1 Samuel 14:30
1 Samuel 14:29-30 The Message (MSG)
Jonathan said, “My father has imperiled the country. Just look how quickly my energy has returned since I ate a little of this honey! It would have been a lot better, believe me, if the soldiers had eaten their fill of whatever they took from the enemy. Who knows how much worse we could have whipped them!”
1 Samuel 14:30 King James Version (KJV)
How much more, if haply the people had eaten freely to day of the spoil of their enemies which they found? for had there not been now a much greater slaughter among the Philistines?
1 Samuel 14:30 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
How much more, if only the people had eaten freely today of the spoil of their enemies which they found! For now the slaughter among the Philistines has not been great.”
1 Samuel 14:30 New Century Version (NCV)
It would have been much better for the men to eat the food they took from their enemies today. We could have killed many more Philistines!”
1 Samuel 14:30 American Standard Version (ASV)
How much more, if haply the people had eaten freely to-day of the spoil of their enemies which they found? for now hath there been no great slaughter among the Philistines.
1 Samuel 14:30 New International Version (NIV)
How much better it would have been if the men had eaten today some of the plunder they took from their enemies. Would not the slaughter of the Philistines have been even greater?”
1 Samuel 14:30 New King James Version (NKJV)
How much better if the people had eaten freely today of the spoil of their enemies which they found! For now would there not have been a much greater slaughter among the Philistines?”
1 Samuel 14:30 Amplified Bible (AMP)
How much better [it would have been] if only the people had eaten freely today from the spoil of their enemies which they found! For now the slaughter among the Philistines has not been great.”