Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
David then stayed in the wilderness strongholds and in the hill country of the Wilderness of Ziph.
New American Standard Bible
David stayed in the wilderness in the strongholds, and remained in the hill country in the wilderness of
King James Version
And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, and remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand.
International Standard Version
David stayed in the wilderness in the strongholds, and he lived in the hill country in the wilderness of Ziph. Saul sought him every day, but God did not let David slip into Saul's control.
A Conservative Version
And David abode in the wilderness in the strongholds, and remained in the hill-country in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God did not deliver him into his hand.
American Standard Version
And David abode in the wilderness in the strongholds, and remained in the hill-country in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand.
Amplified
David stayed in the wilderness in strongholds, in the hill country of the Wilderness of Ziph. Saul searched for him every day, but God did not hand David over to him.
Bible in Basic English
And David kept in the waste land, in safe places, waiting in the hill-country in the waste land of Ziph. And Saul was searching for him every day, but God did not give him up into his hands
Darby Translation
And David abode in the wilderness in strongholds, and abode in the mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God did not give him into his hand.
Julia Smith Translation
And David will dwell in the desert in fastnesses, and he will dwell in the mountain in the desert of Ziph. And Saul will seek him all the days, and God save him not into his hand.
King James 2000
And David abode in the wilderness in strongholds, and remained in the mountains in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand.
Lexham Expanded Bible
David remained in the wilderness, in the strongholds, and in the hill country in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him {continually}, but God did not give him into his hand
Modern King James verseion
And David stayed in the wilderness in strongholds, and remained in the stronghold in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul looked for him every day, but God did not deliver him into his hand.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And David abode in the wilderness in strongholds, and in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him all his life, but God delivered him not into his hand.
NET Bible
David stayed in the strongholds that were in the desert and in the hill country of the desert of Ziph. Saul looked for him all the time, but God did not deliver David into his hand.
New Heart English Bible
David stayed in the wilderness in the strongholds, and remained in the hill country in the wilderness of Ziph. Saul sought him every day, but God did not deliver him into his hand.
The Emphasized Bible
Then David abode in the wilderness, in the fortresses, and he abode in the hill country, in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him continually, but God delivered him not into his hand.
Webster
And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, and remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand.
World English Bible
David stayed in the wilderness in the strongholds, and remained in the hill country in the wilderness of Ziph. Saul sought him every day, but God didn't deliver him into his hand.
Youngs Literal Translation
And David abideth in the wilderness, in fortresses, and abideth in the hill-country, in the wilderness of Ziph; and Saul seeketh him all the days, and God hath not given him into his hand.
Themes
David » King of israel » Goes to the wilderness of ziph, is betrayed to saul
Deserts » The persecuted fled to
Deserts » Mentioned in scripture » Ziph
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul
Topics
Interlinear
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Baqash
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Samuel 23:14
Verse Info
Context Readings
David Eludes Saul's Pursuit
13
So David and his men, numbering about 600,
Cross References
Psalm 54:3-4
and violent men seek my life.
They have no regard for God.
Joshua 15:24
Ziph, Telem, Bealoth,
Joshua 15:55
Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah,
Psalm 32:7
You protect me from trouble.
You surround me with joyful shouts of deliverance.Selah
1 Samuel 23:7
When it was reported to Saul that David had gone to Keilah, he said, “God has handed him over to me, for he has trapped himself by entering a town with barred gates.”
1 Samuel 27:1
David said to himself, “One of these days I’ll be swept away by Saul. There is nothing better for me than to escape immediately to the land of the Philistines.
Psalm 11:1-3
For the choir director. Davidic.
How can you say to me,
“Escape to the mountain like a bird!
Psalm 37:32-33
and seeks to kill him;
Proverbs 1:16
and they hurry to commit murder.
Proverbs 4:16
unless they have done what is evil;
they are robbed of sleep
unless they make someone stumble.
Proverbs 21:30
will prevail against the Lord.
Jeremiah 36:26
Then the king commanded Jerahmeel the king’s son, Seraiah son of Azriel, and Shelemiah son of Abdeel to seize Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet, but the Lord had hidden them.
Romans 8:31
If God is for us, who is against us?
2 Timothy 3:11
along with the persecutions and sufferings
2 Timothy 4:17-18
But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me, so that the proclamation might be fully made through me and all the Gentiles might hear. So I was rescued from the lion’s mouth.