1 Samuel 14:30 - Easy To Read Version

³⁰ It would have been much better for the men to eat the food that they took from their enemies today. We could have killed many more Philistines!”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁰ How much more, if haply the people had eaten freely to day of the spoil of their enemies which they found? for had there not been now a much greater slaughter among the Philistines?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁰ How much better if the men had eaten freely today of the spoil of their enemies which they found! For now the slaughter of the Philistines has not been great.

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁰ How much more, if haply the people had eaten freely to-day of the spoil of their enemies which they found? for now hath there been no great slaughter among the Philistines.

Common English Bible

³⁰ It would have been even better if the troops had eaten some of their enemies’ plunder today when they found it! But now the Philistine defeat isn’t as thorough as it might have been.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁰ How much more so, if the people had eaten from the plunder that they find with their enemies? Would not a greater slaughter have been accomplished among the Philistines?"

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³⁰ How much more if the people had eaten of the prey of their enemies, which they found? Had there not been made a greater slaughter among the Philistines?

1 Samuel 14:30 Tagairtí Cros

Ecclesiastes 9:18

Wisdom is better than swords and spears\par in war.\par But one foolish person {\cf2\super [38]} can destroy\par much good.\par

1 Samuel 14:29

Jonathan said, “My father has brought a lot of trouble to the land! See how much better I feel after just tasting a little of this honey!

1 Samuel 14:31

That day the Israelites defeated the Philistines. They fought them all the way from Micmash to Aijalon. So the people were very tired and hungry.