1 Samuel 30:4 “So David and the troops with him lifted up their voices and wept until…”

1 Samuel 30:4

So David and the troops with him lifted up their voices and wept until they had no strength left to weep.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

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.

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

Then Dauid and the people that was with him, lift vp their voyces and wept, vntill they could weepe no more.

Darby Translation

Then David and the people that 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.

Bible in Basic English

Then David and the people who were with him gave themselves up to weeping till they were able to go on weeping no longer.

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Cross references

“lifted up”

1 Samuel 11:4 1 Samuel 4:13 Genesis 37:33–35 Numbers 14:1 Numbers 14:39 Judges 2:4

1 Samuel 11:4 · BSB

When the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and relayed these words in the hearing of the people, they all wept aloud.

1 Samuel 4:13 · BSB

When he arrived, there was Eli, sitting on his chair beside the road and watching, because his heart trembled for the ark of God. When the man entered the city to give a report, the whole city cried out.

Genesis 37:33–35 · BSB

His father recognized it and said, “It is my son’s robe! A vicious animal has devoured him. Joseph has surely been torn to pieces!”

Numbers 14:1 · BSB

Then the whole congregation lifted up their voices and cried out, and that night the people wept.

Numbers 14:39 · BSB

And when Moses relayed these words to all the Israelites, the people mourned bitterly.

Judges 2:4 · BSB

When the angel of the LORD had spoken these words to all the Israelites, the people lifted up their voices and wept.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

3When David and his men came to the city, they found it burned down and their wives and sons and daughters taken captive.

5David’s two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel, had been taken captive.

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