Saul said, Draw near here, all you chiefs of the people; and know and see in which this sin has been this day.
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Saul said, Draw near here, all you chiefs of the people; and know and see in which this sin has been this day.
And Saul said, Draw ye near hither, all the chief of the people: and know and see wherein this sin hath been this day.
Then Saul said, “Come near here, all of the cornerstones of the people! And know and see by what this sin has happened today.
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Saul said, Draw near here, all you chiefs of the people; and know and see in which this sin has been this day.
Therefore Saul said, “Come here, all you leaders of the troops, and let us investigate how this sin has occurred today.
Therefore Saul said, “Come here, all you leaders of the troops, and let us investigate how this sin has occurred today.
And Saul said, Draw ye near hither, all the chief of the people: and know and see wherein this sin hath been this day.
And Saul said, Draw nigh hither, all ye chiefs of the people; and know and see wherein this sin hath been this day.
And Saul said, Draw nigh hither, all ye chiefs of the people: and know and see wherein this sin hath been this day.
And Saul said, All ye chiefe of the people, come ye hither, and knowe, and see by whom this sinne is done this day.
And Saul said: Bring hither all the corners of the people: and know, and see by whom this sin hath happened to day.
And Saul saith, `Draw ye nigh hither all, the chiefs of the people, and know and see in what this sin hath been to-day;
And Saul says, “Everyone draw near here, the chiefs of the people, and know and see in what this sin has been today;
Then Saul said, “Come here, all you leaders of the people; learn and see how this sin has happened today.
Then Saul said, “Come near here, all of the cornerstones of the people! And know and see by what this sin has happened today.
And Saul said, Draw ye near hither, all the heads of the people; and know and see wherein this sin has been this day.
Saul said, “Draw near here, all you chiefs of the people, and know and see in whom this sin has been today.
And Saul said, Draw ye near hither all the chief of the people: and know and see wherein this sin hath been this day.
So Saul gave the order, “All you army commanders, come here so we can investigate what sin has happened today.
And Saul said, Come near, all you chiefs of the people, and let us get word from God and see in whom is this sin today.
And Saul said: 'Draw nigh hither, all ye chiefs of the people; and know and see wherein this sin hath been this day.
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Notable vocabulary
The rarest word here is הֲלֹ֔ם here H1988 — appearing just 11 times in the whole Hebrew Bible.
Shared distinctive vocabulary
הֲלֹ֔ם here H1988 occurs in 11 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:
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Hebrew & Septuagint length
In English translation the verse runs 23 words from the Hebrew and 23 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — the same length.
A rough comparison of the two English renderings, which tokenize alike — not a word-level alignment.
Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.
In the original languages it is 14 Hebrew tokens and 21 Greek tokens — but the two are counted differently (Hebrew bundles its prefixes and suffixes into one token; the Greek is in lemma form), so that isn’t a like-for-like length.
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The same verse in the two great witnesses to the Old Testament, shown verse-for-verse.
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וַיֹּ֣אמֶר שָׁא֔וּל גֹּ֣שֽׁוּ הֲלֹ֔ם כֹּ֖ל פִּנּ֣וֹת הָעָ֑ם וּדְע֣וּ וּרְא֔וּ בַּמָּ֗ה הָֽיְתָ֛ה הַחַטָּ֥את הַזֹּ֖את הַיּֽוֹם
Saul said, Draw near here, all you chiefs of the people; and know and see in which this sin has been this day.
World English Bible · Public Domain
καί εἶπον σαούλ προςἄγω ἐνταῦθα πᾶς ὁ γωνία ὁ ἰσραήλ καί γιγνώσκω καί ὁράω ἐν τίς γίγνομαι ὁ ἁμαρτία οὗτος σήμερον
And Saul said, Bring hither all the chiefs of Israel, and know and see by whom this sin has been committed this day.
LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain
Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) (Public Domain). How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →
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וַאֲמַר שָׁאוּל אִתְקְרִיבוּ הַלְכָא כָּל רֵישֵׁי עַמָא וּדְעוֹ וַחֲזוֹ בְּמָן הֲוַת חוֹבָא הָדֵין יוֹמָא דֵין:
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Targum Jonathan — Aramaic: “Mikraot Gedolot” (public domain). English: “Sefaria Community Translation” (CC0 1.0 (public-domain dedication)); “London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.
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1 Samuel, in the Historical, opens this verse with 14 words (14 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is hălôm (“here”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.
Commentary
Notes on 1 Samuel 14:38 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.
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Trapp's Complete Commentary
John Trapp
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Geneva Bible (1599)
Geneva Bible translators
Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain. Text via Bolls.life.
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers
A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
John Gill's Exposition
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Matthew Poole's English Annotations
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible
Daniel D. Whedon
Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
unfoldingWord translationNotes
Door43 World Missions Community
unfoldingWord translationNotes — © Distant Shores Media and the Door43 World Missions Community, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: git.door43.org/Door43/en_tn.
Rashi
Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki (Rashi)
Rashi on the Tanakh — English translations: “The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg” (CC BY 4.0); “Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary by M. Rosenbaum and A.M. Silbermann, 1929-1934” (public domain); “The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J” (CC BY 4.0); and “The Book of Joshua, Metsudah Publications, 1997” (CC BY 4.0). Text via Sefaria.