1 Samuel 21:4
What does 1 Samuel 21:4 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Samuel 21:4 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And 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.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And 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.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And 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.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And 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.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And 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.'
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And the priest answered David, saying: I have no common bread at hand, but only holy bread, if the young men be clean, especially from women?
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And 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.
Context
v.3Now therefore what is under thy hand? give me five loaves of bread in my hand, or whatsoever there is present.
v.4This passage
v.5And David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days; when I came out, the vessels of the young men were holy, though it was but a common journey; how much more then to-day shall their vessels be holy?
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 25:30
And thou shalt set upon the table showbread before me alway.
- 1 Samuel 21:6
So the priest gave him holy bread; for there was no bread there but the showbread, that was taken from before Jehovah, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.
- Exodus 19:15
And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not near a woman.
- Zechariah 7:3
and to speak unto the priests of the house of Jehovah of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?
- 1 Corinthians 7:5
Defraud ye not one the other, except it be by consent for a season, that ye may give yourselves unto prayer, and may be together again, that Satan tempt you not because of your incontinency.
- Matthew 12:3
But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was hungry, and they that were with him;
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