1 Samuel 30:11
What does 1 Samuel 30:11 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Samuel 30:11 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they gave him water to drink;
KJV
King James Version · 1611And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they made him drink water;
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they gave him water to drink;
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And in the fields they saw an Egyptian whom they took to David, and they gave him bread, and he had a meal, and they gave him water for drink;
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and they find a man, an Egyptian, in the field, and take him unto David, and give to him bread, and he eateth, and they cause him to drink water,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David: and they gave him bread to eat, and water to drink,
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he ate; and they gave him water to drink,
Context
v.10But David pursued, he and four hundred men; for two hundred stayed behind, who were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor.
v.11This passage
v.12and they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him; for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Matthew 25:35
for I was hungry, and ye gave me to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me in;
- Deuteronomy 15:7
If there be with thee a poor man, one of thy brethren, within any of thy gates in thy land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thy heart, nor shut thy hand from thy poor brother;
- Romans 12:20
But if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him to drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head.
- Deuteronomy 23:7
Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is thy brother: thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian; because thou wast a sojourner in his land.
- Luke 10:36
Which of these three, thinkest thou, proved neighbor unto him that fell among the robbers?
- Proverbs 25:21
If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; And if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:
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