1 Samuel 21:3 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

David added, "Now, what do you have to eat? Give me five loaves of bread or whatever you can find."(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Now therefore what is under thine hand? give me five loaves of bread in mine hand, or what there is present.

ASV:

Now therefore what is under thy hand? give me five loaves of bread in my hand, or whatsoever there is present.

BBE:

So now, if you have here five cakes of bread, give them into my hand, or whatever you have.

DBY:

And now what is under thy hand? give me five loaves in my hand, or what may be found.

ERV:

Now therefore what is under thine hand? give me five loaves of bread in mine hand, or whatsoever there is present.

JPS:

Now therefore what is under thy hand? five loaves of bread? give them in my hand, or whatsoever there is present.'

WBS:

Now therefore what is under thy hand? give me five loaves of bread in my hand, or what there is present.

WEB:

Now therefore what is under your hand? Give me five loaves of bread in my hand, or whatever there is present."

YLT:

and now, what is there under thy hand? five loaves give into my hand, or that which is found.'

1 Samuel 21:3 Cross References

XREF:

1 Samuel 21:2 David said to Ahimelech the priest, "The king has commissioned me with a matter and has said to me, 'Let no one know anything about the matter on which I am sending you and with which I have commissioned you; and I have directed the young men to a certain place.'

1 Samuel 21:4 The priest answered David and said, "There is no ordinary bread on hand, but there is consecrated bread; if only the young men have kept themselves from women." (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

MHC:

21:1-9 David, in distress, fled to the tabernacle of God. It is great comfort in a day of trouble, that we have a God to go to, to whom we may open our cases, and from whom we may ask and expect direction. David told Ahimelech a gross untruth. What shall we say to this? The Scripture does not conceal it, and we dare not justify it; it was ill done, and proved of bad consequence; for it occasioned the death of the priests of the Lord. David thought upon it afterward with regret. David had great faith and courage, yet both failed him; he fell thus foully through fear and cowardice, and owing to the weakness of his faith. Had he trusted God aright, he would not have used such a sorry, sinful shift for his own preservation. It is written, not for us to do the like, no, not in the greatest straits, but for our warning. David asked of Ahimelech bread and a sword. Ahimelech supposed they might eat the shew-bread. The Son of David taught from it, that mercy is to be preferred to sacrifice; that ritual observances must give way to moral duties. Doeg set his foot as far within the tabernacle as David did. We little know with what hearts people come to the house of God, nor what use they will make of pretended devotion. If many come in simplicity of heart to serve their God, others come to observe their teachers and to prove accusers. Only God and the event can distinguish between a David and a Doeg, when both are in the tabernacle.

CONC:

Bread Cakes Loaves Present Whatever Whatsoever

Bread Cakes Hand Loaves Present Whatever Whatsoever

New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org.

GOD'S WORD® is a copyrighted work of God's Word to the Nations. Quotations are used by permission. Copyright 1995 by God's Word to the Nations. All rights reserved.

Online Parallel Bible