⁴But the priest answered David, “I don’t have any ordinary bread^e on hand; however, there is some consecrated^f bread here—provided the men have kept^g themselves from women.”

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

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.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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.”

NLTNew Living Translation

“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.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

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.”

KJV 1900King James Version

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.

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