1 Samuel 30:3
Modern Translations
New International Version
When David and his men reached Ziklag, they found it destroyed by fire and their wives and sons and daughters taken captive.

New Living Translation
When David and his men saw the ruins and realized what had happened to their families,

English Standard Version
And when David and his men came to the city, they found it burned with fire, and their wives and sons and daughters taken captive.

Berean Study Bible
When David and his men came to the city, they found it burned down and their wives and sons and daughters taken captive.

New American Standard Bible
When David and his men came to the city, behold, it was burned with fire, and their wives, their sons, and their daughters had been taken captive.

NASB 1995
When David and his men came to the city, behold, it was burned with fire, and their wives and their sons and their daughters had been taken captive.

NASB 1977
And when David and his men came to the city, behold, it was burned with fire, and their wives and their sons and their daughters had been taken captive.

Amplified Bible
When David and his men came to the town, it was burned, and their wives and their sons and their daughters had been taken captive.

Christian Standard Bible
When David and his men arrived at the town, they found it burned. Their wives, sons, and daughters had been kidnapped.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When David and his men arrived at the town, they found it burned down. Their wives, sons, and daughters had been kidnapped.

Contemporary English Version
When David and his men came to Ziklag, they saw the burned-out ruins and learned that their families had been taken captive.

Good News Translation
When David and his men arrived, they found that the town had been burned down and that their wives, sons, and daughters had been carried away.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
By the time David and his men came to the town, it had been burned down, and their wives, sons, and daughters had been taken captive.

International Standard Version
David and his men came to the town, and it had been burned down. Their wives, their sons, and their daughters had been taken captive.

NET Bible
When David and his men came to the city, they found it burned. Their wives, sons, and daughters had been taken captive.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
So 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.

New King James Version
So David and his men came to the city, and there it was, burned with fire; and their wives, their sons, and their daughters had been taken captive.

King James 2000 Bible
So 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.

New Heart English Bible
When David and his men came to the city, look, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captive.

World English Bible
When David and his men came to the city, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captive.

American King James Version
So 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.

American Standard Version
And when David and his men came to the city, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captive.

A Faithful Version
And David and his men came to the city, and behold, it was burned with fire, and their wives and their sons and their daughters had been taken captives.

Darby Bible Translation
And David and his men came to the city, and behold, it was burnt with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters were taken captives.

English Revised Version
And when David and his men came to the city, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captives.

Webster's Bible Translation
So 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.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
So Dauid and his men came to the city, and beholde, it was burnt with fire, and their wiues, and their sonnes, and their daughters were taken prisoners.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
So Dauid and his men came to the citie, and beholde it was burnt with fyre: and their wiues, their sonnes, and their daughters were taken prisoners.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Now whan Dauid with his men came to the cite, and sawe that it was brent wt fyre, and that their wyues, sonnes & doughters were led awaye captyue,
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And David comes in—and his men—to the city, and behold, [it is] burned with fire, and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters have been taken captive.

Young's Literal Translation
And David cometh in -- and his men -- unto the city, and lo, burnt with fire, and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters have been taken captive!

Smith's Literal Translation
And David will come, and his men, to the city, and behold, it burnt with fire, and their wives and their sons and their daughters were taken captive.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
So when David and his men came to the city, and found it burnt with fire, and that their wives and their sons, and their daughters were taken captives,

Catholic Public Domain Version
Therefore, when David and his men had arrived at the city, and had found it burned with fire, and that their wives and their sons and daughters had been led away as captives,

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And David and his men came to the city, and behold, it was burning in fire, and their wives and their children and their daughters were taken captive

Lamsa Bible
And 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.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And when David and his men came to the city, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captives.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And David and his men came into the city, and, behold, it was burnt with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters were carried captive.
















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