1 Samuel 22:18 — compare English translations
Compare translations1 Samuel 22:18 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 →
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ֙
melek
H4428
king
לדויג
Dôʼêg
H1673
Doeg
לְדוֹאֵ֔ג
Dôʼêg
H1673
Doeg
סֹ֣ב
çâbab
H5437
to turn around
אַתָּ֔ה
ʼattâh
H859
you
וּפְגַ֖ע
pâgaʻ
H6293
to meet
בַּכֹּהֲנִ֑ים
kôhên
H3548
priest
וַיִּסֹּ֞ב
çâbab
H5437
to turn around
דויג
Dôʼêg
H1673
Doeg
דּוֹאֵ֣ג
Dôʼêg
H1673
Doeg
הָאֲדֹמִ֗י
ʼĔdômîy
H130
Edomite
וַיִּפְגַּע
pâgaʻ
H6293
to meet
הוּא֙
hûwʼ
H1931
he
בַּכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים
kôhên
H3548
priest
וַיָּ֣מֶת
mûwth
H4191
to die
בַּיּ֣וֹם
yôwm
H3117
day
הַה֗וּא
hûwʼ
H1931
he
שְׁמֹנִ֤ים
shᵉmônîym
H8084
eighty
וַחֲמִשָּׁה֙
châmêsh
H2568
five
אִ֔ישׁ
ʼîysh
H376
man
נֹשֵׂ֖א
nâsâʼ
H5375
to lift
אֵפ֥וֹד
ʼêphôwd
H646
ephod
בָּֽד
bad
H906
linen
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World English Bible Public Domain
The king said to Doeg, Turn you, and fall on the priests. Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell on the priests, and he killed on that day eighty-five persons who wore a linen ephod.
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King James Version Public Domain
And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
So the king said to Doeg, “You turn and attack the priests!” So Doeg the Edomite turned and he himself attacked the priests. And on that day he killed 85 men wearing a linen ephod.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).