1 Samuel 23:14 Hebrew Word Analysis

4abodeוַיֵּ֥שֶׁבh3427
1And Davidדָּוִ֤דh1732
6in the wildernessבְּמִדְבַּרh4057
3in strong holdsבַּמְּצָד֔וֹתh4679
4abodeוַיֵּ֥שֶׁבh3427
5in a mountainבָּהָ֖רh2022
6in the wildernessבְּמִדְבַּרh4057
7of Ziphזִ֑יףh2128
8soughtוַיְבַקְשֵׁ֤הוּh1245
9And Saulשָׁאוּל֙h7586
10כָּלh3605
11him every dayהַיָּמִ֔יםh3117
12וְלֹֽאh3808
13deliveredנְתָנ֥וֹh5414
14but Godאֱלֹהִ֖יםh430
15him not into his handבְּיָדֽוֹ׃h3027

Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)

And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, and remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand.

American Standard Version (ASV)

And David abode in the wilderness in the strongholds, and remained in the hill-country in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

And David kept in the waste land, in safe places, waiting in the hill-country in the waste land of Ziph. And Saul was searching for him every day, but God did not give him up into his hands.

Darby English Bible (DBY)

And David abode in the wilderness in strongholds, and abode in the mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God did not give him into his hand.

Webster's Bible (WBT)

And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, and remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand.

World English Bible (WEB)

David abode in the wilderness in the strongholds, and remained in the hill-country in the wilderness of Ziph. Saul sought him every day, but God didn't deliver him into his hand.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

And David abideth in the wilderness, in fortresses, and abideth in the hill-country, in the wilderness of Ziph; and Saul seeketh him all the days, and God hath not given him into his hand.