I 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.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 I Samuel 21:4 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
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.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
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.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Und der Priester antwortete David und sprach: Es ist kein gemeines Brot unter meiner Hand, sondern nur heiliges Brot ist da; wenn sich nur die Knaben der Weiber enthalten haben!
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Y el sacerdote respondió á David, y dijo: No tengo pan común á la mano; solamente tengo pan sagrado: mas lo daré si los criados se han guardado mayormente de mujeres.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
E o sacerdote respondeu a Davi, e disse: Não tenho pão comum à mão; somente tenho pão sagrado: mas o darei se os criados se abstiveram de mulheres.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
O sacerdote respondeu a Davi e disse: "Não há pão comum, porém há pão santo — se os jovens tiverem se privado de mulheres".
📖 I Samuel 21:4 in Context
2And 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.
3Now therefore what is under thine hand? give me five loaves of bread in mine hand, or what there is present.
4And 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.
5And 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.
6So 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.
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