1 Samuel 7:6

They gathered together to Mizpah, and drew water, and poured it out before Yahweh, and fasted on that day, and said there, “We have sinned against Yahweh.” Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpah.

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WEBBE

They gathered together to Mizpah, and drew water, and poured it out before the LORD, and fasted on that day, and said there, “We have sinned against the LORD.” Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpah.

BSB

When they had gathered at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out before the LORD. On that day they fasted, and there they confessed, “We have sinned against the LORD.” And Samuel judged the Israelites at Mizpah.

KJV

And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and poured it out before the LORD, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against the LORD. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpeh.

ASV

And they gathered together to Mizpah, and drew water, and poured it out before Jehovah, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against Jehovah. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpah.

BBE

So they came together to Mizpah, and got water, draining it out before the Lord, and they took no food that day, and they said, We have done evil against the Lord. And Samuel was judge of the children of Israel in Mizpah.

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וַיִּקָּבְצוּ vai·yi·ka·ve·tzu and they gathered together H6908 הַמִּצְפָּתָה ha·mitz·pa·tah (the) Mizpah towards H4709 וַיִּשְׁאֲבוּ־ vai·yish·'a·vu- and they drew H7579 מַיִם ma·yim water H4325 וַיִּשְׁפְּכוּ vai·yish·pe·khu and they poured [it] out H8210 לִפְנֵי lif·nei (to) before H6440 יְהוָה yah·weh Yahweh H3068 וַיָּצוּמוּ vai·ya·tzu·mu and they fasted H6684 בַּיּוֹם bai·yom on the day H3117 הַהוּא ha·hu' (the) that H1931 וַיֹּאמְרוּ vai·yo·me·ru and they said H559 שָׁם sham there H8033 חָטָאנוּ cha·ta·nu we have sinned H2398 לַיהוָה la·yah·weh to Yahweh H3068 וַיִּשְׁפֹּט vai·yish·pot and he judged H8199 שְׁמוּאֵל she·mu·'el Samuel H8050 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 בְּנֵי be·nei [the] people of H1121 יִשְׂרָאֵל yis·ra·'el Israel H3478 בַּמִּצְפָּה ba·mitz·pah at (the) Mizpah H4709

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 5–6

Israel drew water and poured it out before the Lord; signifying their humiliation and sorrow for sin. They pour out their hearts in repentance before the Lord. They were free and full in their confession, and fixed in their resolution to cast away from them all their wrong doings. They made a public confession, We have sinned against the Lord; thus giving glory to God, and taking shame to themselves. And if we thus confess our sins, we shall find our God faithful and just to forgive us our sins.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.