1 Samuel 2:36

KJV1611 – Modern English

And it shall come to pass, that everyone who is left in your house shall come and bow down to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread, and shall say, Please put me into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a piece of bread.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Everyone left of your house will come and bow down to him for a piece of silver or a loaf of bread, and they will plead, ‘Please appoint me to some priestly office so I can have a morsel of bread to eat.’

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thine house shall come and crouch to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a piece of bread.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left{H3498} in thy house{H1004} shall come{H935} and bow down{H7812} to him for a piece{H95} of silver{H3701} and a loaf{H3603} of bread,{H3899} and shall say,{H559} Put{H5596} me, I pray thee, into one{H259} of the priests' offices,{H3550} that I may eat{H398} a morsel{H6595} of bread.{H3899}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left{H3498}{(H8737)} in thine house{H1004} shall come{H935}{(H8799)} and crouch{H7812}{(H8692)} to him for a piece{H95} of silver{H3701} and a morsel{H3603} of bread{H3899}, and shall say{H559}{(H8804)}, Put{H5596}{(H8798)} me, I pray thee, into one{H259} of the priests' offices{H3550}, that I may eat{H398}{(H8800)} a piece{H6595} of bread{H3899}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And who so euer remayneth of thy house, shall come and worshipe him for a syluer peny and for a pece of bred, and shall saye: I praye the leaue me to one prestes parte, that I maye eate a morsell of bred.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And all that are left in thine house, shall come and bowe downe to him for a piece of siluer and a morsell of bread, and shall say, Appoint me, I pray thee, to one of the priestes offices, that I may eate a morsell of bread.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And all that are left in thyne house, shall come and crouch to him for a peece of siluer and a morsell of bread, and shal saye: Put me (I pray thee) in one office or other among ye priestes, that I may eate a morsell of bread.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And it shall come to pass, [that] every one that is left in thine house shall come [and] crouch to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a piece of bread.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    It shall happen, that everyone who is left in your house shall come and bow down to him for a piece of silver and a loaf of bread, and shall say, Please put me into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a morsel of bread.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and it hath been, every one who is left in thy house doth come in to bow himself to him, for a wage of silver, and a cake of bread, and hath said, Admit me, I pray thee, unto one of the priest's offices, to eat a morsel of bread.'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thy house shall come and bow down to him for a piece of silver and a loaf of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a morsel of bread.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thy house shall come and bow down to him for a piece of silver and a loaf of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a morsel of bread.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Then it will be that the rest of your family, anyone who has not been cut off, will go down on his knees to him for a bit of silver or a bit of bread, and say, Be pleased to put me into one of the priest's places so that I may have a little food.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    It shall happen, that everyone who is left in your house shall come and bow down to him for a piece of silver and a loaf of bread, and shall say, "Please put me into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a morsel of bread."'"

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Everyone who remains in your house will come to bow before him for a little money and for a scrap of bread. Each will say,‘Assign me to a priestly task so I can eat a scrap of bread.’”

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 2:27 : 27 So Solomon removed Abiathar from being priest to the Lord, that he might fulfill the word of the Lord which He spoke concerning the house of Eli at Shiloh.
  • Ezek 44:10-12 : 10 And the Levites who went far away from me, when Israel went astray, who went astray away from me after their idols; they shall bear their iniquity. 11 Yet they shall be ministers in my sanctuary, having charge at the gates of the house, and ministering to the house: they shall slay the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shall stand before them to minister to them. 12 Because they ministered to them before their idols, and caused the house of Israel to fall into iniquity; therefore I have lifted up my hand against them, says the Lord GOD, and they shall bear their iniquity.
  • Mal 1:13 : 13 You said also, Behold, what a weariness it is! and you have sneered at it, says the LORD of hosts; and you brought what was torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus you brought an offering: should I accept this from your hand? says the LORD.
  • 1 Sam 2:29-30 : 29 Why do you scorn my sacrifice and my offering, which I have commanded in my habitation; and honor your sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the best of all the offerings of Israel my people? 30 Therefore the LORD God of Israel says, I did indeed say that your house, and the house of your father, should walk before me forever: but now the LORD says, Be it far from me; for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be lightly esteemed.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 35 And I will raise up for myself a faithful priest, that shall do according to what is in my heart and in my mind: and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before my anointed forever.

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    28 And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer upon my altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give to the house of your father all the offerings made by fire of the children of Israel?

    29 Why do you scorn my sacrifice and my offering, which I have commanded in my habitation; and honor your sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the best of all the offerings of Israel my people?

    30 Therefore the LORD God of Israel says, I did indeed say that your house, and the house of your father, should walk before me forever: but now the LORD says, Be it far from me; for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be lightly esteemed.

    31 Behold, the days are coming, that I will cut off your strength, and the strength of your father's house, so that there will not be an old man in your house.

    32 And you shall see an enemy in my habitation, in all the wealth which God shall give Israel: and there shall not be an old man in your house forever.

    33 And any of yours whom I do not cut off from my altar shall bring sorrow to your eyes and grief to your heart: and all the increase of your house shall die in the prime of their life.

  • 18 Neither shall the priests, the Levites, lack a man before me to offer burnt offerings, and to kindle grain offerings, and to do sacrifice continually.

