1 Samuel 13:22

KJV1611 – Modern English

So it came to pass on the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with Saul and Jonathan; but they were found with Saul and Jonathan his son.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהָיָה֙ בְּי֣וֹם מִלְחֶ֔מֶת וְלֹ֨א נִמְצָ֜א חֶ֤רֶב וַחֲנִית֙ בְּיַ֣ד כָּל־הָעָ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֶת־שָׁא֖וּל וְאֶת־יוֹנָתָ֑ן וַתִּמָּצֵ֣א לְשָׁא֔וּל וּלְיוֹנָתָ֖ן בְּנֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

And-hāyâ in-day-of milḥemet and-not nimṣāʾ ḥereḇ and-ḥănît in-hand-of all-hāʿām who with-šāʾûl and-with-yônātān wattimmāṣēʾ to-šāʾûl and-to-yônātān son-his

Grammar Details

• *hāyâ*: qal perfect, 3ms - it was/came to pass
• *milḥemet*: feminine singular construct - battle of
• *nimṣāʾ*: niphal perfect, 3ms - was found
• *ḥereḇ*: feminine singular - sword
• *ḥănît*: feminine singular - spear
• *wattimmāṣēʾ*: waw consecutive + niphal imperfect, 3fs - and it was found

Word Meanings

• *hāyâ*: it was/it came to pass/it happened

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  So on the day of the battle, no sword or spear was found in the hands of the entire army with Saul and Jonathan, except for Saul and his son Jonathan themselves.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there found.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  So it came to pass in the day{H3117} of battle,{H4421} that there was neither sword{H2719} nor spear{H2595} found{H4672} in the hand{H3027} of any of the people{H5971} that were with Saul{H7586} and Jonathan:{H3129} but with Saul{H7586} and with Jonathan{H3129} his son{H1121} was there found.{H4672}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  So it came to pass in the day{H3117} of battle{H4421}, that there was neither sword{H2719} nor spear{H2595} found{H4672}{(H8738)} in the hand{H3027} of any of the people{H5971} that were with Saul{H7586} and Jonathan{H3129}: but with Saul{H7586} and with Jonathan{H3129} his son{H1121} was there found{H4672}{(H8735)}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Now whan the daye of the battayll came, there was nether swerde ner speare founde in the hande of all the people, that was with Saul and Ionathas: but for Saul and Ionathas his sonne there was somwhat founde.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  So whe the day of battell was come, there was neither sworde nor speare founde in the handes of any of the people that were with Saul and with Ionathan: but onely with Saul and Ionathan his sonne was there founde.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And so in time of battel there was neither sword nor speare found in the handes of any of the people that were with Saul and Ionathan: But with Saul & Ionathan his sonne was there found.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that [were] with Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there found.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people who were with Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there found.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And it hath been, in the day of battle, that there hath not been found sword and spear in the hand of any of the people who `are' with Saul and with Jonathan -- and there is found to Saul and to Jonathan his son.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there found.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there found.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  So on the day of the fight at Michmash, not a sword or a spear was to be seen in the hands of any of the people with Saul and Jonathan: only Saul and his son Jonathan had them.

• World English Bible (2000)

  So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people who were with Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there found.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  So on the day of the battle no sword or spear was to be found in the hand of anyone in the army that was with Saul and Jonathan. No one but Saul and his son Jonathan had them.

Referenced Verses

• Judg 5:8 : 8 They chose new gods; then was war in the gates; was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
• 1 Sam 17:47 : 47 And all this assembly shall know that the LORD does not save with sword and spear, for the battle is the LORD's, and he will give you into our hands.
• 1 Sam 17:50 : 50 Thus David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone and struck the Philistine, and killed him. There was no sword in David's hand.
• Zech 4:6 : 6 Then he answered and spoke to me, saying, This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the LORD of hosts.
• 1 Cor 1:27-29 : 27 But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God has chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; 28 And base things of the world, and things which are despised, God has chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nothing the things that are: 29 That no flesh should glory in his presence.
• 2 Cor 4:7 : 7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God, and not of us.