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Brenton's Septuagint

1 Samuel 21:3

And now if there are under thy hand five loaves, give into my hand what is ready.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Betrayal;   Confidence;   David;   Tabernacle;   Thompson Chain Reference - Temptation;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Tabernacle;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Abiathar;   Bread;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - David;   Shiloh;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Persecution;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Prayer;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Ahimelech;   Bread;   Quotations;   Shewbread;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Matthew, the Gospel According to;   Nob;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Abiathar;   Ahimelech;   Nob;   Samuel, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Nob;   Priests and Levites;   Shewbread;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - David;   Shewbread (2);   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Ahimelech ;   Nob;   Quotations;   Tabernacle, the;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - David;   Shewbread;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Abiathar;   Elhanan;   Ezekiel;   Samuel, Books of;   Tabernacle;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Ahimelech;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Doeg;   Nob;   Sacrifice;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Now what do you have on hand? Give me five loaves of bread or whatever can be found.”
Hebrew Names Version
Now therefore what is under your hand? give me five loaves of bread in my hand, or whatever there is present.
King James Version
Now therefore what is under thine hand? give me five loaves of bread in mine hand, or what there is present.
Lexham English Bible
Now then, what do you have at hand? Give me five loaves of bread or whatever is here."
English Standard Version
Now then, what do you have on hand? Give me five loaves of bread, or whatever is here."
New Century Version
Now, what food do you have with you? Give me five loaves of bread or anything you find."
New English Translation
Now what do you have at your disposal? Give me five loaves of bread, or whatever can be found."
Amplified Bible
"Now what [food] do you have on hand? Give me five loaves of bread, or whatever can be found."
New American Standard Bible
"Now then, what do you have on hand? Give me five loaves of bread, or whatever can be found."
Geneva Bible (1587)
Nowe therefore if thou hast ought vnder thine hande, giue me fiue cakes of bread, or what commeth to hand.
Legacy Standard Bible
So now, what do you have on hand? Give five loaves of bread into my hand, or whatever can be found."
Contemporary English Version
Do you have any food you can give me? Could you spare five loaves of bread?"
Complete Jewish Bible
David said to Achimelekh the cohen, "The king has sent me on a mission and told me not to let anyone know its purpose or what I've been ordered to do. I've arranged a place where the guards are to meet me.
Darby Translation
And now what is under thy hand? give me five loaves in my hand, or what may be found.
Easy-to-Read Version
Now, what food do you have with you? Give me five loaves of bread or whatever you have to eat."
George Lamsa Translation
Now therefore what provisions have you in your possession? Give me five loaves of bread in my hand, or whatever can be found.
Good News Translation
Now, then, what supplies do you have? Give me five loaves of bread or anything else you have."
Literal Translation
And now, what is there under your hand? Give five loaves into my hand, or whatever is found.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Yf thou haue now ought vnder thy hande, a loafe of bred or fyue, geue me the same in my hande, or what so euer thou findest.
American Standard Version
Now therefore what is under thy hand? give me five loaves of bread in my hand, or whatsoever there is present.
Bible in Basic English
So now, if you have here five cakes of bread, give them into my hand, or whatever you have.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Nowe therfore if thou hast ought vnder thyne hand, geue me fyue loaues of bread, or what commeth to hande.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And David said unto Ahimelech the priest: 'The king hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto me: Let no man know any thing of the business whereabout I send thee, and what I have commanded thee; and the young men have I appointed to such and such a place.
King James Version (1611)
Now therefore what is vnder thine hand? giue me fiue loaues of bread in mine hand, or what there is present.
English Revised Version
Now therefore what is under thine hand? give me five loaves of bread in mine hand, or whatsoever there is present.
Berean Standard Bible
Now then, what do you have on hand? Give me five loaves of bread, or whatever can be found."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
now therfor if thou hast ony thing at hond, ether fyue looues, yyue thou to me, ether what euer thing thou fyndist.
Young's Literal Translation
and now, what is there under thy hand? five loaves give into my hand, or that which is found.'
Update Bible Version
Now therefore what is under your hand? give me five loaves of bread in my hand, or whatever there is present.
Webster's Bible Translation
Now therefore what is under thy hand? give [me] five [loaves of] bread in my hand, or what there is present.
World English Bible
Now therefore what is under your hand? give me five loaves of bread in my hand, or whatever there is present.
New King James Version
Now therefore, what have you on hand? Give me five loaves of bread in my hand, or whatever can be found."
New Living Translation
Now, what is there to eat? Give me five loaves of bread or anything else you have."
New Life Bible
Now, what do you have ready? Give me five loaves of bread, or whatever you may have."
New Revised Standard
Now then, what have you at hand? Give me five loaves of bread, or whatever is here."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Now, therefore, what is there under thy hand? Five loaves, give thou into my hand, - or, whatever can be found.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Now therefore if thou have any thing at hand, though it were but five loaves, give me, or whatsoever thou canst find.
Revised Standard Version
Now then, what have you at hand? Give me five loaves of bread, or whatever is here."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Now therefore, what do you have on hand? Give me five loaves of bread, or whatever can be found."

