Jump to Previous Adversary Angry Appointed Battle Heads Master Philistines Princes Reconcile Wherewith WrothJump to Next Adversary Angry Appointed Battle Heads Master Philistines Princes Reconcile Wherewith WrothParallel Verses English Standard Version But the commanders of the Philistines were angry with him. And the commanders of the Philistines said to him, “Send the man back, that he may return to the place to which you have assigned him. He shall not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he become an adversary to us. For how could this fellow reconcile himself to his lord? Would it not be with the heads of the men here? New American Standard Bible But the commanders of the Philistines were angry with him, and the commanders of the Philistines said to him, "Make the man go back, that he may return to his place where you have assigned him, and do not let him go down to battle with us, or in the battle he may become an adversary to us. For with what could this man make himself acceptable to his lord? Would it not be with the heads of these men? King James Bible And the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines said unto him, Make this fellow return, that he may go again to his place which thou hast appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he be an adversary to us: for wherewith should he reconcile himself unto his master? should it not be with the heads of these men? Holman Christian Standard Bible The Philistine commanders, however, were enraged with Achish and told him, "Send that man back and let him return to the place you assigned him. He must not go down with us into battle only to become our adversary during the battle. What better way could he regain his master's favor than with the heads of our men? International Standard Version But the Philistine leaders were angry with him, so they pleaded with him, "Send the man back! Let him return to the place you assigned him. He mustn't go into battle with us. Otherwise, he may become our adversary in the battle! How could there be a better way for this fellow to reconcile himself with his lord? Wouldn't it be with the heads of these men? NET Bible But the leaders of the Philistines became angry with him and said to him, "Send the man back! Let him return to the place that you assigned him! Don't let him go down with us into the battle, for he might become our adversary in the battle. What better way to please his lord than with the heads of these men? GOD'S WORD® Translation But the Philistine officers were angry with Achish. "Send the man back," the Philistine officers told him. "Return him to the place you assigned him. He shouldn't go with us into battle. He shouldn't [be allowed to] become our enemy during the battle. Is this man going to try to regain his master's favor? He'll do it with the lives of our men! King James 2000 Bible And the princes of the Philistines were angry with him; and the princes of the Philistines said unto him, Make this fellow return, that he may go again to his place which you have appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he be an adversary to us: for with what should he reconcile himself unto his master? should it not be with the heads of these men? American King James Version And the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines said to him, Make this fellow return, that he may go again to his place which you have appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he be an adversary to us: for with which should he reconcile himself to his master? should it not be with the heads of these men? American Standard Version But he princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines said unto him, Make the man return, that he may go back to his place where thou hast appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he become an adversary to us: for wherewith should this fellow reconcile himself unto his lord? should it not be with the heads of these men? Douay-Rheims Bible But the princes of the Philistines were angry with him, and they said to him: Let this man return, and abide in his place, which thou hast appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest he be an adversary to us, when we shall begin to fight: for how can he otherwise appease his master, but with our heads? Darby Bible Translation But the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines said to him, Make the man return, that he may go again to his place where thou hast appointed him, that he go not down with us to the battle, that in the battle he be not an adversary to us; for wherewith should this fellow reconcile himself to his master? should it not be with the heads of these men? English Revised Version But the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines said unto him, Make the man return, that he may go back to his place where thou hast appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he become an adversary to us: for wherewith should this fellow reconcile himself unto his lord? should it not be with the heads of these men? Webster's Bible Translation And the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines said to him, Make this man return, that he may go again to his place which thou hast appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he should be an adversary to us: for with what would he reconcile himself to his master? would it not be with the heads of these men? World English Bible But the princes of the Philistines were angry with him; and the princes of the Philistines said to him, "Make the man return, that he may go back to his place where you have appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he become an adversary to us. For with what should this fellow reconcile himself to his lord? Should it not be with the heads of these men? Young's Literal Translation And the heads of the Philistines are wroth against him, and the heads of the Philistines say to him, 'Send back the man, and he doth turn back unto his place whither thou hast appointed him, and doth not go down with us into battle, and is not to us for an adversary in battle; and wherewith doth this one reconcile himself unto his lord -- is it not with the heads of those men?' Lexicon And the princessar (sar) a head person (of any rank or class) -- captain (that had rule), chief (captain), general, governor, keeper, lord, (-task-)master, prince(-ipal), ruler, steward. of the Philistines Plishtiy (pel-ish-tee') a Pelishtite or inhabitant of Pelesheth -- Philistine. were wroth qatsaph (kaw-tsaf') to crack off, i.e. (figuratively) burst out in rage -- (be) anger(-ry), displease, fret self, (provoke to) wrath (come), be wroth. with him and the princes sar (sar) a head person (of any rank or class) -- captain (that had rule), chief (captain), general, governor, keeper, lord, (-task-)master, prince(-ipal), ruler, steward. of the Philistines Plishtiy (pel-ish-tee') a Pelishtite or inhabitant of Pelesheth -- Philistine. said 'amar (aw-mar') to say (used with great latitude) unto him Make shuwb (shoob) to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively this fellow 'iysh (eesh) a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation) return shuwb (shoob) to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively that he may go again shuwb (shoob) to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively to his place maqowm (maw-kome') a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind) which thou hast appointed paqad (paw-kad') to visit (with friendly or hostile intent); by analogy, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit, etc. him and let him not go down yarad (yaw-rad') to descend; causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications) with us to battle milchamah (mil-khaw-maw') a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. warfare) -- battle, fight(-ing), war(-rior). lest in the battle milchamah (mil-khaw-maw') a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. warfare) -- battle, fight(-ing), war(-rior). he be an adversary satan (saw-tawn') an opponent; especially (with the article prefixed) Satan, the arch-enemy of good -- adversary, Satan, withstand. to us for wherewith should he reconcile ratsah (raw-tsaw') to be pleased with; specifically, to satisfy a debt himself unto his master 'adown (aw-done') from an unused root (meaning to rule); sovereign, i.e. controller (human or divine) -- lord, master, owner. Compare also names beginning with Adoni-. should it not be with the heads ro'sh (roshe) the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.) of these men 'enowsh (en-oshe') a mortal; hence, a man in general (singly or collectively)English versions, especially when used in apposition with another word. Multilingual 1 Samuel 29:4 FrenchLinks 1 Samuel 29:4 NIV • 1 Samuel 29:4 NLT • 1 Samuel 29:4 ESV • 1 Samuel 29:4 NASB • 1 Samuel 29:4 KJV • 1 Samuel 29:4 Bible Apps • 1 Samuel 29:4 Parallel • Bible Hub |