1 Samuel 21:6 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
1 Samuel 21:6 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
1 Samuel 21:6 in 6 Bible Translations
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1 Samuel 21:6 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“So the priest gave him holy bread; for there was no bread there but the show bread that was taken from before Yahweh, to be replaced with hot bread in the day when it was taken away.”
1 Samuel 21:6 — World English Bible
1 Samuel 21:6 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“So the priest gave him holy bread; for there was no bread there but the showbread, that was taken from before Jehovah, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away. ”
1 Samuel 21:6 — American Standard Version
1 Samuel 21:6 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And the priest giveth to him the holy thing, for there was no bread there except the bread of the Presence which is turned aside from the presence of Jehovah to put hot bread in the day of its being taken away.”
1 Samuel 21:6 — Young's Literal Translation
1 Samuel 21:6 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And the priest gave him holy [bread]; for there was no bread there but the shew-loaves that were taken from before Jehovah, to put on hot bread in the day when they were taken away. ”
1 Samuel 21:6 — Darby Translation
1 Samuel 21:6 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“So the Priest gaue him halowed bread: for there was no bread there, saue the shewe bread that was taken from before the Lord, to put hote bread there, the day that it was taken away.”
1 Samuel 21:6 — Geneva Bible
1 Samuel 21:6 in Context — 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.
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.
7 Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the Lord; and his name was Doeg, an Edomite, the chiefest of the herdmen that belonged to Saul.
8 And David said unto Ahimelech, And is there not here under thine hand spear or sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king’s business required haste.
What Does 1 Samuel 21:6 Mean?
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