1 Samuel 30:4

4 So David and his men wept aloud until they had no strength left to weep.

1 Samuel 30:4 in Other Translations

4 Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.

4 Then David and the people who were with him raised their voices and wept until they had no more strength to weep.

4 they wept until they could weep no more.

4 David and his men burst out in loud wails - wept and wept until they were exhausted with weeping.

4 David and the troops with him wept loudly until they had no strength left to weep.

1 Samuel 30:4 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 30:4

Then David and the people that [were] with him lifted up their
voice
In doleful shrieks, and loud lamentations:

and wept, until they had no more power to weep;
till nature was quite exhausted, and no moisture left; so the Vulgate Latin version, "till tears failed in them"; they could shed no more.

1 Samuel 30:4 In-Context

2 and had taken captive the women and everyone else in it, both young and old. They killed none of them, but carried them off as they went on their way.

3 When David and his men reached Ziklag, they found it destroyed by fire and their wives and sons and daughters taken captive.

4 So David and his men wept aloud until they had no strength left to weep.

5 David’s two wives had been captured—Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail, the widow of Nabal of Carmel.

6 David was greatly distressed because the men were talking of stoning him; each one was bitter in spirit because of his sons and daughters. But David found strength in the LORD his God.

Cross References

• 1. S Genesis 27:38