Parallel Verses
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!'
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?
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?"
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?"
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 answereth the servants of David and saith, 'Who is David, and who the son of Jesse? to-day have servants been multiplied who are breaking away each from his master; 11 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!' 12 And the young men of David turn on their way, and turn back, and come in, and declare to him according to all these words.
Names
Cross References
Judges 8:6
And the heads of Succoth say, 'Is the hand of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thy hand, that we give to thy host bread?'
Deuteronomy 8:17
and thou hast said in thy heart, My power, and the might of my hand, hath made for me this wealth:
1 Samuel 24:13
as saith the simile of the ancients, From the wicked goeth out wickedness, and my hand is not on thee.
1 Samuel 25:3
And the name of the man is Nabal, and the name of his wife Abigail, and the woman is of good understanding, and of fair form, and the man is hard and evil in doings; and he is a Calebite.
1 Samuel 25:14-15
And to Abigail wife of Nabal hath one young man of the youths declared, saying, 'Lo, David hath sent messengers out of the wilderness to bless our lord, and he flieth upon them;
Job 31:17
And I do eat my morsel by myself, And the orphan hath not eat of it,
Psalm 73:7-8
Their eye hath come out from fat. The imaginations of the heart transgressed;
Ecclesiastes 11:1-2
Send forth thy bread on the face of the waters, For in the multitude of the days thou dost find it.
John 9:29-30
we have known that God hath spoken to Moses, but this one -- we have not known whence he is.'
2 Corinthians 6:9
as unknown, and recognized; as dying, and lo, we live; as chastened, and not put to death;
Galatians 6:10
therefore, then, as we have opportunity, may we work the good to all, and especially unto those of the household of the faith.
1 Peter 4:9
hospitable to one another, without murmuring;