1 Samuel 14:26
And when the people were come into the wood, behold, the honey dropped; but no man put his hand to his mouth: for the people feared the oath.
1 Samuel 14:26 in other translations
| BSB | And when they entered the forest and saw the flowing honey, not one of them put his hand to his mouth, because they feared the oath. |
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| WEB | When the people had come to the forest, behold, honey was dripping, but no one put his hand to his mouth, for the people feared the oath. |
| ASV | And when the people were come unto the forest, behold, the honey dropped: but no man put his hand to his mouth; for the people feared the oath. |
| YLT | and the people come in unto the forest, and lo, the honey dropped, and none is moving his hand unto his mouth, for the people feared the oath. |
| DARBY | And the people had come into the wood, and behold, the honey flowed; but no man put his hand to his mouth, for the people feared the oath. |
| BBE | But not a man put his hand to his mouth for fear of the curse. |
| Webster | And when the people had come into the wood, behold, the honey dropped; but no man put his hand to his mouth: for the people feared the oath. |
What does 1 Samuel 14:26 mean?
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Samuel 14:24-35
Saul's severe order was very unwise; if it gained time, it lost strength for the pursuit. Such is the nature of our bodies, that daily work cannot be done without daily bread, which therefore our Father in heaven graciously gives. Saul was turning aside from God, and now he begins to build altars, being then most zealous, as many are, for the form of godliness when he was denying the power of it.
1 Samuel 14:26 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 1 Samuel 14:26
- Ecclesiastes 9:2
All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.
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Context
- 1 Samuel 14:25
And all they of the land came to a wood; and there was honey upon the ground.
- 1 Samuel 14:26
And when the people were come into the wood, behold, the honey dropped; but no man put his hand to his mouth: for the people feared the oath.
- 1 Samuel 14:27
But Jonathan heard not when his father charged the people with the oath: wherefore he put forth the end of the rod that was in his hand, and dipped it in an honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes were enlightened.
1 Samuel 14:26 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Entró pues el pueblo en el bosque, y he aquí que la miel corría; mas ninguno hubo que llegase la mano á su boca: porque el pueblo temía el juramento. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et le peuple entra dans la forêt; et voici du miel qui coulait; mais nul ne porta sa main à sa bouche, car le peuple avait peur du serment. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und als das Volk in den Wald kam: siehe da, ein Strom von Honig; aber niemand brachte seine Hand zu seinem Munde, denn das Volk fürchtete den Schwur. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Ingressus est itaque populus saltum, et apparuit fluens mel, nullusque applicuit manum ad os suum: timebat enim populus juramentum. |