New Revised Standard Version
When the troops came upon the honeycomb, the honey was dripping out; but they did not put their hands to their mouths, for they feared the oath.

New American Bible
and when the soldiers came to the comb the honey was flowing; yet no one raised a hand from it to his mouth, because the people feared the oath.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when the people came into the forest, behold the honey dropped, but no man put his hand to his mouth. For the people feared the oath.

And when the people came into the forest, behold the honey dropped, but no man put his hand to his mouth. For the people feared the oath.

the people

Ecclesiastes 9:2 But all things are kept uncertain for the time to come, because all things equally happen to the just and to the wicked, to the good and to the evil, to the clean and to the unclean, to him that offereth victims, and to him that despiseth sacrifices. As the good is, so also is the sinner: as the perjured, so he also that sweareth truth.