Translations
One of the men spoke up: 'Your father bound the army with a solemn oath—Cursed is any man who eats food today. That's why the men are so exhausted.'
Then one of the troops spoke up: 'Your father bound the troops with a strict oath, saying, Cursed is the man who eats food today. And the troops are faint.'
Then answered one of the people, and said, Thy father straitly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food this day. And the people were faint.
Then one of the soldiers told him, “Your father bound the troops with a solemn oath, saying, ‘Cursed is the man who eats food today.’ That is why the people are faint.”