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1 Samuel 21:3

Now therefore what is under thine hand? give me five loaves of bread in mine hand, or what there is present.

KJV

Nunc ergo si quid habes ad manum, vel quinque panes, da mihi, aut quidquid inveneris.

Vulgate

καὶ νῦν εἰσὶν ὑπὸ τὴν χεῖρά σου πέντε ἄρτοι; δὸς εἰς χεῖρά μου τὸ εὑρεθέν.

LXX

Now therefore what is under thy hand? give me five loaves of bread in my hand, or whatsoever there is present.

ASV

וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר דָּוִ֜ד לַ/אֲחִימֶ֣לֶךְ הַ/כֹּהֵ֗ן הַ/מֶּלֶךְ֮ צִוַּ֣/נִי דָבָר֒ וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלַ֗/י אִ֣ישׁ אַל יֵ֧דַע מְא֛וּמָה אֶת הַ/דָּבָ֛ר אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִ֥י שֹׁלֵֽחֲ/ךָ֖ וַ/אֲשֶׁ֣ר צִוִּיתִ֑/ךָ וְ/אֶת הַ/נְּעָרִ֣ים יוֹדַ֔עְתִּי אֶל מְק֥וֹם פְּלֹנִ֖י אַלְמוֹנִֽי

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

20 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲחִימֶ֖לֶךְ
'chymlk
proper_noun · 17×
אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אַל
'l
preposition · 720×
אַלְמוֹנִֽי
'lmvny
adjective · 3×
אָנֹכִ֖י
'nky
pronoun · 356×
דְבַר
dbr
noun · 1449×
דָּוִ֔ד
dvd
proper_noun · 1067×
וֹ
v
noun · 398×
יָדְע֖וּ
yd'v
verb · 944×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
כֹּהֵ֔ן
khn
noun · 747×
מְא֔וּמָה
m'vmh
noun · 32×
מֶֽלֶךְ
mlk
noun · 2518×
נִי
ny
verb · 838×
נַּ֖עַר
n'r
noun · 239×
פְּלֹנִ֖י
plny
pronoun · 3×
צִוָּ֥ה
tsvh
verb · 489×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Luke 6:3 — And Jesus answering them said, Have ye not read so much as this, what David did, when himself was an hungred, and they which were with him;
  • Mark 2:25 — And he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was an hungred, he, and they that were with him?
  • Matt 12:3 — But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him;