Parallel Verses

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

New American Standard Bible

David stayed 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.

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.

Holman Bible

David then stayed in the wilderness strongholds and in the hill country of the Wilderness of Ziph. Saul searched for him every day, but God did not hand David over to him.

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.

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
דּויד דּוד 
David 
Usage: 1074

ישׁב 
Yashab 
Usage: 1081

in the wilderness
מדבּר 
Midbar 
מדבּר 
Midbar 
Usage: 271
Usage: 271

מצדה מצד מצד 
M@tsad 
Usage: 12

and remained
ישׁב 
Yashab 
Usage: 1081

in a mountain
הר 
Har 
Usage: 544

of Ziph
זיף 
Ziyph 
Usage: 10

שׁאוּל 
Sha'uwl 
Usage: 406

יום 
Yowm 
Usage: 2293

but God
אלהים 
'elohiym 
Usage: 2600

נתן 
Nathan 
Usage: 2011

Context Readings

David Eludes Saul's Pursuit

13 So David and his men got up, about six hundred men, and went out from Keilah and wandered wherever they could go. When it was told to Saul that David had escaped from Keilah, {he stopped his pursuit}. 14 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 15 When David realized that Saul had gone out to seek his life, David was in the wilderness of Ziph at Horesh.

Cross References

Psalm 54:3-4

For foreigners have risen against me, and ruthless [men] seek my life. They have not set God before them. Selah

Joshua 15:24

Ziph, Telem, Bealoth,

Joshua 15:55

Moan, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah,

Psalm 32:7

You [are] my hiding place; from trouble you preserve me. [With] cries of deliverance you surround me. Selah

1 Samuel 23:7

When it was told to Saul that David had gone to Keilah, Saul said, "God {has given him} into my hand, because he has shut himself in by going into a city [with] {two barred gates}.

1 Samuel 27:1

Then David {thought to himself}, "Now I will perish one day by the hand of Saul! There is nothing better for me but [that] I must certainly escape to the land of [the] Philistines. Then Saul will desist from searching for me further in all of the territories of Israel, and so I will escape from his hand."

Psalm 11:1-3

In Yahweh I have taken refuge; how can you say to my soul, "Flee to your mountain [like] a bird"?

Psalm 37:32-33

[The] wicked watches for the righteous and seeks to kill him.

Proverbs 1:16

for their feet run to evil, and they hurry to shed blood,

Proverbs 4:16

For they will not sleep if they have not done wrong, and they are robbed of their sleep if they do not cause stumbling.

Proverbs 21:30

There is no wisdom, nor understanding, nor counsel to oppose Yahweh.

Jeremiah 36:26

And the king commanded Jerahmeel, the son of the king, and Seraiah, the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah, the son of Abdeel, to arrest Baruch the secretary and Jeremiah the prophet, but Yahweh hid them.

Romans 8:31

What then shall we say about these [things]? If God [is] for us, who [can be] against us?

2 Timothy 3:11

persecutions, [and] sufferings that happened to me in Antioch, in Iconium, [and] in Lystra, what sort of persecutions I endured, and the Lord delivered me from all [of them].

2 Timothy 4:17-18

But the Lord helped me and strengthened me, so that through me the proclamation might be fulfilled and all the Gentiles might hear, and he rescued [me] from the lion's mouth.

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