  • 19 And they said to him, Hold your peace, put your hand over your mouth and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest. Is it better for you to be a priest to the house of one man or to be a priest to a tribe and a family in Israel?

  • Isa 3:6-7
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    6 When a man shall take hold of his brother in his father’s house, saying, You have clothing, be our ruler, and let this ruin be under your hand:

    7 In that day he shall swear, saying, I will not be a healer; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing; do not make me a ruler of the people.

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    15 Also, before they burned the fat, the priest's servant would come and say to the man who sacrificed, Give meat to roast for the priest, for he will not take boiled meat from you, but raw.

    16 And if any man said to him, Let them burn the fat first and then take as much as you want; then he would answer him, No, but you shall give it to me now: and if not, I will take it by force.

  • 26 The LORD has made you priest instead of Jehoiada the priest, that there should be officers in the house of the LORD for every man who is mad and makes himself a prophet, that you should put him in prison and in the stocks.

  • 10 And Micah said to him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give you ten shekels of silver by the year, and a suit of clothing, and your food. So the Levite went in.

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    14 But I will make them keepers of the charge of the house, for all its service, and for all that shall be done therein.

    15 But the priests, the Levites, the sons of Zadok, that kept the charge of my sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from me, they shall come near to me to minister to me, and they shall stand before me to offer to me the fat and the blood, says the Lord GOD:

    16 They shall enter my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister to me, and they shall keep my charge.

  • 19 Now, therefore, please let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If the LORD has stirred you up against me, let Him accept an offering. But if it is the children of men, cursed are they before the LORD, for they have driven me out this day from abiding in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, 'Go, serve other gods.'

  • 30 And the first of all the firstfruits of all things, and every offering of every kind, of all your offerings, shall belong to the priests; you shall also give to the priest the first of your dough, that he may cause the blessing to rest in your house.

  • 2 And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of interest, so with the giver of interest to him.

  • 15 I will abundantly bless her provision; I will satisfy her poor with bread.

  • 30 And you shall set the showbread on the table before me always.

  • 43 And his servant said, What, should I set this before a hundred men? He said again, Give the people, that they may eat: for thus says the LORD, They shall eat, and shall leave some.

  • 6 Yet I will send my servants to you tomorrow about this time, and they shall search your house, and the houses of your servants; and it shall be, that whatever is pleasant in your eyes, they shall put in their hand, and take it away.

  • 6 Behold, the days will come when all that is in your house and that which your fathers have stored up until this day shall be carried to Babylon; nothing shall be left, says the LORD.

  • 9 Have you not cast out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and have made yourselves priests like the peoples of other lands? So that whoever comes to consecrate himself with a young bull and seven rams, the same may be a priest of those who are no gods.

  • 13 For from the least of them even to the greatest of them, everyone is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even to the priest, everyone deals falsely.

  • 11 But if the priest buys any one with his money, he may eat of it, and he who is born in his house: they may eat of his food.

  • 10 And He has brought you near to Him, and all your brethren the sons of Levi with you: and do you seek the priesthood also?

  • 4 I will bring it forth, says the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him who swears falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it, with its timber and its stones.

  • 10 And Azariah the chief priest of the house of Zadok answered him and said, Since the people began to bring the offerings into the house of the LORD, we have had enough to eat and have left plenty, for the LORD has blessed his people; and what is left is this great store.

  • 6 But let none come into the house of the LORD, except the priests, and those that minister of the Levites; they shall go in, for they are holy: but all the people shall keep the watch of the LORD.

  • 4 And he said to them, Thus and thus does Micah deal with me, and he has hired me, and I am his priest.

  • 16 And the king said, You shall surely die, Ahimelech, you, and all your father's house.

  • 29 Let it rest on the head of Joab, and on all his father's house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one who has an issue, or who is a leper, or who leans on a staff, or who falls by the sword, or who lacks bread.

  • 4 For if you do this thing indeed, then shall enter in by the gates of this house kings sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, he, and his servants, and his people.

  • 26 And when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread again by weight: and you shall eat, and not be satisfied.

  • 9 And every offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel, which they bring to the priest, shall be his.

  • 7 Therefore you and your sons with you shall keep your priest's office for everything of the altar, and within the veil; and you shall serve: I have given your priest's office to you as a service of gift: and the stranger who comes near shall be put to death.

  • 20 And it shall come to pass in that day that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah.

  • 21 And, behold, the divisions of the priests and the Levites, even they shall be with you for all the service of the house of God: and there shall be with you for all manner of workmanship every willing skilful man, for any manner of service: also the leaders and all the people will be wholly at your command.

  • 28 For all of my father's house were but dead men before my lord the king; yet you set your servant among those that eat at your own table. What right therefore have I yet to cry anymore to the king?

  • 7 Then he shall minister in the name of the LORD his God, as all his brethren the Levites do, who stand there before the LORD.

  • 1 And now, O you priests, this commandment is for you.

  • 21 And I will also take of them for priests and for Levites, says the LORD.

  • 36 The table, and all its utensils, and the showbread,

  • 11 For behold, the LORD commands, and He will strike the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.

  • 35 Then you shall come up after him, that he may come and sit upon my throne; for he shall be king in my place; and I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and over Judah.

  • 17 He will take a tenth of your sheep: and you shall be his servants.