When Saul saw the army of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart trembled greatly.
Parallel translations
- KJV And when Saul saw the host of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart greatly trembled.
- BSB When Saul saw the Philistine army, he was afraid and trembled violently.
- NKJV When Saul saw the army of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart trembled greatly.
- NASB When Saul saw the camp of the Philistines, he was afraid and his heart trembled greatly.
- NLT When Saul saw the vast Philistine army, he became frantic with fear.
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- Isa 7:2David’s house was told, “Syria is allied with Ephraim.” His heart trembled, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the forest tremble with the wind.
- Isa 21:3–4Therefore my thighs are filled with anguish. Pains have taken hold on me, like the pains of a woman in labor. I am in so much pain that I can’t hear. I so am dismayed that I can’t see.
- Ps 48:5–6They saw it, then they were amazed. They were dismayed. They hurried away.
- Prov 10:24What the wicked fear, will overtake them, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.
- Ps 73:19How they are suddenly destroyed! They are completely swept away with terrors.
- Isa 57:20–21But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it can’t rest, and its waters cast up mire and mud.
- Dan 5:6Then the king’s face was changed in him, and his thoughts troubled him; and the joints of his thighs were loosened, and his knees struck one against another.
- Job 18:11Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall chase him at his heels.
- Job 15:21A sound of terrors is in his ears. In prosperity the destroyer shall come on him.
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