1 Samuel 7:6

KJV1611 – Modern English

And they gathered together to Mizpah, and drew water, and poured it out before the LORD, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against the LORD. And Samuel judged the children of Israel at Mizpah.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּקָּבְצ֣וּ הַ֠מִּצְפָּתָה וַיִּֽשְׁאֲבוּ־מַ֜יִם וֽ͏ַיִּשְׁפְּכ֣וּ ׀ לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֗ה וַיָּצ֙וּמוּ֙ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֔וּא וַיֹּ֣אמְרוּ שָׁ֔ם חָטָ֖אנוּ לַיהוָ֑ה וַיִּשְׁפֹּ֧ט שְׁמוּאֵ֛ל אֶת־בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בַּמִּצְפָּֽה׃

Transliteration

And wayyiqqābṣû the-miṣpātâ and wayyišʾăbû-water and wayyišpĕkû before YHWH and wayyāṣûmû in-the-day the-that and wayyōʾmĕrû there ḥāṭāʾnû to-YHWH and wayyišpōṭ šĕmûʾēl ʾet-sons of yiśrāʾēl in-the-miṣpâ.

Grammar Details

• *wayyiqqābṣû*: waw-consecutive + Niphal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they gathered themselves
• *wayyišʾăbû*: waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they drew
• *wayyišpĕkû*: waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they poured out
• *wayyāṣûmû*: waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they fasted
• *wayyōʾmĕrû*: waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they said
• *ḥāṭāʾnû*: Qal perfect 1st person plural - we have sinned
• *wayyišpōṭ*: waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he judged

Word Meanings

• *wayyiqqābṣû*: gathered themselves/assembled/came together
• *wayyišʾăbû*: drew/pumped/fetched
• *wayyišpĕkû*: poured out/spilled/shed
• *wayyāṣûmû*: fasted/abstained from food
• *ḥāṭāʾnû*: we have sinned/we have missed the mark/we have transgressed
• *wayyišpōṭ*: judged/governed/vindicated/decided for

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  When they had gathered at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out before the LORD. On that day, they fasted and confessed, 'We have sinned against the LORD.' And Samuel judged the Israelites at Mizpah.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and poured it out before the LORD, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against the LORD. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpeh.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And they gathered together{H6908} to Mizpah,{H4709} and drew{H7579} water,{H4325} and poured it out{H8210} before{H6440} Jehovah,{H3068} and fasted{H6684} on that day,{H3117} and said{H559} there, We have sinned{H2398} against Jehovah.{H3068} And Samuel{H8050} judged{H8199} the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} in Mizpah.{H4708}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And they gathered together{H6908}{(H8735)} to Mizpeh{H4709}, and drew{H7579}{(H8799)} water{H4325}, and poured it out{H8210}{(H8799)} before{H6440} the LORD{H3068}, and fasted{H6684}{(H8799)} on that day{H3117}, and said{H559}{(H8799)} there, We have sinned{H2398}{(H8804)} against the LORD{H3068}. And Samuel{H8050} judged{H8199}{(H8799)} the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} in Mizpeh{H4708}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And they came together vnto Mispa, and drue water, & poured it out before the LORDE, and fasted the same daye, and there they sayde: We haue synned vnto the LORDE. So Samuel iudged the children of Israel at Mispa.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drewe water and powred it out before the Lord, and fasted the same day, and sayd there, We haue sinned against the Lord; Samuel iudged the children of Israel in Mizpeh.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And they gathered together to Mispah, and drewe water, and poured it out before the Lorde, and fasted the same day, and sayd there: We haue sinned against the Lorde. And Samuel iudged the children of Israel in Mispah.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and poured [it] out before the LORD, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against the LORD. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpeh.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  They gathered together to Mizpah, and drew water, and poured it out before Yahweh, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against Yahweh. Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpah.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And they are gathered to Mizpeh, and draw water, and pour out before Jehovah, and fast on that day, and say there, `We have sinned against Jehovah;' and Samuel judgeth the sons of Israel in Mizpeh.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And they gathered together to Mizpah, and drew water, and poured it out before Jehovah, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against Jehovah. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpah.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And they gathered together to Mizpah, and drew water, and poured it out before Jehovah, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against Jehovah. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpah.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  So they came together to Mizpah, and got water, draining it out before the Lord, and they took no food that day, and they said, We have done evil against the Lord. And Samuel was judge of the children of Israel in Mizpah.

• World English Bible (2000)

  They gathered together to Mizpah, and drew water, and poured it out before Yahweh, and fasted on that day, and said there, "We have sinned against Yahweh." Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpah.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  After they had assembled at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out before the LORD. They fasted on that day, and they confessed there,“We have sinned against the LORD.”So Samuel led the people of Israel at Mizpah.

