1 Samuel 14:16 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁶ Saul’s lookouts in Gibeah of Benjamin were watching as the multitude was surging back and forth.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and, behold, the multitude melted away, and they went on beating down one another.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ Saul's watchmen in Gibeah of Benjamin looked, and behold, the multitude melted away and went hither and thither.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and, behold, the multitude melted away, and they went hither and thither.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ Now Saul’s lookouts at Gibeah in Benjamin saw the Philistine camp running all over the place.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ And the watchmen of Saul, who were at Gibeah of Benjamin, looked out, and behold, a multitude was thrown down and dispersed, this way and that.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ And the watchmen of Saul, who were in Gabaa of Benjamin looked. And behold a multitude overthrown, and fleeing this way and that.

1 Samuel 14:16 Cross References

Psalm 58:7

Let them vanish like water that runs away; like grass let them be trodden down and wither.

Psalm 68:2

As smoke is driven away, so drive them away; as wax melts before the fire, let the wicked perish before God.

Isaiah 19:2

I will stir up Egyptians against Egyptians, and they will fight, one against the other, neighbor against neighbor, city against city, kingdom against kingdom;

Judges 7:22

When they blew the three hundred trumpets, the Lord set every man’s sword against his fellow and against all the army, and the army fled as far as Beth-shittah toward Zererah, as far as the border of Abel-meholah, by Tabbath.

1 Samuel 14:15

There was a panic in the camp, in the field, and among all the people; the garrison and even the raiders trembled; the earth quaked; and it became a very great panic.

1 Samuel 14:17

Then Saul said to the troops who were with him, “Call the roll and see who has gone from us.” When they called the roll, Jonathan and his armor-bearer were not there.

1 Samuel 14:20

Then Saul and all the people who were with him rallied and went into the battle, and every sword was against the other, so that there was very great confusion.