1 Samuel 14:16 - The Scriptures 2009

¹⁶ And the watchmen of Sha’ul in Giḇ‛ah of Binyamin looked and saw the crowd melting away, and they went here and there.

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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 melt, let them vanish as water; Let Him aim His arrows that they be cut down;

Psalm 68:2

As smoke is driven away, You drive them away; As wax melts before the fire, The wrong perish before Elohim.

Isaiah 19:2

“And I shall stir up Mitsrites against Mitsrites, and they shall fight, each one against his brother, and each one against his neighbour, city against city, reign against reign.

Judges 7:22

and the three hundred blew the shopharot, and יהוה set the sword of each one against the other throughout all the camp. And the army fled to Bĕyth Shittah, toward Tserĕrah, as far as the border of Aḇĕl Meḥolah, by Tabbath.

1 Samuel 14:15

And there was trembling in the camp, in the field, and among all the people. The outpost and the raiders also trembled, and the ground shook. And it became a trembling of Elohim.

1 Samuel 14:17

And Sha’ul said to the people who were with him, “Please inspect and see who has gone from us.” So they inspected and saw that Yonathan and his armour-bearer were missing.

1 Samuel 14:20

And Sha’ul was called, and all the people who were with him, and they went to the battle. And see, every man’s sword was against his neighbour – a very great confusion.