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

27However, Jonathan had not heard his father make the troops swear the oath. He reached out with the end of the staff he was carrying and dipped it into the honeycomb. When he ate the honey, he had renewed energy. 28Then one of the troops said, “Your father made the troops solemnly swear, ‘The man who eats food today is cursed,’ and the troops are exhausted.” Jonathan replied, “My father has brought trouble to the land. Just look at how I have renewed energy because I tasted a little of this honey. 30How much better if the troops had eaten freely today from the plunder they took from their enemies! Then the slaughter of the Philistines would have been much greater.” 31The Israelites struck down the Philistines that day from Michmash all the way to Aijalon. Since the Israelites were completely exhausted,

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Then saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Jonathanיוֹנָתָןyônâthân · JonathanH3129
• My fatherאָב'âb · fatherH1
• hath troubledעָכַר‛âkar · to troubleH5916
• the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• seeרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• I pray you, how mine eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
• have been enlightenedאוֹר'ôr · to lightH215
• because I tastedטָעַםţâ‛am · to perceiveH2938
• a littleמְעַטme‛aţ me‛âţ · littleH4592
• of this honeyדְּבַשׁdebash · honeyH1706

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 14:29

• 1 Kings 18:18He replied, “I have not ruined Israel, but you and your father’s family have, because you have abandoned the Lord’s commands and 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

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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