1 Samuel 14:24 - The Scriptures 2009

²⁴ And the men of Yisra’ĕl were distressed that day, for Sha’ul had placed the people under oath, saying, “Cursed be the man who eats food until evening, and I have taken revenge on my enemies.” Therefore none of the people tasted food.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁴ And the men of Israel were distressed that day: for Saul had adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food until evening, that I may be avenged on mine enemies. So none of the people tasted any food.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁴ But the men of Israel were distressed that day, for Saul had caused them to take an oath, saying, Cursed be the man who eats any food before evening and until I have taken vengeance on my enemies. So none of the men tasted any food.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁴ And the men of Israel were distressed that day; for Saul had adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food until it be evening, and I be avenged on mine enemies. So none of the people tasted food.

Common English Bible

²⁴ Now the Israelite soldiers were in a difficult situation that day because Saul had bound the troops by a solemn pledge: “Anyone who eats anything before evening when I have taken revenge on my enemies is doomed.” So none of the army ate anything.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁴ And the men of Israel were joined together on that day. And Saul made the people swear, saying, "Cursed be the man who will eat bread, until evening, until I am avenged of my enemies." And the entire people did not consume bread.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁴ And the men of Israel were joined together that day; and Saul adjured the people, saying: Cursed be the man that shall eat food till evening, till I be revenged of my enemies. So none of the people tasted any food.

1 Samuel 14:24 Cross References

Psalm 18:47

The Ěl who avenges me, And He humbles the peoples under me;

Proverbs 11:9

The defiled one destroys his neighbour with his mouth, But the righteous is delivered by knowledge.

Leviticus 27:29

‘No one under the ban, under the ban among men, is ransomed, but shall certainly be put to death.

Leviticus 5:4

‘Or when a being swears, speaking rashly with his lips to do evil or to do good, whatever it is that a man swears rashly with an oath, and it has been hidden from him, when he shall know it, then he shall be guilty of one of these.

Numbers 21:2

Then Yisra’ĕl made a vow to יהוה, and said, “If You deliver this people into my hand indeed, then I shall put their cities under the ban.”

Numbers 5:21

then the priest shall make the woman swear with the oath of the curse, and he shall say to the woman – “יהוה make you a curse and an oath among your people, when יהוה makes your thigh waste away and your belly swell,

Romans 10:2

For I bear them witness that they have an ardour for Elohim, but not according to knowledge.

1 Corinthians 16:22

If anyone does not love the Master יהושע Messiah, let him be a curse. Maranatha!

Joshua 6:26

And Yehoshua warned them at that time, saying, “Cursed is the man before יהוה who rises up and builds this city Yeriḥo – he lays its foundation with his first-born, and with his youngest he sets up its gates.”

Judges 1:28

And it came to be, when Yisra’ĕl was strong, that they put the Kena‛anites into compulsory labour, but did not completely drive them out.

Judges 5:2

“For leaders leading in Yisra’ĕl, for the people volunteering, bless יהוה!

1 Samuel 14:25

And all they of the land came into the woods, and there was honey on the ground.

1 Samuel 14:39

“For as יהוה lives, who saves Yisra’ĕl, though it be in Yonathan my son, he shall certainly die.” But not one among all the people answered him.

1 Samuel 18:25

And Sha’ul said, “Say to Dawiḏ, ‘The sovereign has no delight in any payment for the bride but one hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to take vengeance on the sovereign’s enemies.’ ” But Sha’ul intended to have Dawiḏ fall by the hand of the Philistines.