1 Samuel 4:12 — compare English translations
Compare translations1 Samuel 4:12 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 →
וַיָּ֤רָץ
rûwts
H7323
to run
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
H376
man
בִּנְיָמִן֙
Binyâmîyn
H1144
Benjamin
מֵהַמַּ֣עֲרָכָ֔ה
maʻărâkâh
H4634
rank
וַיָּבֹ֥א
bôwʼ
H935
to enter
שִׁלֹ֖ה
Shîylôh
H7887
Shiloh
בַּיּ֣וֹם
yôwm
H3117
day
הַה֑וּא
hûwʼ
H1931
he
וּמַדָּ֣יו
mad
H4055
measure
קְרֻעִ֔ים
qâraʻ
H7167
to tear
וַאֲדָמָ֖ה
ʼădâmâh
H127
ground
עַל
ʻal
H5921
upon
רֹאשֽׁוֹ
rôʼsh
H7218
head
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
There ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day, with his clothes torn, and with earth on his head.
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King James Version Public Domain
And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes rent, and with earth upon his head.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And a man of Benjamin ran from the array and entered Shiloh on that day. And his clothes were torn, and earth was on his head.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).