1 Samuel 21:3
Now therefore what is under thine hand? give me five loaves of bread in mine hand, or what there is present.
1 Samuel 21:3 in other translations
| BSB | Now then, what do you have on hand? Give me five loaves of bread, or whatever can be found.” |
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| WEB | Now therefore what is under your hand? Please give me five loaves of bread in my hand, or whatever is available.” |
| ASV | Now therefore what is under thy hand? give me five loaves of bread in my hand, or whatsoever there is present. |
| YLT | and now, what is there under thy hand? five loaves give into my hand, or that which is found.' |
| DARBY | And now what is under thy hand? give me five loaves in my hand, or what may be found. |
| BBE | So now, if you have here five cakes of bread, give them into my hand, or whatever you have. |
| Webster | Now therefore what is under thy hand? give me five loaves of bread in my hand, or what there is present. |
What does 1 Samuel 21:3 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Samuel 21:1-9
David, in distress, fled to the tabernacle of God. It is great comfort in a day of trouble, that we have a God to go to, to whom we may open our cases, and from whom we may ask and expect direction. David told Ahimelech a gross untruth. What shall we say to this? The Scripture does not conceal it, and we dare not justify it; it was ill done, and proved of bad consequence; for it occasioned the death of the priests…
1 Samuel 21:3 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 1 Samuel 21:3
- 1 Samuel 21:4
And 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.
- Isaiah 3:6
When a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his father, saying, Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and let this ruin be under thy hand:
- Judges 9:29
And would to God this people were under my hand! then would I remove Abimelech. And he said to Abimelech, Increase thine army, and come out.
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Context
- 1 Samuel 21:2
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 I have appointed my servants to such and such a place.
- 1 Samuel 21:3
Now therefore what is under thine hand? give me five loaves of bread in mine hand, or what there is present.
- 1 Samuel 21:4
And 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.
1 Samuel 21:3 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Ahora pues, ¿qué tienes á mano? dame cinco panes, ó lo que se hallare. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et David dit à Akhimélec, le sacrificateur: Le roi m’a commandé quelque chose, et m’a dit: Que personne ne sache rien de l’affaire pour laquelle je t’envoie, ni de ce que je t’ai commandé. Et j’ai indiqué à mes jeunes hommes un certain lieu. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und nun, was ist unter deiner Hand? Gib fünf Brote in meine Hand, oder was sich vorfindet. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Nunc ergo si quid habes ad manum, vel quinque panes, da mihi, aut quidquid inveneris. |