1SA 23:3 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Καὶ εἶπον οἱ ἄνδρες τοῦ Δαυὶδ πρὸς αὐτὸν, ἰδοὺ ἡμεῖς ἐνταῦθα ἐν τῇ Ἰουδαίᾳ φοβούμεθα, καὶ πῶς ἔσται ἐὰν πορευθῶμεν εἰς Κεϊλὰ, εἰς τὰ σκῦλα τῶν ἀλλοφύλων εἰσπορευσόμεθα;
(Kai eipon hoi andres tou Dawid pros auton, idou haʸmeis entautha en taʸ Youdaia foboumetha, kai pōs estai ean poreuthōmen eis Keila, eis ta skula tōn allofulōn eisporeusometha; )

BrTr And the men of David said to him, Behold, we are afraid here in Judea; and how shall it be if we go to Keila? shall we go after the spoils of the Philistines?

ULT But the men of David said to him, “Behold, we are afraid here in Judah. And much more if we go to Keilah against the arrays of the Philistines!”

UST But David’s men said to him, “Listen, we are afraid here in Judah that Saul might attack us. We will be even more afraid if we go to Keilah where we know the Philistine army is!”

BSB § But David’s men said to him, “Look, we are afraid here in Judah; how much more if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?”

OEB But David’s men said to him, ‘Behold we are afraid here in Judah. How much more then if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?’

WEBBE David’s men said to him, “Behold, we are afraid here in Judah. How much more then if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?”

WMBB (Same as above)

NET But David’s men said to him, “We are afraid while we are still here in Judah! What will it be like if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?”

LSV And David’s men say to him, “Behold, we here in Judah are afraid; and how much more when we go to Keilah, to the ranks of the Philistines?”

FBV But David's men told him, “Even here in Judah we feel afraid. If we went to Keilah to fight the Philistine armies we'd be absolutely terrified!”

T4T But David’s men said to him, “We are afraid that Saul will attack us here in Judah. We will be more afraid if we go to Keilah where the Philistia army is!”

LEB But David’s men said to him, “Look, we are afraid here in Judah. _⌊How much more_⌋[fn] if we go to Keilah to the battle lines of the Philistines?”

23:3 Literally “also for”

BBE And David's men said to him, Even here in Judah we are full of fear: how much more then if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?

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JPS And David's men said unto him: 'Behold, we are afraid here in Judah; how much more then if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?'

ASV And David’s men said unto him, Behold, we are afraid here in Judah: how much more then if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?

DRA And the men that were with David, said to him: Behold we are in fear here in Judea, how much more if we go to Ceila against the hands of the Philistines?

YLT And David's men say unto him, 'Lo, we here in Judah are afraid; and how much more when we go to Keilah, unto the ranks of the Philistines?'

Drby But David's men said to him, Behold, we are afraid here in Judah; how much more then if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?

RV And David’s men said unto him, Behold, we be afraid here in Judah: how much more then if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?
(And David’s men said unto him, Behold, we be afraid here in Yudah: how much more then if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines? )

SLT And David’s men will say to him, Behold us here in Judah being afraid, and even more if we shall go to Keilah against the ranks of the rovers.

Wbstr And David's men said to him, Behold, we are afraid here in Judah: how much more then if we come to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?

KJB-1769 And David’s men said unto him, Behold, we be afraid here in Judah: how much more then if we come to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?
(And David’s men said unto him, Behold, we be afraid here in Yudah: how much more then if we come to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines? )

KJB-1611 And Dauids men said vnto him, Behold, we be afraid here in Iudah: how much more then if wee come to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?
(And David's men said unto him, Behold, we be afraid here in Yudah: how much more then if we come to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?)

Bshps And Dauids men said vnto him, See, we be afrayde here in Iuda: howe much more then if we come to Keila against the hoast of the Philistines?
(And David's men said unto him, See, we be afraid here in Yudah: how much more then if we come to Keila against the host/army of the Philistines?)

Gnva And Dauids men said vnto him, See, we be afrayde here in Iudah, howe much more if we come to Keilah against the hoste of ye Philistims?
(And David's men said unto him, See, we be afraid here in Yudah, how much more if we come to Keilah against the host/army of ye/you_all Philistines? )

Cvdl But ye men that were with Dauid, sayde vnto him: Beholde, we are here in feare in Iewry, and shall we go to Cegila vnto the hoost of the Philistynes?
(But ye/you_all men that were with David, said unto him: Behold, we are here in fear in Yewry, and shall we go to Cegila unto the host/army of the Philistines?)

Wycl And men, that weren with Dauid, seiden to him, Lo! we ben heere in Judee, and dredden; hou myche more, if we schulen go in to Seila ayens the cumpanyes of Filisteis.
(And men, that were with David, said to him, Lo! we been hear in Yudea, and dreaded; how much more, if we should go in to Seila against the cumpanyes of Philistines.)

Luth Aber die Männer bei David sprachen zu ihm: Siehe, wir fürchten uns hie in Juda und wollen hingehen gen Kegila, zu der Philister Zeug?
(But the men at/in David said to/for him: See/Look, we/us fear(v) us/to_us/ourselves here in Yuda and want hingehen to/toward Kegila, to/for the/of_the Philistines Zeug?)

ClVg Et dixerunt viri qui erant cum David ad eum: Ecce nos hic in Judæa consistentes timemus: quanto magis si ierimus in Ceilam adversum agmina Philisthinorum?
(And they_said men who they_were when/with David to him: Behold we/us this in/into/on Yudea consistentes we_fear: quanto more when/but_if ierimus in/into/on Ceilam against trains Philisthinorum? )

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UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

אֲנַ֥חְנוּ & יְרֵאִ֑ים

we & afraid

David’s men are using the emotion of fear by association to mean the danger that causes that fear. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [we are in danger]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

וְ⁠אַף֙

and,how_much_more

David’s men are leaving out some words that in many languages would be needed to complete the meaning. You can supply these words from the context. Alternate translation: [And we will be much more afraid] or [And we will be in much more danger]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

מַֽעַרְכ֖וֹת פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים

forces_of Pelishtim

David’s soldiers are using the term arrays (battle formations) by association to mean the soldiers who form them. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [the soldiers of the Philistines]

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