Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
And the priest answered David and said, There is no common bread under my hand, but there is holy bread; if the young men have kept themselves at least from women.
New American Standard Bible
The priest answered David and said, “There is no ordinary bread
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
The priest told him, “There is no ordinary bread on hand. However, there is consecrated bread,
International Standard Version
The priest answered David: "There is no ordinary bread available; only consecrated bread, provided that the young men have kept themselves from women."
A Conservative Version
And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under my hand, but there is holy bread. If only the young men have kept themselves from women.
American Standard Version
And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under my hand, but there is holy bread; if only the young men have kept themselves from women.
Amplified
The priest answered David, “There is no ordinary (unconsecrated) bread on hand, but there is
Bible in Basic English
And the priest, answering David, said, I have no common bread here but there is holy bread; if only the young men have kept themselves from women.
Julia Smith Translation
And the priest will answer David and say, No common bread under my hand, but there is consecrated bread; if the boys watched themselves only from women.
King James 2000
And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread on hand, but there is hallowed bread; if the young men have kept themselves at least from women.
Lexham Expanded Bible
The priest answered David and said, "There is no ordinary bread {here at hand}; there is only holy bread, [but] only if the young men have kept themselves from women."
Modern King James verseion
And the priest answered David and said, There is no common bread under my hand, but there is holy bread if the young men have kept themselves at least from women.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
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 abstained only from women."
NET Bible
The priest replied to David, "I don't have any ordinary bread at my disposal. Only holy bread is available, and then only if your soldiers have abstained from sexual relations with women."
New Heart English Bible
The priest answered David, and said, "There is no common bread under my hand, but there is holy bread; if only the young men have kept themselves from women."
The Emphasized Bible
And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under my hand, - but, hallowed bread, there is, if the young men have kept themselves, at least from women.
Webster
And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under my hand, but there is hallowed bread; if the young men have kept themselves at least from women.
World English Bible
The priest answered David, and said, "There is no common bread under my hand, but there is holy bread; if only the young men have kept themselves from women."
Youngs Literal Translation
And the priest answereth David, and saith, 'There is no common bread under my hand, but there is holy bread; if the youths have been kept only from women.'
Themes
Bread » Sacred, called hallowed bread
Bread » Ordinary, called common bread
Confidence » Betrayed » Ahimelech, by david
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul
Nob » Probable seat of the tabernacle in saul's time
priests » Revenues of » Show-bread after its removal
Showbread » Not lawful for any but the priests to eat, except in extreme cases
Showbread » Called hallowed bread
Interlinear
Lechem
לחם
Lechem
bread, food, meat, shewbread , loaves, shewbread , shewbread, victuals, eat, feast, fruit, provision
Usage: 298
Yad
Qodesh
Na`ar
Shamar
References
American
Easton
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Samuel 21:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
David Encounters The Priests Of Nob
3 And now what is under thy hand? give me five loaves in my hand, or what may be found. 4 And the priest answered David and said, There is no common bread under my hand, but there is holy bread; if the young men have kept themselves at least from women. 5 And David answered the priest and said to him, Yes indeed, 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, and the more so, because to-day new is hallowed in the vessels.
Cross References
Exodus 19:15
And he said to the people, Be ready for the third day; do not come near your wives.
Exodus 25:30
And thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me continually.
Leviticus 24:5-9
And thou shalt take fine wheaten flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof; each cake shall be of two tenths.
Matthew 12:3-4
But he said to them, Have ye not read what David did when he was hungry, and they that were with him?
1 Samuel 21:6
And the priest gave him holy bread; for there was no bread there but the shew-loaves that were taken from before Jehovah, to put on hot bread in the day when they were taken away.
Zechariah 7:3
and to speak unto the priests that were in the house of Jehovah of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done now so many years?
1 Corinthians 7:5
Defraud not one another, unless, it may be, by consent for a time, that ye may devote yourselves to prayer, and again be together, that Satan tempt you not because of your incontinency.