1 Samuel 30:3 — Compare Translations

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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

And David cometh in -- and his men -- unto the city, and lo, burnt with fire, and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters have been taken captive!

English ASV

And when David and his men came to the city, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captive.

English Amplified

So David and his men came to the town, and behold, it was burned, and their wives and sons and daughters were taken captive.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

So David and his men came to the town, and behold, it was burned, and their wives and sons and daughters were taken captive.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

When David and his men came to the city, they found it burned down and their wives and sons and daughters taken captive.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

When David and his men arrived at the town, they found it burned. Their wives, sons, and daughters had been kidnapped.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

And David and his men came to the city, and behold, it was burnt with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters were taken captives.

English EASY 2024

So when David and his men arrived at Ziklag, they saw that the Amalekites had destroyed the city. The Amalekites had taken away their wives, their sons and their daughters as prisoners.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

When David and his men came to Ziklag, they found the city burning. Their wives, sons, and daughters were all gone. The Amalekites had taken them.

And when David and his men came to the city, they found it burned with fire, and their wives and sons and daughters taken captive.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

When David and his men arrived, they found that the town had been burned down and that their wives, sons, and daughters had been carried away.

English God's Word - GW 1995

By the time David and his men came to the town, it had been burned down, and their wives, sons, and daughters had been taken captive.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

When David and his men arrived at the town, they found it burned down. Their wives, sons, and daughters had been kidnapped.

English KJV 1611

So David and his men came to the city, and, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captives.

English LSB

Then David and his men came to the city, and behold, it was burned with fire, and their wives and their sons and their daughters had been taken captive.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

David and his men came to the city, and they found it burned with fire, and their wives, their sons, and their daughters taken captive.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

When David and his men came to the city, behold, it was burned with fire, and their wives and their sons and their daughters had been taken captive.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

David and his men arrived at the city to find it burned to the ground and their wives, sons and daughters taken captive.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

When David and his men came to the city, they found it burned. Their wives, sons, and daughters had been taken captive.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

David and his men came to Ziklag. They saw that it had been destroyed by fire. They found out that their wives and sons and daughters had been captured.

English NIV

When David and his men came to Ziklag, they found it destroyed by fire and their wives and sons and daughters taken captive.

English NKJ 1982

So David and his men came to the city, and there it was, burned with fire; and their wives, their sons, and their daughters had been taken captive.

English NLT

When David and his men saw the ruins and realized what had happened to their families,

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

When David and his men came to the city, they found it burned down, and their wives and sons and daughters taken captive.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

And when David and his men came to the city, they found it burned with fire, and their wives and sons and daughters taken captive.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

As David and his men looked at the ruins and realized what had happened to their families,

English Tyndale 1537

When David and his men came to the city: behold, it was burnt with fire, and their wives, their sons and their daughters were taken prisoners.