1 Samuel 25:11 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men, whom I know not whence they be?”
1 Samuel 25:11 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
1 Samuel 25:11 in 6 Bible Translations
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1 Samuel 25:11 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Shall I then take my bread, my water, and my meat that I have killed for my shearers, and give it to men who I don’t know where they come from?””
1 Samuel 25:11 — World English Bible
1 Samuel 25:11 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men of whom I know not whence they are? ”
1 Samuel 25:11 — American Standard Version
1 Samuel 25:11 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“and I have taken my bread, and my water, and my flesh, which I slaughtered for my shearers, and have given <FI>it<Fi> to men whom I have not known whence they <FI>are<Fi> !'”
1 Samuel 25:11 — Young's Literal Translation
1 Samuel 25:11 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And shall I take my bread, and my water, and my flesh which I have killed for my shearers, and give [it] to men whom I know not whence they are? ”
1 Samuel 25:11 — Darby Translation
1 Samuel 25:11 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I haue killed for my sherers, and giue it vnto men, whom I know not whence they be?”
1 Samuel 25:11 — Geneva Bible
1 Samuel 25:11 in Context — 1 Samuel 25
9 And when David’s young men came, they spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased.
10 And Nabal answered David’s servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that break away every man from his master.
11 Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men, whom I know not whence they be?
12 So David’s young men turned their way, and went again, and came and told him all those sayings.
13 And David said unto his men, Gird ye on every man his sword. And they girded on every man his sword; and David also girded on his sword: and there went up after David about four hundred men; and two hundred abode by the stuff.
What Does 1 Samuel 25:11 Mean?
1 Samuel 25:11 is a verse from the Book of 1 Samuel, part of the Old Testament. It appears in 1 Samuel chapter 25. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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