1 Samuel 24:3
ContextNET © | He came to the sheepfolds by the road, where there was a cave. Saul went into it to relieve himself. 1 Now David and his men were sitting in the recesses of the cave. |
NIV © | He came to the sheep pens along the way; a cave was there, and Saul went in to relieve himself. David and his men were far back in the cave. |
NASB © | He came to the sheepfolds on the way, where there was a cave; and Saul went in to relieve himself. Now David and his men were sitting in the inner recesses of the cave. |
NLT © | At the place where the road passes some sheepfolds, Saul went into a cave to relieve himself. But as it happened, David and his men were hiding in that very cave! |
MSG © | He came to some sheep pens along the road. There was a cave there and Saul went in to relieve himself. David and his men were huddled far back in the same cave. |
BBE © | And on the way he came to a place where sheep were kept, where there was a hollow in the rock; and Saul went in for a private purpose. Now David and his men were in the deepest part of the hollow. |
NRSV © | He came to the sheepfolds beside the road, where there was a cave; and Saul went in to relieve himself. Now David and his men were sitting in the innermost parts of the cave. |
NKJV © | So he came to the sheepfolds by the road, where there was a cave; and Saul went in to attend to his needs. (David and his men were staying in the recesses of the cave.) |
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NET © | He came to the sheepfolds by the road, where there was a cave. Saul went into it to relieve himself. 1 Now David and his men were sitting in the recesses of the cave. |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “to cover his feet,” an idiom (euphemism) for relieving oneself (cf. NAB “to ease nature”). |