1 Samuel 22:2 — compare English translations
Compare translations1 Samuel 22:2 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 →
וַיִּֽתְקַבְּצ֣וּ
qâbats
H6908
to gather
אֵ֠לָיו
ʼêl
H413
to
כָּל
kôl
H3605
all
אִ֨ישׁ
ʼîysh
H376
man
מָצ֜וֹק
mâtsôwq
H4689
distress
וְכָל
kôl
H3605
all
אִ֨ישׁ
ʼîysh
H376
man
אֲשֶׁר
ʼăsher
H834
which
ל֤וֹ
נֹשֶׁא֙
nâshâʼ
H5378
to lend
וְכָל
kôl
H3605
all
אִ֣ישׁ
ʼîysh
H376
man
מַר
mar
H4751
bitter
נֶ֔פֶשׁ
nephesh
H5315
soul
וַיְהִ֥י
hâyâh
H1961
to be
עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם
ʻal
H5921
upon
לְשָׂ֑ר
sar
H8269
prince
וַיִּהְי֣וּ
hâyâh
H1961
to be
עִמּ֔וֹ
ʻim
H5973
with
כְּאַרְבַּ֥ע
ʼarbaʻ
H702
four
מֵא֖וֹת
mêʼâh
H3967
hundred
אִֽישׁ
ʼîysh
H376
man
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World English Bible Public Domain
Everyone who was in distress, and everyone who was in debt, and everyone who was discontented, gathered themselves to him; and he became captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.
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King James Version Public Domain
And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And they gathered themselves to him, every man of distress and every man for whom a creditor and every man bitter of soul. And he became a commander over them. And they with him, about 400 men.
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