1 Samuel 21:6

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

David replied to the priest, 'Indeed women have been kept away from us, as usual whenever I set out. The bodies of the young men are holy even on ordinary missions, and all the more today.'

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    So the priest gave him hallowed bread: for there was no bread there but the shewbread, that was taken from before the LORD, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    So the priest gave him holy bread, for there was no bread there but the showbread, which was taken from before the LORD, to put hot bread in the day it was taken away.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    So the priest gave him hallowed bread: for there was no bread there but the shewbread, that was taken from before the LORD, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    So the priest gave him holy [bread]; for there was no bread there but the showbread, that was taken from before Jehovah, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    So the priest gave him hallowed bread: for there was no bread there but the shewbread, that was taken from before the LORD, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Then the prest gaue him of ye holy, in so moch as there was none other bred but the shewbredes, which were taken vp before the LORDE, that there might be other freshbredes set therin the daye wha he toke them awaye.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    So the Priest gaue him halowed bread: for there was no bread there, saue the shewe bread that was taken from before the Lord, to put hote bread there, the day that it was taken away.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And so the priest gaue him halowed bread: for there was none other bread there, saue the shew bread that was taken from before the Lord, to put freshe bread there the day that it was taken away.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    So the priest gave him hallowed [bread]: for there was no bread there but the shewbread, that was taken from before the LORD, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    So the priest gave him holy [bread]; for there was no bread there but the show bread, that was taken from before Yahweh, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And the priest giveth to him the holy thing, for there was no bread there except the bread of the Presence which is turned aside from the presence of Jehovah to put hot bread in the day of its being taken away.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    So the priest gave him holy `bread'; for there was no bread there but the showbread, that was taken from before Jehovah, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    So the priest gave him holy [bread] ; for there was no bread there but the showbread, that was taken from before Jehovah, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    So the priest gave him the holy bread: there was no other, only the holy bread which had been taken from before the Lord, so that new bread might be put in its place on the day when it was taken away.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    So the priest gave him holy [bread]; for there was no bread there but the show bread, that was taken from before Yahweh, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    So the priest gave him holy bread, for there was no bread there other than the bread of the Presence. It had been removed from before the LORD in order to replace it with hot bread on the day it had been taken away.

Referenced Verses

  • Matt 12:3-4 : 3 He said to them, 'Have you not read what David did when he and those with him were hungry? 4 How he entered the house of God and ate the bread of the Presence, which was not lawful for him or those with him to eat, but only for the priests?
  • Luke 6:3-4 : 3 Jesus answered them, "Have you not even read what David did when he and those with him were hungry? 4 "He entered the house of God, took the bread of the Presence, ate it, and gave some to those with him, which is not lawful for anyone to eat but the priests alone."
  • Lev 24:5-9 : 5 You shall take fine flour and bake it into twelve loaves. Each loaf will be made with two tenths of an ephah. 6 Arrange them in two rows, six loaves per row, on the pure table before the LORD. 7 Place pure frankincense on each row, as a memorial portion for the bread. It is an offering made by fire to the LORD. 8 Every Sabbath day, this arrangement must be set in order before the LORD continually, as a perpetual covenant from the Israelites. 9 It shall belong to Aaron and his sons, and they shall eat it in a holy place, for it is most holy to him from the fire offerings of the LORD, a perpetual statute.
  • Mark 2:25-27 : 25 Jesus said to them, 'Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need? 26 'He entered the house of God in the time of Abiathar the high priest and ate the bread of the Presence, which was not lawful for anyone but the priests to eat. He also gave some to his companions.' 27 Then he said to them, 'The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.'

Similar Verses (AI)

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    84%

    1David got up and left, while Jonathan returned to the city.

    2David went to Nob to Ahimelech the priest. Ahimelech trembled when he met David and said to him, 'Why are you alone? Why is no one with you?'

    3David answered Ahimelech the priest, 'The king has given me an assignment and said to me, "Let no one know anything about the mission I am sending you on and what I have instructed you." I have also told my young men to meet me at a certain place.

    4Now then, what do you have on hand? Give me five loaves of bread or whatever you can find.'

    5The priest answered David, 'I don’t have any ordinary bread on hand; however, there is consecrated bread—if the young men have kept themselves from women.'

  • Luke 6:3-4
    2 verses
    77%

    3Jesus answered them, "Have you not even read what David did when he and those with him were hungry?

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    2 verses
    75%

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    74%

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    74%

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    3 verses
    72%

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    72%

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    2 verses
    72%

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    72%

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    72%

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    71%

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    71%

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    71%

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  • Exod 40:23
    71%

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    70%

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    2 verses
    70%

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    70%

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    70%

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    70%

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    2 verses
    70%

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    70%

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    70%

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    70%

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    69%

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    69%

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    69%

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    69%

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    69%

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    68%

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    68%

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