1 Samuel 14 · Verse 46

1 Samuel 14:46

Then Saul went up from following the Philistines: and the Philistines went to their own place.
1 Samuel 14:46, King James Version

1 Samuel 14:46 in other translations

BSBThen Saul gave up his pursuit of the Philistines, and the Philistines returned to their own land.
WEBThen Saul went up from following the Philistines; and the Philistines went to their own place.
ASVThen Saul went up from following the Philistines; and the Philistines went to their own place.
YLTAnd Saul goeth up from after the Philistines, and the Philistines have gone to their place;
DARBYAnd Saul went up from following the Philistines; and the Philistines went to their own place.
BBEThen Saul, turning back, went after the Philistines no longer: and the Philistines went back to their place.
WebsterThen Saul went up from following the Philistines: and the Philistines went to their own place.

What does 1 Samuel 14:46 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 14:46 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.

וַיַּ֣עַלvai.Ya.'aland he went upH5927
שָׁא֔וּלsha.'UlSaulH7586
מֵאַחֲרֵ֖יme.'a.cha.Reifrom afterH310
פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑יםpe.lish.Tim[the] PhilistinesH6430
וּפְלִשְׁתִּ֖יםu.fe.lish.Timand [the] PhilistinesH6430
הָלְכ֥וּha.le.Khuthey wentH1980
לִמְקוֹמָֽם\׃lim.ko.Mamto own place theirH4725

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

Context

  • 1 Samuel 14:45

    And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel? God forbid: as the Lord liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he hath wrought with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, that he died not.

  • 1 Samuel 14:46

    Then Saul went up from following the Philistines: and the Philistines went to their own place.

  • 1 Samuel 14:47

    So Saul took the kingdom over Israel, and fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines: and whithersoever he turned himself, he vexed them.

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1 Samuel 14:46 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y Saúl dejó de seguir á los Filisteos; y los Filisteos se fueron á su lugar.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et Saül remonta de la poursuite des Philistins, et les Philistins s’en allèrent en leur lieu.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und Saul zog von der Verfolgung der Philister herauf, und die Philister zogen an ihren Ort.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Recessitque Saul, nec persecutus est Philisthiim: porro Philisthiim abierunt in loca sua.