1 Samuel 7:6 “When they had gathered at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out be…”

1 Samuel 7:6

When they had gathered at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out before the LORD. On that day they fasted, and there they confessed, “We have sinned against the LORD.” And Samuel judged the Israelites at Mizpah.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and poured it out before the LORD, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against the LORD. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpeh.

World English Bible

They gathered together to Mizpah, and drew water, and poured it out before the LORD, and fasted on that day, and said there, “We have sinned against the LORD.” Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpah.

American Standard Version

And they gathered together to Mizpah, and drew water, and poured it out before Jehovah, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against Jehovah. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpah.

Geneva Bible 1599

And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drewe water and powred it out before the Lord, and fasted the same day, and sayd there, We haue sinned against the Lord. And Samuel iudged the children of Israel in Mizpeh.

Darby Translation

Young's Literal Translation

And they are gathered to Mizpeh, and draw water, and pour out before Jehovah, and fast on that day, and say there, 'We have sinned against Jehovah;' and Samuel judgeth the sons of Israel in Mizpeh.

Bible in Basic English

So they came together to Mizpah, and got water, draining it out before the Lord, and they took no food that day, and they said, We have done evil against the Lord. And Samuel was judge of the children of Israel in Mizpah.

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Cross references

“drew water”

1 Samuel 1:15 2 Samuel 14:14 Jeremiah 9:1 Psalm 119:136 Job 16:20 Psalm 6:6

1 Samuel 1:15 · BSB

“No, my lord,” Hannah replied. “I am a woman troubled in spirit. I have not had any wine or strong drink, but I have poured out my soul before the LORD.

2 Samuel 14:14 · BSB

For we will surely die and be like water poured out on the ground, which cannot be recovered. Yet God does not take away a life, but He devises ways that the banished one may not be cast out from Him.

Jeremiah 9:1 · BSB

Oh, that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night over the slain daughter of my people.

Psalm 119:136 · BSB

My eyes shed streams of tears because Your law is not obeyed.

Job 16:20 · BSB

My friends are my scoffers as my eyes pour out tears to God.

Psalm 6:6 · BSB

I am weary from groaning; all night I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears.

“fasted”

Joel 2:12 2 Chronicles 20:3 Ezra 8:21–23 Nehemiah 9:1–3 Daniel 9:3–5 Jonah 3:1–10

Joel 2:12 · BSB

“Yet even now,” declares the LORD, “return to Me with all your heart, with fasting, weeping, and mourning.”

2 Chronicles 20:3 · BSB

Jehoshaphat was alarmed and set his face to seek the LORD. And he proclaimed a fast throughout Judah.

Ezra 8:21–23 · BSB

And there by the Ahava Canal I proclaimed a fast, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and ask Him for a safe journey for us and our children, with all our possessions.

Nehemiah 9:1–3 · BSB

On the twenty-fourth day of the same month, the Israelites gathered together, fasting and wearing sackcloth, with dust on their heads.

Daniel 9:3–5 · BSB

So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petition, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.

Jonah 3:1–10 · BSB

Then the word of the LORD came to Jonah a second time:

“We have sinned”

Judges 10:10 Psalm 106:6 1 Kings 8:47 Job 33:27 Luke 15:18 Leviticus 26:40

Judges 10:10 · BSB

Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD, saying, “We have sinned against You, for we have indeed forsaken our God and served the Baals.”

Psalm 106:6 · BSB

We have sinned like our fathers; we have done wrong and acted wickedly.

1 Kings 8:47 · BSB

and when they come to their senses in the land to which they were taken, and they repent and plead with You in the land of their captors, saying, ‘We have sinned and done wrong; we have acted wickedly,’

Job 33:27 · BSB

Then he sings before men with these words: ‘I have sinned and perverted what was right; yet I did not get what I deserved.

Luke 15:18 · BSB

I will get up and go back to my father and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.

Leviticus 26:40 · BSB

But if they will confess their iniquity and that of their fathers in the unfaithfulness that they practiced against Me, by which they have also walked in hostility toward Me—

“judged”

Judges 3:10 Nehemiah 9:27 Ezekiel 20:4

Judges 3:10 · BSB

The Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he became Israel’s judge and went out to war. And the LORD delivered Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram into the hand of Othniel, who prevailed against him.

Nehemiah 9:27 · BSB

So You delivered them into the hands of enemies who oppressed them, and in their time of distress they cried out to You. From heaven You heard them, and in Your great compassion You gave them deliverers who saved them fr…

Ezekiel 20:4 · BSB

Will you judge them, will you judge them, son of man? Confront them with the abominations of their fathers

Also

Psalm 62:8

Psalm 62:8 · BSB

Trust in Him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts before Him. God is our refuge. Selah

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

In context

5Then Samuel said, “Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to the LORD on your behalf.”

7When the Philistines heard that the Israelites had gathered at Mizpah, their rulers marched up toward Israel. And when the Israelites learned of this, they feared the Philistines

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