1 Samuel 30:20 He took all the flocks and herds, and his men drove them ahead of the other livestock, saying, "This is David's plunder."

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
He took all the flocks and herds, and his men drove them ahead of the other livestock, saying, "This is David's plunder."

English Standard Version
David also captured all the flocks and herds, and the people drove the livestock before him, and said, “This is David’s spoil.”

New American Standard Bible
So David had captured all the sheep and the cattle which the people drove ahead of the other livestock, and they said, "This is David's spoil."

King James Bible
And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drave before those other cattle, and said, This is David's spoil.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He took all the sheep and cattle, which were driven ahead of the other livestock, and the people shouted, "This is David's plunder!"

International Standard Version
David took all the rest of the sheep and cattle, driving them ahead of their rescued livestock. People said about all this, "This is David's spoil."

American Standard Version
And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drove before those other cattle, and said, This is David's spoil.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he took all the flocks and the herds, and made them go before him: and they said: This is the prey of David.

Darby Bible Translation
And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drove before the other cattle, and said, This is David's spoil.

Young's Literal Translation
and David taketh the whole of the flock, and of the herd, they have led on before these cattle, and they say, 'This is David's spoil.'

Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

30:16-20 Sinners are nearest to ruin, when they cry, Peace and safety, and put the evil day far from them. Nor does any thing give our spiritual enemies more advantage than sensuality and indulgence. Eating and drinking, and dancing, have been the soft and pleasant way in which many have gone down to the congregation of the dead. The spoil was recovered, and brought off; nothing was lost, but a great deal gained.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

1Sa 30:16-31. And Recovers His Two Wives and All the Spoil.

16. they were spread abroad upon all the earth—Believing that David and all his men of war were far away, engaged with the Philistine expedition, they deemed themselves perfectly secure and abandoned themselves to all manner of barbaric revelry. The promise made in answer to the devout inquiries of David (1Sa 30:8) was fulfilled. The marauders were surprised and panic-stricken. A great slaughter ensued—the people as well as the booty taken from Ziklag was recovered, besides a great amount of spoil which they had collected in a wide, freebooting excursion.