1 Samuel 14:32

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

They pounced on the plunder and took sheep, cattle, and calves. They slaughtered them on the ground and ate them, along with the blood.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And the people flew upon the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and slew them on the ground: and the people did eat them with the blood.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    The people rushed on the spoil, took sheep, oxen, and calves, slaughtered them on the ground, and the people ate them with the blood.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    And the people flew upon the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and slew them on the ground: and the people did eat them with the blood.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    and the people{H5971} flew{H5860} upon the spoil,{H7998} and took{H3947} sheep,{H6629} and oxen,{H1241} and calves,{H1121} and slew{H7819} them on the ground;{H776} and the people{H5971} did eat{H398} them with the blood.{H1818}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And the people{H5971} flew{H5860}{(H8799)}{H6213}{(H8799)} upon the spoil{H7998}, and took{H3947}{(H8799)} sheep{H6629}, and oxen{H1241}, and calves{H1121}, and slew{H7819}{(H8799)} them on the ground{H776}: and the people{H5971} did eat{H398}{(H8799)} them with the blood{H1818}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And ye people turned to the spoyles, and toke shepe and oxen, and calues, and slewe them vpon the earth, and ate them with the bloude.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    So the people turned to the spoile, & tooke sheepe, and oxen, and calues, and slewe them on the ground, and the people did eate them with the blood.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And the people gat them to the spoyle, and toke sheepe, oxen, and calues, & slue them on the ground, and the people dyd eate them with the blood.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And the people flew upon the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and slew [them] on the ground: and the people did eat [them] with the blood.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    and the people flew on the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and killed them on the ground; and the people ate them with the blood.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and the people make unto the spoil, and take sheep, and oxen, and sons of the herd, and slaughter on the earth, and the people eat with the blood.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    and the people flew upon the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and slew them on the ground; and the people did eat them with the blood.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    and the people flew upon the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and slew them on the ground; and the people did eat them with the blood.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And rushing at the goods taken in the fight, the people took oxen and sheep and young oxen, and put them to death there on the earth, and had a meal, taking the flesh with the blood in it.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    and the people flew on the spoil, and took sheep, and cattle, and calves, and killed them on the ground; and the people ate them with the blood.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    So the army rushed greedily on the plunder, confiscating sheep, cattle, and calves. They slaughtered them right on the ground, and the army ate them blood and all.

Referenced Verses

  • Lev 3:17 : 17 This is a permanent statute for your generations in all your dwelling places: You must not eat any fat or blood.
  • 1 Sam 15:19 : 19 Why then did you not obey the LORD? Why did you rush for the spoil and do what is evil in the eyes of the LORD?
  • Lev 17:10-14 : 10 Any Israelite or foreigner living among them who eats any blood, I will set my face against that person and cut them off from their people. 11 For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you on the altar to make atonement for your lives, for it is the blood that makes atonement by reason of the life. 12 Therefore, I have said to the Israelites: None of you may eat blood, nor may any foreigner living among you eat blood. 13 Any Israelite or foreigner living among you who hunts and catches a wild animal or bird that may be eaten must drain its blood and cover it with earth. 14 For the life of every creature is in its blood, and I have told the Israelites: You must not eat the blood of any creature, because the life of every creature is in its blood. Anyone who eats it must be cut off.
  • Lev 19:26 : 26 Do not eat any meat with the blood still in it. Do not practice divination or seek omens.
  • Deut 12:16 : 16 But you must not eat the blood; pour it out on the ground like water.
  • Gen 9:4 : 4 But you must not eat meat that still has its lifeblood in it.
  • Acts 15:20 : 20 Instead, we should write to them to abstain from things polluted by idols, sexual immorality, meat that has been strangled, and blood.
  • Deut 12:23-24 : 23 But be sure you do not eat the blood, because the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat. 24 You must not eat the blood; pour it out on the ground like water.
  • Ezek 33:25 : 25 Therefore, say to them, 'This is what the Lord GOD says: You eat meat with the blood still in it, you look to your idols, and you shed blood. Should you then possess the land?'
  • Lev 7:26-27 : 26 And wherever you live, you must not eat the blood of any bird or animal. 27 Anyone who eats blood must be cut off from their people.
  • Acts 15:29 : 29 that you abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from what is strangled, and from sexual immorality. If you keep yourselves from these, you will do well. Farewell.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 86%

    33 Someone reported to Saul, 'Look, the troops are sinning against the Lord by eating meat with blood in it.' Saul said, 'You have broken faith. Roll a large stone over here to me at once.'

    34 Then he said, 'Go among the men and tell them, ‘Each of you bring me your ox and sheep, and slaughter them here and eat. Do not sin against the Lord by eating meat with blood in it.’' That night, everyone brought their oxen and slaughtered them there.

  • 21 But the people took sheep and cattle from the plunder—the best of what was devoted to destruction—to sacrifice to the LORD your God in Gilgal.

  • 77%

    30 How much better it would have been if the men had eaten freely today from the plunder they took from their enemies. Would not the defeat of the Philistines have been even greater?

    31 That day they struck down the Philistines from Michmash to Aijalon, but the troops were very exhausted.

  • 76%

    17 Son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says: Speak to every kind of bird and all the wild animals, 'Assemble and come together from all around to my sacrifice that I am offering for you, a great sacrifice on the mountains of Israel, so that you may eat flesh and drink blood.'

    18 You shall eat the flesh of mighty men and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, as though they were rams, lambs, goats, and bulls—all fattened animals from Bashan.

    19 You will eat fat until you are satisfied and drink blood until you are drunk, from the sacrifice that I have prepared for you.

