Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
honey, curds, sheep, and cheese of the herd, for David and for the people who were with him,
King James Version
And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat: for they said, The people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.
Holman Bible
honey, curds, sheep, and cheese
International Standard Version
honey, cheeses, sheep, and cheese made from cow's milk for David and his entourage because they had been reasoning, "The people are hungry, tired, and thirsty there in the wilderness."
A Conservative Version
and honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of the herd, for David, and for the people who were with him, to eat. For they said, The people are hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.
American Standard Version
and honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of the herd, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat: for they said, The people are hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.
Amplified
honey, cream, sheep, and cheese of the herd, for David and the people who were with him, to eat; for they said, “The people are hungry and weary and thirsty in the wilderness.”
Bible in Basic English
And honey and butter and sheep and milk-cheeses, for David and his people: for they said, This people is in the waste land, needing food and drink and rest.
Darby Translation
and honey, and cream, and sheep, and cheese of kine to David, and to the people that were with him, to eat; for they said, The people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty in the wilderness.
Julia Smith Translation
And honey and curdled milk, and sheep, and cheeses of kine, they brought near for David and for the people which Are with him, to eat; for they said the people are hungry and faint and thirsty in the desert.
King James 2000
And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of cows, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat: for they said, The people are hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.
Lexham Expanded Bible
honey, curds, sheep, cheese, and cattle for David and for the people who [were] with him to eat. For they had thought, "The troops [are] hungry and weary and thirsty in the wilderness."
Modern King James verseion
and honey and butter and sheep and cheese from cows, for David and for the people with him to eat. For they said, The people are hungry and weary and thirsty in the wilderness.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
honey, butter, sheep and cheese of kine - for David, and all the people that were with him, to eat. For they supposed that the people should be hungry, fainty, and thirsty in the wilderness.
NET Bible
honey, curds, flocks, and cheese. For they said, "The people are no doubt hungry, tired, and thirsty there in the desert."
New Heart English Bible
honey, butter, sheep, and cheese of the herd, for David, and for the people who were with him, to eat: for they said, "The people are hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness."
The Emphasized Bible
and honey and cream, and sheep, and cheese of kine, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat, - for they said, The people, are hungry and weary and thirsty, in the wilderness.
Webster
And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of cows, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat: for they said, The people are hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.
World English Bible
and honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of the herd, for David, and for the people who were with him, to eat: for they said, "The people are hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness."
Youngs Literal Translation
and honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, have brought nigh for David, and for the people who are with him to eat, for they said, 'Thy people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.'
Themes
the Armies of israel » Mode of provisioning: » By presents
Compassion and sympathy » Exemplified » Shobi
David » King of israel » Crosses the jordan river
the Diet of the jews » Articles used for » Butter
Food » List of articles » Butter
Liberality » Instances of » Barzillai and others to david
Love » Instances of » David's subjects
Mahanaim » David lodges at, at the time of absalom's rebellion
Interlinear
Tso'n
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Samuel 17:29
Verse Info
Context Readings
Hushai Sends Word To David
28
brought beds and basins and earthen vessels and wheat and barley and flour and parched wheat and beans and lentils and parched grain
29 honey, curds, sheep, and cheese of the herd, for David and for the people who were with him,
Cross References
2 Samuel 16:2
And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And Ziba said, The asses are for the king's household to ride on, and the bread and summer fruit for the servants to eat, and the wine that those that become weary in the wilderness may drink.
2 Samuel 16:14
And the king and all the people that were with him arrived weary and refreshed themselves there.
Judges 8:4-6
And Gideon came to pass the Jordan, he and the three hundred men that were with him, faint from the pursuit.
1 Samuel 17:18
and carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand and look how thy brethren fare and take their pledge.
2 Samuel 17:2
and I will come upon him while he is weary and weak-handed and will make him afraid, and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only.
Psalm 34:8-10
Cheth O taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the man that shall trust in him.
Psalm 84:11
For the LORD God is a sun and shield unto us; the LORD will give grace and glory; he will not withhold good from those that walk uprightly.
Ecclesiastes 11:1-2
Cast thy bread upon the waters, for thou shalt find it after many days.
Isaiah 21:14
Go ye out to meet them bringing water for the thirsty, O inhabitants of the land of Tema; succour those who are fleeing with your bread.
Isaiah 58:7
Is it not to share thy bread with the hungry and that thou bring the poor that are cast out into thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou not hide thyself from thy brother?
Luke 8:3
and Joanna the wife of Chuza, Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others who ministered unto him of their substance.
Romans 12:13
sharing for the needs of the saints, and given to hospitality.
Philippians 4:15-19
Now ye Philippians know also that in the beginning of the gospel when I departed from Macedonia, no congregation communicated with me as concerning giving and receiving, but ye only.