Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Should I take my bread, my water and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men which I know not whence they be?"
New American Standard Bible
Shall I then
King James Version
Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men, whom I know not whence they be?
Holman Bible
Am I supposed to take my bread, my water, and my meat that I butchered for my shearers and give them to these men? I don’t know where they are from.”
International Standard Version
Should I take my food, my water, and my meat that I've slaughtered for my shearers and give it to men who came from who knows where?"
A Conservative Version
Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it to men of whom I know not from where they are?
American Standard Version
Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men of whom I know not whence they are?
Amplified
So should I take my bread and my water and my meat that I have slaughtered for my shearers, and give it to men when I do not know where they are from?”
Bible in Basic English
Am I to take my bread and my wine and the meat I have got ready for my wool-cutters and give it to men coming from I have no idea where?
Darby Translation
And shall I take my bread, and my water, and my flesh which I have killed for my shearers, and give it to men whom I know not whence they are?
Julia Smith Translation
And took I my bread and my water, and my slaughter which I slaughtered for my shearers, and gave to men whom I knew not from whence they are?
King James 2000
Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my meat that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men, whom I know not from where they be?
Lexham Expanded Bible
Should I take my bread and my water and my meat which I have slaughtered for my shearers and give [it] to men whom I do not know where they [are] from?
Modern King James verseion
Shall I then take my bread and my water and my meat that I have killed for my shearers, and give it to men about whom I know not where they come from?
NET Bible
Should I take my bread and my water and my meat that I have slaughtered for my shearers and give them to these men? I don't even know where they came from!"
New Heart English Bible
Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my meat that I have killed for my shearers, and give it to men who I do not know where they come from?"
The Emphasized Bible
Shall I, then, take my bread, and my wine, and my slain beasts, that I have slaughtered for my shearers, - and give unto men of whom I know not whence they are?
Webster
Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it to men, whom I know not whence they are?
World English Bible
Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my meat that I have killed for my shearers, and give it to men who I don't know where they come from?"
Youngs Literal Translation
and I have taken my bread, and my water, and my flesh, which I slaughtered for my shearers, and have given it to men whom I have not known whence they are!'
Themes
Contempt » Exemplified » Nabal
Decision » Instances of » Abigail
Ingratitude » Exemplified » Nabal
Inhospitableness » Instances of » Nabal toward david
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul
Selfishness » Exemplified » Nabal
Selfishness » Examples of » Nabal refuses food to david
Sheep » Time of shearing, a time of rejoicing
Sheep » Feasting at the time of shearing
Travelers » Of distinction » Frequently extorted provisions by the way
Interlinear
Laqach
Lechem
Gazaz
Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Samuel 25:11
Verse Info
Context Readings
David And Abigail
10 And Nabal answered David's servants and said, "What is David? And what is the son of Jesse? There is plenty of servants nowadays, that break away every man from his master. 11 Should I take my bread, my water and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men which I know not whence they be?" 12 And David's servants turned their way and went again, and came and told him according to all those sayings.
Names
Cross References
Judges 8:6
And the lords of Succoth said, "Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hands that we should give bread unto thy company?"
Deuteronomy 8:17
And beware that thou say not in thine heart, 'My power and the might of mine own hand hath done me all these acts.'
1 Samuel 24:13
According to the old proverb, wickedness shall proceed out of the wicked: But mine hand be not upon thee.
1 Samuel 25:3
The name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife was Abigail: and she was a woman of good wisdom and beautiful. But the man was churlish and of shrewd conditions and was a Calebite.
1 Samuel 25:14-15
But one of the lads told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, "See, David sent messengers unto our master out of the wilderness to salute him, and he railed on them.
Job 31:17
Have I eaten my portion alone, that the fatherless hath had no part with me?
Psalm 73:7-8
Their eyes swell with fatness, and they do even what they lust.
Ecclesiastes 11:1-2
Send thy victuals over the waters, and so shalt thou find them after many years.
John 9:29-30
We are sure that God spake with Moses. This fellow we know not from whence he is."
2 Corinthians 6:9
as unknown, and yet known, as dying - and behold we yet live - as chastened and not killed,
Galatians 6:10
While we have, therefore, time; let us do good unto all men, and specially, unto them which are of the household of faith.
1 Peter 4:9
Be ye harborous, one to another, and that without grudging.