Links to all Books and Chapters Today's Date: ======= 1 Samuel 21:1 ============ 1Sa 21:1 Then David came to Nob to Ahimelech the priest; and Ahimelech came trembling to meet David and said to him, "Why are you alone and no one with you?"(nasb) 1Sa 21:1 Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of David, and said unto him, Why art thou alone, and no man with thee?(kjv) 1Sa 21:1 Now David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest. And Ahimelech was afraid when he met David, and said to him, "Why are you alone, and no one is with you?"(nkjv) ======= 1 Samuel 21:2 ============ 1Sa 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.'(nasb) 1Sa 21:2 And David said unto Ahimelech the priest, The king hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto me, Let no man know any thing of the business whereabout I send thee, and what I have commanded thee: and I have appointed my servants to such and such a place.(kjv) 1Sa 21:2 So David said to Ahimelech the priest, "The king has ordered me on some business, and said to me, 'Do not let anyone know anything about the business on which I send you, or what I have commanded you.' And I have directed my young men to such and such a place.(nkjv) ======= 1 Samuel 21:3 ============ 1Sa 21:3 Now therefore, what do you have on hand? Give me five loaves of bread, or whatever can be found."(nasb) 1Sa 21:3 Now therefore what is under thine hand? give me five loaves of bread in mine hand, or what there is present.(kjv) 1Sa 21:3 Now therefore, what have you on hand? Give me five loaves of bread in my hand, or whatever can be found."(nkjv) ======= 1 Samuel 21:4 ============ 1Sa 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) 1Sa 21:4 And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under mine hand, but there is hallowed bread; if the young men have kept themselves at least from women.(kjv) 1Sa 21:4 And the priest answered David and said, "There is no common bread on hand; but there is holy bread, if the young men have at least kept themselves from women."(nkjv) ======= 1 Samuel 21:5 ============ 1Sa 21:5 David answered the priest and said to him, "Surely women have been kept from us as previously when I set out and the vessels of the young men were holy, though it was an ordinary journey; how much more then today will their vessels be holy?"(nasb) 1Sa 21:5 And David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days, since I came out, and the vessels of the young men are holy, and the bread is in a manner common, yea, though it were sanctified this day in the vessel.(kjv) 1Sa 21:5 Then David answered the priest, and said to him, "Truly, women have been kept from us about three days since I came out. And the vessels of the young men are holy, and the bread is in effect common, even though it was sanctified in the vessel this day."(nkjv) ======= 1 Samuel 21:6 ============ 1Sa 21:6 So the priest gave him consecrated bread; for there was no bread there but the bread of the Presence which was removed from before the Lord, in order to put hot bread in its place when it was taken away.(nasb) 1Sa 21:6 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.(kjv) 1Sa 21:6 So the priest gave him holy bread; for there was no bread there but the showbread which had been taken from before the Lord, in order to put hot bread in its place on the day when it was taken away.(nkjv) ======= 1 Samuel 21:7 ============ 1Sa 21:7 Now one of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the Lord; and his name was Doeg the Edomite, the chief of Saul's shepherds.(nasb) 1Sa 21:7 Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the LORD; and his name was Doeg, an Edomite, the chiefest of the herdmen that belonged to Saul.(kjv) 1Sa 21:7 Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the Lord. And his name was Doeg, an Edomite, the chief of the herdsmen who belonged to Saul.(nkjv) ======= 1 Samuel 21:8 ============ 1Sa 21:8 David said to Ahimelech, "Now is there not a spear or a sword on hand? For I brought neither my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king's matter was urgent."(nasb) 1Sa 21:8 And David said unto Ahimelech, And is there not here under thine hand spear or sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king's business required haste.(kjv) 1Sa 21:8 And David said to Ahimelech, "Is there not here on hand a spear or a sword? For I have brought neither my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king's business required haste."(nkjv) ======= 1 Samuel 21:9 ============ 1Sa 21:9 Then the priest said, "The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the valley of Elah, behold, it is wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod; if you would take it for yourself, take it. For there is no other except it here." And David said, "There is none like it; give it to me."(nasb) 1Sa 21:9 And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if thou wilt take that, take it: for there is no other save that here. And David said, There is none like that; give it me.(kjv) 1Sa 21:9 So the priest said, "The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the Valley of Elah, there it is, wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod. If you will take that, take it. For there is no other except that one here." And David said, "There is none like it; give it to me."(nkjv) ======= 1 Samuel 21:10 ============ 1Sa 21:10 Then David arose and fled that day from Saul, and went to Achish king of Gath.(nasb) 1Sa 21:10 And David arose and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.(kjv) 1Sa 21:10 Then David arose and fled that day from before Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.(nkjv) ======= 1 Samuel 21:11 ============ 1Sa 21:11 But the servants of Achish said to him, "Is this not David the king of the land? Did they not sing of this one as they danced, saying, 'Saul has slain his thousands, And David his ten thousands'?"(nasb) 1Sa 21:11 And the servants of Achish said unto him, Is not this David the king of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?(kjv) 1Sa 21:11 And the servants of Achish said to him, "Is this not David the king of the land? Did they not sing of him to one another in dances, saying: 'Saul has slain his thousands, And David his ten thousands'?"(nkjv) ======= 1 Samuel 21:12 ============ 1Sa 21:12 David took these words to heart and greatly feared Achish king of Gath.(nasb) 1Sa 21:12 And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath.(kjv) 1Sa 21:12 Now David took these words to heart, and was very much afraid of Achish the king of Gath.(nkjv) ======= 1 Samuel 21:13 ============ 1Sa 21:13 So he disguised his sanity before them, and acted insanely in their hands, and scribbled on the doors of the gate, and let his saliva run down into his beard.(nasb) 1Sa 21:13 And he changed his behaviour before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard.(kjv) 1Sa 21:13 So he changed his behavior before them, feigned madness in their hands, scratched on the doors of the gate, and let his saliva fall down on his beard.(nkjv) ======= 1 Samuel 21:14 ============ 1Sa 21:14 Then Achish said to his servants, "Behold, you see the man behaving as a madman. Why do you bring him to me?(nasb) 1Sa 21:14 Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad: wherefore then have ye brought him to me?(kjv) 1Sa 21:14 Then Achish said to his servants, "Look, you see the man is insane. Why have you brought him to me?(nkjv) ======= 1 Samuel 21:15 ============ 1Sa 21:15 Do I lack madmen, that you have brought this one to act the madman in my presence? Shall this one come into my house?" (nasb) 1Sa 21:15 Have I need of mad men, that ye have brought this fellow to play the mad man in my presence? shall this fellow come into my house?(kjv) 1Sa 21:15 Have I need of madmen, that you have brought this fellow to play the madman in my presence? Shall this fellow come into my house?"(nkjv) ======= 1 Samuel 22:1 ============ 1Sa 22:1 So David departed from there and escaped to the cave of Adullam; and when his brothers and all his father's household heard of it, they went down there to him.(nasb) 1Sa 22:1 David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father's house heard it, they went down thither to him.(kjv) 1Sa 22:1 David therefore departed from there and escaped to the cave of Adullam. And when his brothers and all his father's house heard it, they went down there to him.(nkjv) |
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