1 Samuel 30:4
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New International Version (©2011)
So David and his men wept aloud until they had no strength left to weep.

New Living Translation (©2007)
they wept until they could weep no more.

English Standard Version (©2001)
Then David and the people who were with him raised their voices and wept until they had no more strength to weep.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Then David and the people who were with him lifted their voices and wept until there was no strength in them to weep.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
David and the troops with him wept loudly until they had no strength left to weep.

International Standard Version (©2012)
Then David and the people who were with him lifted their voices and cried until they had no more strength left to cry.

NET Bible (©2006)
Then David and the men who were with him wept loudly until they could weep no more.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Then David and his men cried loudly until they didn't have the strength to cry anymore.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.

American King James Version
Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.

American Standard Version
Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.

Douay-Rheims Bible
David and the people that were with him, lifted up their voices, and wept till they had no more tears.

Darby Bible Translation
Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.

English Revised Version
Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.

Webster's Bible Translation
Then David and the people that were with him, lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.

World English Bible
Then David and the people who were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.

Young's Literal Translation
And David lifteth up -- and the people who are with him -- their voice and weep, till that they have no power to weep.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

30:1-6 When we go abroad in the way of our duty, we may comfortably hope that God will take care of our families in our absence, but not otherwise. If, when we come off a journey, we find our abode in peace, and not laid waste, as David here found his, let the Lord be praised for it. David's men murmured against him. Great faith must expect such severe trials. But, observe, that David was brought thus low, only just before he was raised to the throne. When things are at the worst with the church and people of God, then they begin to mend. David encouraged himself in the Lord his God. His men fretted at their loss, the soul of the people was bitter; their own discontent and impatience added to the affliction and misery. But David bore it better, though he had more reason than any of them to lament it. They gave liberty to their passions, but he set his graces to work; and while they dispirited each other, he, by encouraging himself in God, kept his spirit calm. Those who have taken the Lord for their God, may take encouragement from him in the worst times.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice,.... In doleful shrieks, and loud lamentations:

and wept, until they had no more power to weep; till nature was quite exhausted, and no moisture left; so the Vulgate Latin version, "till tears failed in them"; they could shed no more.

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The Amalekites Raid Ziklag
…3So David and his men came to the city, and, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captives. 4Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep. 5And David's two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.

Numbers 14:1 That night all the members of the community raised their voices and wept aloud.
1 Samuel 11:4 When the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and reported these terms to the people, they all wept aloud.
1 Samuel 30:3 When David and his men reached Ziklag, they found it destroyed by fire and their wives and sons and daughters taken captive.