1 Samuel 10:3
What does 1 Samuel 10:3 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Samuel 10:3 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Then shalt thou go on forward from thence, and thou shalt come to the oak of Tabor; and there shall meet thee there three men going up to God to Beth-el, one carrying three kids, and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine:
KJV
King James Version · 1611Then shalt thou go on forward from thence, and thou shalt come to the plain of Tabor, and there shall meet thee three men going up to God to Beth–el, one carrying three kids, and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Then shalt thou go on forward from thence, and thou shalt come to the oak of Tabor; and there shall meet thee there three men going up to God to Beth-el, one carrying three kids, and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine:
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Then you are to go on from there, and when you come to the oak-tree of Tabor, you will see three men going up to God to Beth-el, one having with him three young goats and another three cakes of bread and another a skin full of wine:
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`And thou hast passed on thence, and beyond, and hast come in unto the oak of Tabor, and found thee there have three men going up unto God to Beth-El, one bearing three kids, and one bearing three cakes of bread, and one bearing a bottle of wine,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And when thou shalt depart from thence, and go farther on, and shalt come to the oak of Thabor, there shall meet thee three men going up to God to Bethel, one carrying three kids, and another three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And thou shalt go on forward from thence, and shalt come to the oak of Tabor, and there shall meet thee three men going up toGod, to Bethel, one carrying three kids, and another carrying three cakes of bread, and another carrying a flask of wine.
Context
v.2When thou art departed from me to-day, then thou shalt find two men by Rachel’s sepulchre, in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say unto thee, The asses which thou wentest to seek are found; and, lo, thy father hath left off caring for the asses, and is anxious for you, saying, What shall I do for my son?
v.3This passage
v.4and they will salute thee, and give thee two loaves of bread, which thou shalt receive of their hand.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 35:3
and let us arise, and go up to Beth-el; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.
- Leviticus 3:12
And if his oblation be a goat, then he shall offer it before Jehovah:
- Leviticus 7:13
With cakes of leavened bread he shall offer his oblation with the sacrifice of his peace-offerings for thanksgiving.
- Judges 4:12
And they told Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone up to mount Tabor.
- Judges 8:18
Then said he unto Zebah and Zalmunna, What manner of men were they whom ye slew at Tabor? And they answered, As thou art, so were they; each one resembled the children of a king.
- Joshua 19:12
and it turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrising unto the border of Chisloth-tabor; and it went out to Daberath, and went up to Japhia;
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