1 Samuel 11:1 — compare English translations
Compare translations1 Samuel 11:1 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וַיַּ֗עַל
ʻâlâh
H5927
to go up
נָחָשׁ֙
Nâchâsh
H5176
Nahash
הָֽעַמּוֹנִ֔י
ʻAmmôwnîy
H5984
Ammonite
וַיִּ֖חַן
chânâh
H2583
to encamp
עַל
ʻal
H5921
upon
יָבֵ֣שׁ
Yâbêsh
H3003
Jabesh
גִּלְעָ֑ד
Gilʻâd
H1568
Gilead
וַיֹּ֨אמְר֜וּ
ʼâmar
H559
to say
כָּל
kôl
H3605
all
אַנְשֵׁ֤י
ʼîysh
H376
man
יָבֵישׁ֙
Yâbêsh
H3003
Jabesh
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
נָחָ֔שׁ
Nâchâsh
H5176
Nahash
כְּרָת
kârath
H3772
to cut
לָ֥נוּ
בְרִ֖ית
bᵉrîyth
H1285
covenant
וְנַעַבְדֶֽךָּ
ʻâbad
H5647
to serve
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabesh Gilead: and all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve you.
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King James Version Public Domain
Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabeshgilead: and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Now Nahash the Ammonite came up and camped against Jabesh Gilead. And all of the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, “Cut a covenant for us, and we will serve you.”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).