1 Samuel 30:4

1 Samuel 30:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.
• New International Version (NIV)So David and his men wept aloud until they had no strength left to weep.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then David and the people who were with him raised their voices and wept until they had no more strength to weep.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then David and the people who were with him lifted up their voices and wept, until they had no more power to weep.

Context of 1 Samuel 30:4

2and they took captive the women and all who were in it, both small and great, without killing anyone, and carried them off and went their way. 3When David and his men came to the city, behold, it was burned with fire, and their wives and their sons and their daughters had been taken captive. Then David and the people who were with him lifted their voices and wept until there was no strength in them to weep. 5Now David’s two wives had been taken captive, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess and Abigail the widow of Nabal the Carmelite. 6Moreover David was greatly distressed because the people spoke of stoning him, for all the people were embittered, each one because of his sons and his daughters. But David strengthened himself in the Lord his God.

1 Samuel 30:4 word by word

וַיִּשָּׂ֨א דָוִ֜ד וְהָעָ֧ם אֲשֶׁר־אִתּ֛וֹ אֶת־קוֹלָ֖ם וַיִּבְכּ֑וּ עַ֣ד אֲשֶׁ֧ר אֵין־בָּהֶ֛ם כֹּ֖חַ לִבְכּֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear

• Then Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• and the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• whoאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• liftedנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: loudH5375
• their voicesקוֹלqôl qôl · voiceH6963
• and weptבָּכָהbâkâh · to weepH1058
• untilעַד‛ad · tillH5704
• thereאַ֫יִן'ayin · nothingH369
• strengthכֹּחַkôach kôach · strengthH3581

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 30:4

• 1 Samuel 4:13When he came, behold, Eli was sitting on his seat by the road eagerly watching, because his heart was trembling for the ark of God. So the man came to tell it in the city, and all the city cried out.
• 1 Samuel 11:4Then the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and spoke these words in the hearing of the people, and all the people lifted up their voices and wept.
• Genesis 37:33Then he examined it and said, “It is my son’s tunic. A wild beast has devoured him; Joseph has surely been torn to pieces!”
• Numbers 14:1Then all the congregation lifted up their voices and cried, and the people wept that night.
• Judges 2:4When the angel of the Lord spoke these words to all the sons of Israel, the people lifted up their voices and wept.
• Judges 21:2So the people came to Bethel and sat there before God until evening, and lifted up their voices and wept bitterly.
• Ezra 10:1Now while Ezra was praying and making confession, weeping and prostrating himself before the house of God, a very large assembly, men, women and children, gathered to him from Israel; for the people wept bitterly.

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 30:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Wept, until they had no more power to weep - This marks great distress; they wept, as says the Vulgate, till their tears failed them.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-51Sa 30:1-5. The Amalekites Spoil Ziklag. 1. Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag--While the strength of the Philistine forces was poured out of their country into the plain of Esdraelon, the Amalekite marauders seized the opportunity of the defenseless state of Philistia to invade the southern territory. Of course, David's town suffered from the ravages of these nomad plunderers, in revenge for his recent raid upon their…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Samuel 30:4

• Abigail
• Amalekites
• Mourning

In the dictionaries

• David
• Belong
• Recover
• Samuel, Books of
• Zebah and Zalmunna
• Amalekites

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 30

• 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