1 Samuel 7:6

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.

And they gathered together {H6908} to Mizpeh {H4709}, and drew {H7579} water {H4325}, and poured it out {H8210} before {H6440} the LORD {H3068}, and fasted {H6684} on that day {H3117}, and said {H559} there, We have sinned {H2398} against the LORD {H3068}. And Samuel {H8050} judged {H8199} the children {H1121} of Israel {H3478} in Mizpeh {H4708}.

So they gathered together at Mitzpah, drew water and poured it out before ADONAI, fasted that day, and said there, "We have sinned against ADONAI." Sh'mu'el began serving as judge over the people of Isra'el at Mitzpah.

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.

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.

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Cross-References

  • 1 Samuel 1:15 (6 votes)

    And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I [am] a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the LORD.

  • 2 Samuel 14:14 (6 votes)

    For we must needs die, and [are] as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect [any] person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him.

  • Judges 10:10 (5 votes)

    ¶ And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, saying, We have sinned against thee, both because we have forsaken our God, and also served Baalim.

  • Psalms 62:8 (4 votes)

    ¶ Trust in him at all times; [ye] people, pour out your heart before him: God [is] a refuge for us. Selah.

  • Joel 2:12 (4 votes)

    ¶ Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye [even] to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:

  • Psalms 106:6 (4 votes)

    ¶ We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.

  • Jeremiah 9:1 (4 votes)

    ¶ Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!