw – the men of Yisra’ĕ More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And when the men of Israel that were on the other side of the valley, and they that were on the other side Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And when the men of Israel on the other side of the valley and beyond the Jordan saw that the Israelites had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them. American Standard Version (1901) And when the men of Israel that were on the other side of the valley, and they that were beyond the Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them. Common English Bible When the Israelites across the valley and across the Jordan learned that the Israelite army had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned their towns and fled. So the Philistines came and occupied the towns. Catholic Public Domain Version Then, seeing that the men of the Israelites had fled, and that Saul had died with his sons, the men of Israel who were across the valley or beyond the Jordan abandoned their cities, and they fled. And the Philistines went and lived there. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the men of Israel, that were beyond the valley, and beyond the Jordan, seeing that the Israelites were fled, and that Saul was dead, and his sons, forsook their cities, and fled: and the Philistines came, and dwelt there. |
‘And I shall lay the land waste, and your enemies who dwell in it shall be astonished at it.
‘And as for those of you who are left, I shall send faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies, and the sound of a shaken leaf shall cause them to flee. And they shall flee as though retreating from a sword, and they shall fall when no one pursues.
“A people whom you have not known eat the fruit of your land and all your labours. And you shall be only oppressed and crushed all the days.
Thus Sha’ul died, and three of his sons, and his armour-bearer, also all his men, together on that day.
And the next day it came to be, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Sha’ul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.