1 Samuel 20:27 — compare English translations
Compare translations1 Samuel 20:27 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 →
וַיְהִ֗י
hâyâh
H1961
to be
מִֽמָּחֳרַ֤ת
mochŏrâth
H4283
morrow
הַחֹ֨דֶשׁ֙
chôdesh
H2320
month
הַשֵּׁנִ֔י
shênîy
H8145
second
וַיִּפָּקֵ֖ד
pâqad
H6485
to visit
מְק֣וֹם
mâqôwm
H4725
place
דָּוִ֑ד
Dâvid
H1732
David
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
שָׁאוּל֙
Shâʼûwl
H7586
Saul
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
יְהוֹנָתָ֣ן
Yᵉhôwnâthân
H3083
Jonathan
בְּנ֔וֹ
bên
H1121
son
מַדּ֜וּעַ
maddûwaʻ
H4069
why
לֹא
lôʼ
H3808
not
בָ֧א
bôwʼ
H935
to enter
בֶן
bên
H1121
son
יִשַׁ֛י
Yishay
H3448
Jesse
גַּם
gam
H1571
also
תְּמ֥וֹל
tᵉmôwl
H8543
formerly
גַּם
gam
H1571
also
הַיּ֖וֹם
yôwm
H3117
day
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
הַלָּֽחֶם
lechem
H3899
bread
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
It happened on the next day after the new moon, [which was] the second [day], that David's place was empty: and Saul said to Jonathan his son, Why doesn't the son of Jesse come to meat, neither yesterday, nor today?
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King James Version Public Domain
And it came to pass on the morrow, which was the second day of the month, that David's place was empty: and Saul said unto Jonathan his son, Wherefore cometh not the son of Jesse to meat, neither yesterday, nor to day?
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And it happened on the next day of the new moon, the second, that the place of David was missing. And Saul said to Jonathan his son, “Why has the son of Jesse not come, both yesterday and today, to the food?”
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