1 Samuel 14 · Verse 38

1 Samuel 14:38

And Saul said, Draw ye near hither, all the chief of the people: and know and see wherein this sin hath been this day.
1 Samuel 14:38, King James Version

1 Samuel 14:38 in other translations

BSBTherefore Saul said, “Come here, all you leaders of the troops, and let us investigate how this sin has occurred today.
WEBSaul said, “Draw near here, all you chiefs of the people, and know and see in whom this sin has been today.
ASVAnd Saul said, Draw nigh hither, all ye chiefs of the people; and know and see wherein this sin hath been this day.
YLTAnd Saul saith, ‘Draw ye nigh hither all, the chiefs of the people, and know and see in what this sin hath been to-day;
DARBYAnd Saul said, Draw ye near hither, all the heads of the people; and know and see wherein this sin has been this day.
BBEAnd Saul said, Come near, all you chiefs of the people, and let us get word from God and see in whom is this sin today.
WebsterAnd Saul said, Draw ye near hither all the chief of the people: and know and see wherein this sin hath been this day.

What does 1 Samuel 14:38 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Samuel 14:36-46

If God turns away our prayer, we have reason to suspect it is for some sin harboured in our hearts, which we should find out, that we may put it away, and put it to death. We should always first suspect and examine ourselves; but an unhumbled heart suspects every other person, and looks every where but at home for the sinful cause of calamity. Jonathan was discovered to be the offender. Those most indulgent to their…

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1 Samuel 14:38 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559
שָׁא֔וּלsha.'UlSaulH7586
גֹּ֣שֽׁוּGo.shudraw nearH5066
הֲלֹ֔םha.LomhereH1988
כֹּ֖לkolO allH3605
פִּנּ֣וֹתpi.Not[the] corners ofH6438
הָעָ֑םha.'Amthe peopleH5971
וּדְע֣וּu.de.'Uand knowH3045
וּרְא֔וּu.re.'Uand seeH7200
בַּמָּ֗הba.Mah<in> how?H4100
הָֽיְתָ֛הha.ye.Tahhas it happenedH1961
הַחַטָּ֥אתha.cha.Tatthe sinH2403
הַזֹּ֖אתha.Zot<the> thisH2063
הַיּֽוֹם\׃hai.Yomthis dayH3117

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Samuel 14:38

  • Numbers 24:17

    I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.

  • Joshua 7:11

    Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put it even among their own stuff.

  • Zechariah 10:4

    Out of him came forth the corner, out of him the nail, out of him the battle bow, out of him every oppressor together.

  • Joshua 7:14-26

    In the morning therefore ye shall be brought according to your tribes: and it shall be, that the tribe which the Lord taketh shall come according to the families thereof; and the family which the Lord shall take shall come by households; and the household which the Lord shall take shall come man by man. And it shall be, that he that is taken with the accursed thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he hath: because he hath transgressed the covenant of the Lord, and because he hath wrought folly in Israel. So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken: And he brought the family of Judah; and he took the family of the Zarhites: and he brought the family of the Zarhites man by man; and Zabdi was taken: …

  • Psalms 47:9

    The princes of the people are gathered together, even the people of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the earth belong unto God: he is greatly exalted.

  • 2 Samuel 18:3

    But the people answered, Thou shalt not go forth: for if we flee away, they will not care for us; neither if half of us die, will they care for us: but now thou art worth ten thousand of us: therefore now it is better that thou succour us out of the city.

  • 1 Samuel 10:19-20

    And ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you out of all your adversities and your tribulations; and ye have said unto him, Nay, but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before the Lord by your tribes, and by your thousands. And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel to come near, the tribe of Benjamin was taken.

  • Judges 20:2

    And the chief of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen that drew sword.

  • Ephesians 2:20

    And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;

  • Matthew 21:42

    Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Draw ye near.
10:19,20; Jos 7:14-26
chief. Heb. corners.
Nu 24:17; Jud 20:2; 2Sa 18:3; Ps 47:9; Zec 10:4; Mt 21:42; Eph 2:20

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Context

  • 1 Samuel 14:37

    And Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I go down after the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into the hand of Israel? But he answered him not that day.

  • 1 Samuel 14:38

    And Saul said, Draw ye near hither, all the chief of the people: and know and see wherein this sin hath been this day.

  • 1 Samuel 14:39

    For, as the Lord liveth, which saveth Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die. But there was not a man among all the people that answered him.

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1 Samuel 14:38 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Entonces dijo Saúl: Llegaos acá todos los principales del pueblo; y sabed y mirad por quién ha sido hoy este pecado;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et Saül dit: Approchez ici, vous tous les principaux du peuple, et sachez et voyez comment ce péché est arrivé aujourd’hui;
German
Elberfelder 1871
Da sprach Saul: Tretet hierher, alle Häupter des Volkes, und erkennet und sehet, wodurch diese Sünde heute geschehen ist.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Dixitque Saul: Applicate huc universos angulos populi: et scitote, et videte per quem acciderit peccatum hoc hodie.