1 Samuel 21:4 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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 21:4 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
1 Samuel 21:4 in 6 Bible Translations
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1 Samuel 21:4 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“The priest answered David, and said, “I have no common bread, but there is holy bread; if only the young men have kept themselves from women.””
1 Samuel 21:4 — World English Bible
1 Samuel 21:4 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under my hand, but there is holy bread; if only the young men have kept themselves from women. ”
1 Samuel 21:4 — American Standard Version
1 Samuel 21:4 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And the priest answereth David, and saith, `There is no common bread under my hand, but there is holy bread; if the youths have been kept only from women.'”
1 Samuel 21:4 — Young's Literal Translation
1 Samuel 21:4 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And the priest answered David and said, There is no common bread under my hand, but there is holy bread; if the young men have kept themselves at least from women. ”
1 Samuel 21:4 — Darby Translation
1 Samuel 21:4 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And the Priest answered Dauid, and saide, There is no common bread vnder mine hande, but here is halowed bread, if the yong men haue kept themselues, at least from women.”
1 Samuel 21:4 — Geneva Bible
1 Samuel 21:4 in 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.
3 Now therefore what is under thine hand? give me five loaves of bread in mine hand, or what there is present.
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.
5 And David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days, since I came out, and the vessels of the young men are holy, and the bread is in a manner common, yea, though it were sanctified this day in the vessel.
6 So the priest gave him hallowed bread: for there was no bread there but the shewbread, that was taken from before the Lord, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.
What Does 1 Samuel 21:4 Mean?
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