1 Samuel 14:28 — compare English translations
Compare translations1 Samuel 14:28 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 →
וַיַּעַן֩
ʻânâh
H6030
to answer
אִ֨ישׁ
ʼîysh
H376
man
מֵֽהָעָ֜ם
ʻam
H5971
people
וַיֹּ֗אמֶר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
הַשְׁבֵּעַ֩
shâbaʻ
H7650
to swear
הִשְׁבִּ֨יעַ
shâbaʻ
H7650
to swear
אָבִ֤יךָ
ʼâb
H1
father
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
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הָעָם֙
ʻam
H5971
people
לֵאמֹ֔ר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
אָר֥וּר
ʼârar
H779
to curse
הָאִ֛ישׁ
ʼîysh
H376
man
אֲשֶׁר
ʼăsher
H834
which
יֹ֥אכַל
ʼâkal
H398
to eat
לֶ֖חֶם
lechem
H3899
bread
הַיּ֑וֹם
yôwm
H3117
day
וַיָּ֖עַף
ʻûwph
H5774
to fly
הָעָֽם
ʻam
H5971
people
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World English Bible Public Domain
Then answered one of the people, and said, Your father directly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man who eats food this day. The people were faint.
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King James Version Public Domain
Then answered one of the people, and said, Thy father straitly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food this day. And the people were faint.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And a man from the people answered and said, “Adjuring, your father adjured the people, saying, ‘Cursed the man who eats bread today.’ So the people are faint.”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).