  • 75%

    14 But Samuel said, 'What is this sound of sheep and cattle that I hear?'

    15 Saul answered, 'They brought them from the Amalekites; the people spared the best of the sheep and cattle to sacrifice to the LORD your God, but the rest we have utterly destroyed.'

  • 16 He led David down to them, and there they were, scattered over the countryside, eating, drinking, and celebrating because of the great spoil they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from Judah.

  • 14 Curds from cattle and milk from the flock, with fat from lambs, rams of Bashan breed, and goats, with the finest wheat, and you drank the blood of the grape as wine.

  • 73%

    24 Now the Israelites were hard-pressed that day, because Saul had bound the people under an oath, saying, 'Cursed be anyone who eats food before evening comes, before I have avenged myself on my enemies!' So none of the troops tasted food.

    25 The entire army entered the forest, and there was honey on the ground.

  • 22 The bulls were slaughtered, and the priests collected the blood and splashed it against the altar. Then the rams were slaughtered, and their blood was splashed against the altar. Likewise, the lambs were slaughtered, and their blood was splashed against the altar.

  • 7 He took a pair of oxen, cut them into pieces, and sent them throughout Israel by messengers, saying, "This is what will be done to the oxen of anyone who does not follow Saul and Samuel." The fear of the LORD fell on the people, and they came out together as one.

  • 11 They slaughtered the Passover lambs, and the priests sprinkled the blood handed to them, while the Levites skinned the animals.

  • 14 For the life of every creature is in its blood, and I have told the Israelites: You must not eat the blood of any creature, because the life of every creature is in its blood. Anyone who eats it must be cut off.

  • 16 But you must not eat the blood; pour it out on the ground like water.

  • 1 Sam 15:8-9
    2 verses
    71%

    8 He captured Agag, king of Amalek, alive, but he utterly destroyed all the people with the sword.

    9 Saul and the people spared Agag and the best of the sheep, cattle, fatlings, and lambs, and all that was good. They refused to utterly destroy them, but everything despised and worthless, they completely destroyed.

  • 4 But you must not eat meat that still has its lifeblood in it.

  • 20 David took all the flocks and herds, and his men drove them ahead of the other livestock, saying, "This is David’s spoil."

  • Lev 7:26-27
    2 verses
    71%

    26 And wherever you live, you must not eat the blood of any bird or animal.

    27 Anyone who eats blood must be cut off from their people.

  • 48 He fought valiantly and defeated the Amalekites, delivering Israel from the hands of those who had plundered them.

  • 11 On that day they sacrificed to the LORD seven hundred cattle and seven thousand sheep and goats from the plunder they had brought.

  • 14 'He would plunge it into the basin, kettle, cauldron, or pot, and whatever the fork brought up, the priest would take for himself. This is what they did to all the Israelites who came to Shiloh.'

  • 3 Now go and attack Amalek. Devote to destruction everything they have. Do not spare them; kill men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.'

  • 23 But be sure you do not eat the blood, because the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat.

  • 4 All Israel heard the news: "Saul has attacked the Philistine garrison, and now Israel has become offensive to the Philistines." So the people were summoned to follow Saul at Gilgal.

  • 19 He also put to the sword Nob, the city of the priests, killing its men and women, children and infants, and also its oxen, donkeys, and sheep.

  • 3 You eat the flesh of my people, strip off their skin, break their bones, and chop them up like meat for the pot, like flesh in a cauldron.

  • 23 However, you must not eat its blood; you are to pour it out on the ground like water.

  • 7 There, the army of Israel was defeated by David's servants, and the casualties were heavy that day—twenty thousand men.

  • Lev 17:11-12
    2 verses
    70%

    11 For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you on the altar to make atonement for your lives, for it is the blood that makes atonement by reason of the life.

    12 Therefore, I have said to the Israelites: None of you may eat blood, nor may any foreigner living among you eat blood.

  • 11 They took all the plunder and all the spoils, both people and animals.

  • 23 They said, "This is blood! The kings have fought and killed each other. Now, to the plunder, Moab!"

  • 70%

    20 Then Saul and all his men assembled and went to the battle, and they found the Philistines in total confusion, striking each other with their swords.

    21 The Hebrews who had previously been with the Philistines and had gone up with them to their camp changed sides and joined the Israelites who were with Saul and Jonathan.

  • 6 The sword of the Lord is filled with blood; it is fat with the fat of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams. For the Lord has a sacrifice in Bozrah, a great slaughter in the land of Edom.

  • 36 Saul said, 'Let us go down after the Philistines by night and plunder them until dawn. Let us not leave one of them alive.' They replied, 'Do whatever seems best to you.' But the priest said, 'Let us inquire of God here.'

  • 29 They also brought honey, butter, sheep, and cheese from cattle for David and the people with him to eat. They said, 'The people are hungry, exhausted, and thirsty in the wilderness.'

  • 27 Offer your burnt offerings, both meat and blood, on the altar of the Lord your God. The blood of your sacrifices must be poured out beside the altar of the Lord your God, but you may eat the meat.

  • 28 They took their flocks, herds, donkeys, and everything in the city and in the fields.

  • 28 Then one of the men said, 'Your father solemnly charged the people, saying, ‘Cursed is the man who eats food today.’ That is why the people are faint.'

  • 24 The woman had a fattened calf in the house. She hurried to slaughter it. Then she took flour, kneaded it, and baked unleavened bread.

  • 9 They cut off Saul's head, stripped off his armor, and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to proclaim the news in the temples of their idols and among the people.