2 Samuel 17 · Verse 29

2 Samuel 17:29

And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat: for they said, The people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.
2 Samuel 17:29, King James Version

2 Samuel 17:29 in other translations

BSBhoney, curds, sheep, and cheese from the herd for David and his people to eat. For they said, “The people have become hungry, exhausted, and thirsty in the wilderness.”
WEBhoney, butter, sheep, and cheese of the herd, for David and for the people who were with him to eat; for they said, “The people are hungry, weary, and thirsty in the wilderness.”
ASVand honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of the herd, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat: for they said, The people are hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.
YLTand honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, have brought nigh for David, and for the people who are with him to eat, for they said, ‘Thy people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.'
DARBYand honey, and cream, and sheep, and cheese of kine to David, and to the people that were with him, to eat; for they said, The people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty in the wilderness.
BBEAnd honey and butter and sheep and milk-cheeses, for David and his people: for they said, This people is in the waste land, needing food and drink and rest.
WebsterAnd honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of cows, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat: for they said, The people are hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.

What does 2 Samuel 17:29 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 17:27-29

27-29. when David was come to Mahanaim--The necessities of the king and his followers were hospitably ministered to by three chiefs, whose generous loyalty is recorded with honor in the sacred narrative. Shobi--must have been a brother of Hanun. Disapproving, probably, of that young king's outrage upon the Israelite ambassadors, he had been made governor of Ammon by David on the conquest of that country…

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Samuel 17:22-29

Ahithophel hanged himself for vexation that his counsel was not followed. That will break a proud man's heart which will not break a humble man's sleep. He thought himself in danger, concluding, that, because his counsel was not followed, Absalom's cause would fail; and to prevent a possible public execution, he does justice upon himself. Thus the breath is stopped, and the head laid low, from which nothing could be…

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2 Samuel 17:29 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וּדְבַ֣שׁu.de.Vashand honeyH1706
וְחֶמְאָ֗הve.chem.'Ahand curd<s>H2529
וְצֹאן֙ve.tzoNand sheepH6629
וּשְׁפ֣וֹתu.she.Fotand cheese ofH8194
בָּקָ֔רba.Kar[the] herdH1241
הִגִּ֧ישׁוּhi.Gi.shuthey broughtH5066
לְדָוִ֛דle.da.Vidfor DavidH1732
וְלָעָ֥םve.la.'Amand for the peopleH5971
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-whichH834
אִתּ֖וֹ'i.To[was] with himH854
לֶאֱכ֑וֹלle.'e.Kholto eatH398
כִּ֣יkiforH3588
אָמְר֔וּ'a.me.Ruthey saidH559
הָעָ֗םha.'Amthe peopleH5971
רָעֵ֛בra.'Ev[is] hungryH7457
וְעָיֵ֥ףve.'a.Yefand wearyH5889
וְצָמֵ֖אve.tza.Me'and thirstyH6771
בַּמִּדְבָּֽר\׃ba.mid.Barin the wildernessH4057

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Cross references for 2 Samuel 17:29

  • 2 Samuel 16:2

    And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And Ziba said, The asses be for the king’s household to ride on; and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that such as be faint in the wilderness may drink.

  • 2 Samuel 16:14

    And the king, and all the people that were with him, came weary, and refreshed themselves there.

  • Isaiah 21:14

    The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled.

  • Psalms 84:11

    For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

  • Luke 8:3

    And Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod’s steward, and Susanna, and many others, which ministered unto him of their substance.

  • 1 Samuel 17:18

    And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.

  • Romans 12:13

    Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.

  • Judges 8:4-6

    And Gideon came to Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing them. And he said unto the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread unto the people that follow me; for they be faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian. And the princes of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thine army?

  • 2 Samuel 17:2

    And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak handed, and will make him afraid: and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only:

  • Isaiah 58:7

    Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?

  • Psalms 34:8-10

    O taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him. O fear the Lord, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him. The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing.

  • Ecclesiastes 11:1-2

    Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days. Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
cheese of kine.
1Sa 17:18
for David.
Lu 8:3; Php 4:15-19
to eat.
2; Ps 34:8-10; 84:11
The people.
Jud 8:4-6; Ec 11:1,2; Isa 21:14; 58:7
in the wilderness.
16:2,14

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Context

  • 2 Samuel 17:28

    Brought beds, and basons, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched corn, and beans, and lentiles, and parched pulse,

  • 2 Samuel 17:29

    And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat: for they said, The people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.

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2 Samuel 17:29 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Miel, manteca, ovejas, y quesos de vacas, para que comiesen; porque dijeron: Aquel pueblo está hambriento, y cansado, y tendrá sed en el desierto.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et du miel, et du caillé, et du menu bétail, et des fromages de vache, pour David et pour le peuple qui était avec lui, pour qu’ils en mangent, car ils dirent: Le peuple a faim, et il est fatigué, et il a soif dans le désert.
German
Elberfelder 1871
und Honig und geronnene Milch, und Kleinvieh und Kuhkäse zu David und zu dem Volke, das bei ihm war, daß sie äßen; denn sie sprachen: Das Volk ist hungrig und matt und durstig in der Wüste.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
et mel, et butyrum, oves, et pingues vitulos: dederuntque David, et populo qui cum eo erat, ad vescendum: suspicati enim sunt populum fame et siti fatigari in deserto.