1 Samuel 14:29

1 Samuel 14:29 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then said Jonathan, My father hath troubled the land: see, I pray you, how mine eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a little of this honey.
• New International Version (NIV)Jonathan said, “My father has made trouble for the country. See how my eyes brightened when I tasted a little of this honey.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then Jonathan said, "My father has troubled the land. See how my eyes have become bright because I tasted a little of this honey.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But Jonathan said, “My father has troubled the land. Look now, how my countenance has brightened because I tasted a little of this honey.

Context of 1 Samuel 14:29

27Jonathan, however, had not heard that his father had bound the people with the oath. So he reached out the end of the staff in his hand, dipped it into the honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth, and his eyes brightened. 28Then one of the soldiers told him, “Your father bound the troops with a solemn oath, saying, ‘Cursed is the man who eats food today.’ That is why the people are faint.” “My father has brought trouble to the land,” Jonathan replied. “Just look at how my eyes have brightened because I tasted a little of this honey. 30How much better it would have been if the troops had eaten freely today from the plunder they took from their enemies! Would not the slaughter of the Philistines have been much greater?” 31That day, after the Israelites had struck down the Philistines from Michmash to Aijalon, the people were very faint.

1 Samuel 14:29 word by word

וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ יֽוֹנָתָ֔ן עָכַ֥ר אָבִ֖י אֶת־הָאָ֑רֶץ רְאוּ־נָא֙ כִּֽי־אֹ֣רוּ עֵינַ֔י כִּ֣י טָעַ֔מְתִּי מְעַ֖ט דְּבַ֥שׁ הַזֶּֽה׃Read the interlinear

• My fatherאָב'âb · fatherH1
• ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
• has brought troubleעָכַר‛âkar · to troubleH5916
• to the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• Jonathanיוֹנָתָןyônâthân · JonathanH3129
• repliedאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Just lookרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• Just lookנָאnâ' · pleaseH4994
• at howכִּיkîy · forH3588
• my eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
• have brightenedאוֹר'ôr · to lightH215
• I tastedטָעַםţâ‛am · to perceiveH2938
• a littleמְעַטme‛aţ me‛âţ · littleH4592
• of thisזֶהzeh · thisH2088
• honeyדְּבַשׁdebash · honeyH1706

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 14:29

• 1 Kings 18:18“I have not troubled Israel,” Elijah replied, “but you and your father’s house have, for you have forsaken the commandments of the LORD and have followed the Baals.

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 14:29

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 29Hath troubled - The same word as was applied to Achan Joshua 7:25, and gave its name to the valley of Achor. This additional reference to Joshua is remarkable (compare 1 Samuel 14:24).Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 24-35Verses 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.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 29brought trouble: Joshua used this word when speaking to Achan (Joshua 7:25), and Jephthah used it with his innocent daughter (Judges 11:35). Saul's foolish promise limited Israel's victory (1 Samuel 14:30) and endangered his son's life (see also Joshua 6:18; 1 Chronicles 2:7).Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Samuel 14:29

• Jonathan

In the dictionaries

• Jonathan
• Discomfiture
• Discover
• Enlighten
• Faulty
• Fight
• Flew
• Honey
• Moabite
• Philistines

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings