• 1 Samuel 14:24
    The Bible in Living English

    • 24* and all the people came to be with Saul, about ten thousand men, and the fighting spread out all over the highland of Ephraim. And Saul laid a great interdict that day, and banned the people with the words “Cursed be the man who eats food till it is evening and I am revenged on my enemies”; and none of the people tasted food, but all the countryside fasted.

  • 1 Samuel 14:24
    American Standard Version

    • 24 And the men of Israel were distressed that day; for Saul had adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food until it be evening, and I be avenged on mine enemies. So none of the people tasted food.

  • 1 Samuel 14:24
    The Emphasized Bible

    • 24 Now the men of Israel were tired out on that day,—yet had Saul bound the people by an oath, saying—Cursed be the man that eateth food until the evening, and I be avenged upon mine enemies. So none of the people had tasted food.

  • 1 Samuel 14:24
    King James Version

    • 24 And the men of Israel were distressed that day: for Saul had adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food until evening, that I may be avenged on mine enemies. So none of the people tasted any food.