Contextual Overview

1 And David comes to Nomba to Abimelech the priest: and Abimelech was amazed at meeting him, and said to him, Why art thou alone, and nobody with thee? 2 And David said to the priest, The king gave me a command to-day, and said to me, Let no one know the matter on which I send thee, an concerning which I have charged thee: and I have charged my servants to be in the place that is called, The faithfulness of God, phellani maemoni. 3 And now if there are under thy hand five loaves, give into my hand what is ready. 4 And the priest answered David, and said, There are no common loaves under my hand, for I have none but holy loaves: if the young men have been kept at least from women, then they shall eat them. 5 And David answered the priest, and said to him, Yea, we have been kept from women for three days: when I came forth for the journey all the young men were purified; but this expedition is unclean, wherefore it shall be sanctified this day because of my weapons. 6 So Abimelech the priest gave him the shewbread; for there were no loaves there, but only the presence loaves which had been removed from the presence of the Lord, in order that hot bread should be set on, on the day on which he took them. 7 And there was there on that day one of Saul’s servants detained before the Lord, and his name was Doec the Syrian, tending the mules of Saul. 8 And David said to Abimelech, See if there is here under thy hand spear or sword, for I have not brought in my hand my sword or my weapons, for the word of the king was urgent. 9 And the priest said, Behold the sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou smotest in the valley of Ela; and it is wrapt in a cloth: if thou wilt take it, take it for thyself, for there is no other except it here. And David said, Behold, there is none like it; give it me.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

under thine: 1 Samuel 21:4, Judges 9:29, Isaiah 3:6

present: Heb. found

Reciprocal: Genesis 47:15 - Give us bread Judges 16:7 - If they bind Matthew 12:3 - what Mark 2:25 - what Luke 6:3 - what

Cross-References

Genesis 17:19
And God said to Abraam, Yea, behold, Sarrha thy wife shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name Isaac; and I will establish my covenant with him, for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to him and to his seed after him.
Genesis 21:6
And Sarrha said, The Lord has made laughter for me, for whoever shall hear shall rejoice with me.
Genesis 21:12
But God said to Abraam, Let it not be hard before thee concerning the child, and concerning the bondwoman; in all things whatsoever Sarrha shall say to thee, hear her voice, for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.
Genesis 22:2
And he said, Take thy son, the beloved one, whom thou hast loved—Isaac, and go into the high land, and offer him there for a whole-burnt-offering on one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
Joshua 24:3
And I took your father Abraam from the other side of the river, and I guided him through all the land, and I multiplied his seed;

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Now therefore what is under thine hand?.... Meaning, what food had he in his house?

give [me] five [loaves of] bread in mine hand; to take with him, for him and his servants in such a place:

or what there is present; or to be found g in the tabernacle; if not five loaves, two, or three, or four, or what food soever he had by him.

g הנמצא "quicquid inveneris", V. L, "inventum", Montanus; "quicquid inventum fuerit", Tigurine version.


 
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