1 Samuel 14:25
New International Version
The entire army entered the woods, and there was honey on the ground.

New Living Translation
even though they had all found honeycomb on the ground in the forest.

English Standard Version
Now when all the people came to the forest, behold, there was honey on the ground.

Berean Standard Bible
Then all the troops entered the forest, and there was honey on the ground.

King James Bible
And all they of the land came to a wood; and there was honey upon the ground.

New King James Version
Now all the people of the land came to a forest; and there was honey on the ground.

New American Standard Bible
All the people of the land entered the forest, and there was honey on the ground.

NASB 1995
All the people of the land entered the forest, and there was honey on the ground.

NASB 1977
And all the people of the land entered the forest, and there was honey on the ground.

Legacy Standard Bible
Now all the people of the land entered the forest, and there was honey on the ground.

Amplified Bible
All the people of the land came to a forest, and there was honey on the ground.

Christian Standard Bible
Everyone went into the forest, and there was honey on the ground.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Everyone went into the forest, and there was honey on the ground.

American Standard Version
And all the people came into the forest; and there was honey upon the ground.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And they went into all the land and they entered into a forest, and behold, there was honey in the forest on the face of the ground

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And Jaal was a wood abounding in swarms of bees on the face of the ground.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And all the common people came into a forest, in which there was honey upon the ground.

English Revised Version
And all the people came into the forest; and there was honey upon the ground.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The entire land had honeycombs, and there was honey on the ground.

Good News Translation
They all came into a wooded area and found honey everywhere.

International Standard Version
Later on, all the soldiers entered the woods, and there was honey on the ground.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And all the people came into the forest; and there was honey upon the ground.

Literal Standard Version
And all [those of] the land have come into a forest, and there is honey on the face of the field;

Majority Standard Bible
Then all the troops entered the forest, and there was honey on the ground.

New American Bible
Now there was a honeycomb lying on the ground,

NET Bible
Now the whole army entered the forest and there was honey on the ground.

New Revised Standard Version
All the troops came upon a honeycomb; and there was honey on the ground.

New Heart English Bible
All the people came into the forest; and there was honey on the ground.

Webster's Bible Translation
And all they of the land came to a wood; and there was honey upon the ground.

World English Bible
All the people came into the forest; and there was honey on the ground.

Young's Literal Translation
And all they of the land have come into a forest, and there is honey on the face of the field;

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Jonathan Eats the Honey
24Now the men of Israel were in distress that day, for Saul had placed the troops under an oath, saying, “Cursed is the man who eats any food before evening, before I have taken vengeance on my enemies.” So none of the troops tasted any food. 25Then all the troops entered the forest, and there was honey on the ground. 26And when they entered the forest and saw the flowing honey, not one of them put his hand to his mouth, because they feared the oath.…

Cross References
1 Samuel 14:24
Now the men of Israel were in distress that day, for Saul had placed the troops under an oath, saying, "Cursed is the man who eats any food before evening, before I have taken vengeance on my enemies." So none of the troops tasted any food.

1 Samuel 14:26
And when they entered the forest and saw the flowing honey, not one of them put his hand to his mouth, because they feared the oath.

Proverbs 25:16
If you find honey, eat just what you need, lest you have too much and vomit it up.


Treasury of Scripture

And all they of the land came to a wood; and there was honey on the ground.

all they

Deuteronomy 9:28
Lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say, Because the LORD was not able to bring them into the land which he promised them, and because he hated them, he hath brought them out to slay them in the wilderness.

Matthew 3:5
Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about Jordan,

Exodus 3:8
And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.

Numbers 13:27
And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it.

Matthew 3:4
And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.

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1 Samuel 14
1. Jonathan goes and miraculously smites the Philistine's garrison
15. A divine terror makes them beat themselves
17. Saul, not staying the priest's answer, sets on them
21. The captivated Hebrews, and the hidden Israelites, join against them.
24. Saul's unadvised adjuration hinders the victory
31. He restrains the people from eating blood
35. He builds an altar
37. Jonathan, taken by lot, is save by the people
47. Saul's victories, strength, and family














(25) And all they of the land came to a wood.--In the wilder parts of the land the old woods were not yet cleared. There seems to have been once in that favoured land an abundance of woods.

And there was honey . . .--The wild bees, as has been often seen in the American forests, fill the hollow trees with honey, till the combs, breaking with the weight, let the honey run down upon the ground.

Verse 25. - And all they of the land. Hebrew, "the whole land," or, as we should say, the whole country, which had risen to join in the pursuit. Honey upon the ground. The wild bees in Palestine fill fissures in the rocks (Deuteronomy 32:13; Psalm 81:16) and hollow trees with honey, till the combs, breaking with the weight, let it run down upon the ground. A similar abundance of honey was found by the early settlers in America.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Then all [the troops]
וְכָל־ (wə·ḵāl)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

entered
בָּ֣אוּ (bā·’ū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

the forest,
בַיָּ֑עַר (ḇay·yā·‘ar)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3293: A copse of bushes, a forest, honey in the comb

and there was
וַיְהִ֥י (way·hî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

honey
דְבַ֖שׁ (ḏə·ḇaš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1706: Honey, syrup

on
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the ground.
פְּנֵ֥י (pə·nê)
Noun - common plural construct
Strong's 6440: The face


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