Referenced Verses

• Judg 10:10 : 10 And the children of Israel cried out to the LORD, saying, We have sinned against You, both because we have forsaken our God and also served the Baals.
• 1 Sam 1:15 : 15 And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the LORD.
• 2 Sam 14:14 : 14 For we must die, and are as water spilled on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither does God take away life, but he devises means, so that his banished are not expelled from him.
• Ps 106:6 : 6 We have sinned with our ancestors, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.
• Lam 2:18-19 : 18 Their heart cried to the Lord, O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night: give yourself no rest; let not the apple of your eye cease. 19 Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out your heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up your hands toward Him for the life of your young children, who faint for hunger at the head of every street.
• Joel 2:12 : 12 Therefore also now, says the LORD, turn to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning.
• Ps 62:8 : 8 Trust in Him at all times, you people; pour out your heart before Him; God is a refuge for us. Selah.
• Luke 15:18 : 18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you,
• 1 Kgs 8:47 : 47 Yet if they shall come to themselves in the land where they were carried captives, and repent, and make supplication to you in the land of those who carried them captives, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have committed wickedness;
• 2 Chr 20:3 : 3 And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.
• Ezra 8:21-23 : 21 Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek from him a safe journey for us, our little ones, and all our goods. 22 For I was ashamed to request from the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to protect us against the enemy on the way, because we had spoken to the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all those for good who seek him; but his power and his wrath are against all who forsake him. 23 So we fasted and prayed to our God for this, and he answered us.
• Ezra 9:5-9 : 5 And at the evening sacrifice I arose from my heaviness, and having torn my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees and spread out my hands to the LORD my God, 6 And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to You, my God, for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass has grown up to the heavens. 7 Since the days of our fathers we have been in a great trespass to this day; and because of our iniquities, we, our kings, and our priests, have been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, to spoil, and to confusion of face, as it is this day. 8 And now for a little while grace has been shown from the LORD our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a peg in His holy place, that our God may enlighten our eyes and give us a little reviving in our bondage. 9 For we were bondservants, yet our God has not forsaken us in our bondage, but has extended mercy to us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, to repair its desolations, and to give us a wall in Judah and Jerusalem. 10 And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? For we have forsaken Your commandments,
• Neh 9:1-3 : 1 On the twenty-fourth day of this month, the children of Israel gathered with fasting and wearing sackcloth, and with earth upon them. 2 The descendants of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners and stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their ancestors. 3 They stood in their place and read from the book of the law of the LORD their God for a fourth of the day; and for another fourth they confessed and worshiped the LORD their God.
• Neh 9:27 : 27 Therefore You delivered them into the hand of their enemies, who oppressed them. And in the time of their trouble, when they cried to You, You heard from heaven; and according to Your manifold mercies, You gave them deliverers who saved them from the hand of their enemies.
• Job 16:20 : 20 My friends scorn me, but my eye pours out tears to God.
• Job 33:27 : 27 He looks upon men, and if any say, I have sinned and perverted what was right, and it did not profit me;
• Job 40:4 : 4 Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer you? I will lay my hand upon my mouth.
• Job 42:6 : 6 Therefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
• Ps 6:6 : 6 I am weary with my groaning; all the night I make my bed swim; I drench my couch with my tears.
• Ps 38:3-8 : 3 There is no health in my flesh because of your anger, nor is there any rest in my bones because of my sin. 4 For my iniquities have gone over my head; like a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me. 5 My wounds are foul and festering because of my foolishness. 6 I am troubled; I am greatly bowed down; I go mourning all the day long. 7 For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease, and there is no health in my flesh. 8 I am feeble and severely broken; I have roared because of the disquiet of my heart.
• Ps 42:3 : 3 My tears have been my food day and night, while they continually say to me, Where is your God?
• Jonah 3:1-9 : 1 And the word of the LORD came to Jonah a second time, saying, 2 Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach to it the message that I give you. 3 So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city of three days' journey. 4 And Jonah began to enter into the city, a day's journey, and he cried out, saying, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown. 5 So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least of them. 6 For word came to the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, laid aside his robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. 7 And he caused it to be proclaimed and published throughout Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything; let them not eat, nor drink water. 8 But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily to God; yes, let everyone turn from his evil way and from the violence that is in their hands. 9 Who can tell if God will turn and relent, and turn away from His fierce anger, so that we do not perish? 10 And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God relented of the disaster that He had said He would bring upon them, and He did not do it.
• Lev 26:40 : 40 If they shall confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary to me;
• Judg 3:10 : 10 And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he judged Israel, and went out to war: and the LORD delivered Chushanrishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand; and his hand prevailed against Chushanrishathaim.
• Lam 3:49 : 49 My eye flows ceaselessly, without intermission,
• Ezek 20:4 : 4 Will you judge them, son of man, will you judge them? Make them know the abominations of their fathers:
• Dan 9:3-5 : 3 And I set my face toward the Lord God, to seek by prayer and petitions, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes: 4 And I prayed to the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps the covenant and mercy with those who love Him and keep His commandments; 5 We have sinned and committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from Your precepts and from Your judgments:
• Ps 119:136 : 136 Rivers of water run down from my eyes, because men do not keep Your law.
• Jer 3:13-14 : 13 Only acknowledge your iniquity, that you have transgressed against the LORD your God, and have scattered your ways to the strangers under every green tree, and you have not obeyed my voice, says the LORD. 14 Turn, O backsliding children, says the LORD; for I am married to you: and I will take you, one from a city, and two from a family, and I will bring you to Zion:
• Jer 9:1 : 1 Oh that my head were waters, and my eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
• Jer 31:19 : 19 Surely, after I was turned, I repented; and after I was instructed, I struck my thigh: I was ashamed, yes, even humiliated, because I bore the reproach of my youth.
• Lam 2:11 : 11 My eyes fail with tears, my heart is troubled, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because the children and infants faint in the streets of the city.