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1 Samuel 7:6

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.

KJV

Et convenerunt in Masphath : hauseruntque aquam, et effuderunt in conspectu Domini : et jejunaverunt in die illa atque dixerunt ibi : Peccavimus Domino. Judicavitque Samuel filios Israël in Masphath.

Vulgate

καὶ συνήχθησαν εἰς Μασσηφάθ, καὶ ὑδρεύονται ὕδωρ καὶ ἐξέχεαν ἐνώπιον Κυρίου ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν· καὶ ἐνήστευσαν ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ καὶ εἶπαν Ἡμαρτήκαμεν ἐνώπιον Κυρίου· καὶ ἐδίκαζεν Σαμουὴλ τοὺς υἱοὺς Ἰσραὴλ εἰς Μασσηφάθ.

LXX

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.

ASV

וַ/יִּקָּבְצ֣וּ הַ֠/מִּצְפָּתָ/ה וַ/יִּֽשְׁאֲבוּ מַ֜יִם וַֽ/יִּשְׁפְּכ֣וּ לִ/פְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֗ה וַ/יָּצ֨וּמוּ֙ בַּ/יּ֣וֹם הַ/ה֔וּא וַ/יֹּ֣אמְרוּ שָׁ֔ם חָטָ֖אנוּ לַ/יהוָ֑ה וַ/יִּשְׁפֹּ֧ט שְׁמוּאֵ֛ל אֶת בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בַּ/מִּצְפָּֽה

Hebrew

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In this verse

People Samuel
Places Mizpah

In the original Hebrew

18 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
ה
h
adverb · 827×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
הֶחֱטִ֖יא
hchty'
verb · 237×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yshr'l
proper_noun · 2486×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
יִּֽשְׁאֲבוּ
ysh'bv
verb · 19×
יָּצֻ֖מוּ
ytsmv
verb · 21×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ם
m
verb · 125×
מַ֖יִם
mym
noun · 580×
מִּצְפָּֽה
mtsph
proper_noun · 36×
נוּ
nv
verb · 199×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל
shmv'l
proper_noun · 140×
שְׁפָךְ
shpk
verb · 115×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 8:47 — Yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they were carried captives, and repent, and make supplication unto thee in the land of them that carried them captives, saying, We have sinned,
  • 1Sam 1:15 — 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.
  • 1Sam 7:15 — And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.
  • 2Chr 20:3 — And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.
  • 2Sam 14:14 — For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from hi
  • 2Sam 23:16 — And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: nevertheless he would not d
  • Ezra 8:21 — Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.
  • Jer 9:1 — Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
  • Joel 2:12 — Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:
  • Joel 2:12 — Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:
  • Judg 10:10 — And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, saying, We have sinned against thee, both because we have forsaken our God, and also served Baalim.
  • Lam 2:18 — Their heart cried unto the LORD, O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night: give thyself no rest; let not the apple of thine eye cease.
  • Lam 2:19 — Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the LORD: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint fo
  • Luke 15:18 — I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,
  • Ps 62:8 — Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.
  • Ps 106:6 — We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.
  • Ps 119:136 — Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.