1 Samuël 21:8

Staten Vertaling

En David zeide tot Achimelech: Is hier onder uw hand geen spies of zwaard? Want ik heb noch mijn zwaard noch ook mijn wapenen in mijn hand genomen, dewijl de zaak des konings haastig was.

Parallel Translations

Gereviseerde Lutherse Vertaling
En David sprak tot Achimlech: Is hier niet onder uwe hand ene spies of een zwaard? Ik heb mijn zwaard en mijne wapenen niet met mij genomen, want de zaak des konings vereiste haast.

Gereviseerde Leidse Vertaling
Voorts zeide David tot Ahimelech: Zie eens, of gij hier niet een speer of een zwaard bij de hand hebt. Want ik heb noch mijn zwaard noch mijn wapens medegenomen, daar het bevel des konings zo plotseling kwam.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Esther 8:14 - being hastened Luke 10:4 - and

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And David said unto Ahimelech,.... After he had given him some of the loaves of the shewbread:

and is there not here under thine hand spear or sword? any weapon, meaning in the tabernacle, and in his keeping, and at his disposal; he knew the sword of Goliath was there, and perhaps had a principal view to it, and put this question in order to get that in his possession:

for I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me; neither his sword, nor any part of his armour, but was come quite naked and unarmed and, as he pretended,

because the king's business required haste; still continuing his lie; whereas the true reason was, he was let down in haste by his wife through a window of his house, and could not stay to take his armour with him; and had lain hid for some time, and passed incognito from place to place, and without armour, that he might be the less known and observed, and least suspected; though it may seem strange that Jonathan had not provided him with a sword.