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1 Samuel 21:4

4 The priest answered David and said, “There is no ordinary bread 1on hand, but there is aconsecrated bread; if only the young men have bkept themselves from women.”

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1 Samuel 21:4 — The New International Version (NIV)

But the priest answered David, “I don’t have any ordinary bread on hand; however, there is some consecrated bread here—provided the men have kept themselves from women.”

1 Samuel 21:4 — English Standard Version (ESV)

And the priest answered David, “I have no common bread on hand, but there is holy bread—if the young men have kept themselves from women.”

1 Samuel 21:4 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

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 — New Living Translation (NLT)

“We don’t have any regular bread,” the priest replied. “But there is the holy bread, which you can have if your young men have not slept with any women recently.”

1 Samuel 21:4 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

And the priest answered David and said, “There is no common bread on hand; but there is holy bread, if the young men have at least kept themselves from women.”

1 Samuel 21:4 — New Century Version (NCV)

The priest said to David, “I don’t have any plain bread here, but I do have some holy bread. You may eat it if your men have kept themselves from women.”

1 Samuel 21:4 — American Standard Version (ASV)

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 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

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 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

“I don’t have any ordinary bread,” the chief priest answered David. “But there is holy bread for the young men if they haven’t had sexual intercourse ⸤today⸥.” 

1 Samuel 21:4 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

The priest told him, “There is no ordinary bread on hand. However, there is consecrated bread, but the young men may eat it only if they have kept themselves from women.”

1 Samuel 21:4 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

The priest answered David, “I have no ordinary bread at hand, only holy bread—provided that the young men have kept themselves from women.”

1 Samuel 21:4 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

The priest answered David and said, “There is no ordinary bread here at hand; there is only holy bread, but only if the young men have kept themselves from women.”

1 Samuel 21:4 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

But the priest answered David, “I don’t have any bread that isn’t holy. I only have some holy bread here. But it’s for men who haven’t made love to women recently.”


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