Hebrew Language Versions
KJV But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his peace.
KJVP But the children H1121 of Belial H1100 said, H559 How H4100 shall this H2088 man save H3467 us? And they despised H959 him , and brought H935 him no H3808 presents. H4503 But he held his peace. H2790
YLT and the sons of worthlessness have said, `What! this one doth save us!` and they despise him, and have not brought to him a present; and he is as one deaf.
ASV But certain worthless fellows said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no present. But he held his peace.
WEB But certain worthless fellows said, How shall this man save us? They despised him, and brought him no present. But he held his peace.
RV But certain sons of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no present. But he held his peace.
NET But some wicked men said, "How can this man save us?" They despised him and did not even bring him a gift. But Saul said nothing about it.
ERVEN But some troublemakers said, "How can this man save us?" They said bad things about Saul and refused to bring gifts to him. But Saul said nothing. King Nahash of the Ammonites had been hurting the tribes of Gad and Reuben. Nahash poked out the right eye of each of the men and did not allow anyone to help them. He poked out the right eye of every Israelite man living in the area east of the Jordan River. But 7000 Israelite men ran away from the Ammonites and came to Jabesh Gilead.