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1 Samuel 28:23

But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with the woman, compelled him; and he hearkened unto their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed.

KJV

Qui renuit, et ait : Non comedam. Coëgerunt autem eum servi sui et mulier, et tandem audita voce eorum surrexit de terra, et sedit super lectum.

Vulgate

καὶ οὐκ ἐβουλήθη φαγεῖν· καὶ παρεβιάζοντο αὐτὸν οἱ παῖδες αὐτοῦ καὶ ἡ γυνή, καὶ ἤκουσεν τῆς φωνῆς αὐτῶν, καὶ ἀνέστη ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς καὶ ἐκάθισεν ἐπὶ τὸν δίφρον.

LXX

But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with the woman, constrained him; and he hearkened unto their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed.

ASV

וַ/יְמָאֵ֗ן וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר֙ לֹ֣א אֹכַ֔ל וַ/יִּפְרְצוּ ב֤/וֹ עֲבָדָי/ו֙ וְ/גַם הָ֣/אִשָּׁ֔ה וַ/יִּשְׁמַ֖ע לְ/קֹלָ֑/ם וַ/יָּ֨קָם֙ מֵֽ/הָ/אָ֔רֶץ וַ/יֵּ֖שֶׁב אֶל הַ/מִּטָּֽה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
גַּם
gm
adverb · 764×
וֹ
v
noun · 780×
וֹ
v
noun · 28×
יֹשְׁבֵ֣י
yshby
verb · 1088×
יָּ֣קָם
yqm
verb · 626×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ךָ
k
noun · 791×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
ם
m
verb · 811×
מֵאֲנ֖וּ
m'nv
verb · 41×
פָּרַ֨ץ
prts
verb · 49×
ק֣וֹל
qvl
noun · 503×
שִׁמְעוּ
shm'v
verb · 1157×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 21:4 — And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him: for he had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid hi
  • 2Sam 12:17 — And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.