Then David and the people who were with him lifted up their voice and wept until they had no more power to weep.
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Then David and the people who were with him lifted up their voice and wept until they had no more power to weep.
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Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.
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Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.
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Passages linked to 1 Samuel 30:4 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 1 Samuel 11:4 Then the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul, and spoke these words in the ears of the people, then all the people lifted up their voice, and wept.
- Genesis 37:33-35 He recognized it, and said, “It is my son’s tunic. An evil animal has devoured him. Joseph is without doubt torn in pieces.” Jacob tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his waist, and mourned for his son many days. All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. He said, “For I will go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.” His father wept for him.
- Numbers 14:1 All the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.
- Numbers 14:39 Moses told these words to all the children of Israel, and the people mourned greatly.
- Judges 2:4 When Yahweh’s angel spoke these words to all the children of Israel, the people lifted up their voice and wept.
- Judges 21:2 The people came to Bethel and sat there until evening before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept severely.
- 1 Samuel 4:13 When he came, behold, Eli was sitting on his seat by the road watching, for his heart trembled for God’s ark. When the man came into the city and told about it, all the city cried out.
- Ezra 10:1 Now while Ezra prayed and made confession, weeping and casting himself down before God’s house, there was gathered together to him out of Israel a very great assembly of men and women and children; for the people wept very bitterly.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Sa 30:4 Then David and the people that [were]…
1Sa 30:4 Then David and the people that [were] with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.
Ver. 4. Lifted up their voice, and wept.] Wept their utmost. They held not that stoical apathy, but testified their great grief for their sins and their sufferings by a flood of tears, which are called the blood of the soul.
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“ Expletur lachrymis egeriturque dolor. ”
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Till either the humour was wholly spent, or the…
Till either the humour was wholly spent, or the consideration of their calamity had made them stupid.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Then David and the people that were with him…
Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice,.... In doleful shrieks, and loud lamentations:
and wept, until they had no more power to weep; till nature was quite exhausted, and no moisture left; so the Vulgate Latin version, "till tears failed in them"; they could shed no more.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Wept - It is no disparagement to the boldest,…
Wept - It is no disparagement to the boldest, bravest spirits, to lament the calamities of friends or relations.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 4. Wept, until they had no more power…
Verse 4. Wept, until they had no more power to weep.] This marks great distress; they wept, as says the Vulgate, till their tears failed them.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain 1Sa 30:4. David and his people lift up their…
1Sa 30:4. David and his people lift up their voice and wept — As was natural, they thus gave way to the first transports of their grief on this sad sight. “It is no disparagement,” says Henry, “to the boldest, bravest spirits to lament the calamities of friends or relations.”
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Tears. Hebrew, "till they had no more power to…
Tears. Hebrew, "till they had no more power to weep." (Menochius) --- See Lamentations ii. 11. Cicero exclaims, Hei mihi! consumptis enim lachrymis, infixus tamen hæret in corde dolor. (Phil. ii.)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 4. wept] See on 1Sa_11:4.
4. wept] See on 1Sa_11:4.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (4) Then David and the people.—1Sa_30:1-4 form one period,…
(4) Then David and the people.—1Sa_30:1-4 form one period, which is expanded by the introduction of several circumstantial clauses. The apodosis to “it came to pass when,” &c., 1Sa_30:1, does not follow till 1Sa_30:4, “Then David and the people,” &c.; but this is formally attached to 1Sa_30:3. The statement, “So David and his men came,” with which the protasis commenced in 1Sa_30:1, is resumed in an altered form: “It came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag . . . the Amalekites had invaded . . . and had taken away the women captive . . . and had gone their way . . . and David and his men came into the city, and behold, it was burned. . . . Then David and the people with him lifted up their voice.”—Keil.
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