1 Samuel 23:6 — compare English translations
Compare translations1 Samuel 23:6 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
בִּ֠בְרֹחַ
bârach
H1272
to flee
אֶבְיָתָ֧ר
ʼEbyâthâr
H54
Abiathar
בֶּן
bên
H1121
son
אֲחִימֶ֛לֶךְ
ʼĂchîymelek
H288
Ahimelech
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
דָּוִ֖ד
Dâvid
H1732
David
קְעִילָ֑ה
Qᵉʻîylâh
H7084
Keilah
אֵפ֖וֹד
ʼêphôwd
H646
ephod
יָרַ֥ד
yârad
H3381
to go down
בְּיָדֽוֹ
yâd
H3027
hand
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, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand.
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King James Version Public Domain
And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And it happened that when Abiathar, the son of Ahimelech, fled to David Keilah, an ephod came down in his hand.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).