King James Version
1 Samuel 30:4 in the King James Version says “Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.” — study this verse from 1 Samuel chapter 30 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.”
1 Samuel 30:4 · KJV
And had taken the women captives, that were therein: they slew not any, either great or small, but carried them away, and went on their way.
So David and his men came to the city, and, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captives.
Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.
And David's two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God. grieved: Heb. bitter
KJV Study — Public Domain
“that were with him lifted up”
H5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
“and the people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“until they had no more power”
H3581vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce)
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