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1 Samuel 25:11

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?

KJV

Tollam ergo panes meos, et aquas meas, et carnes pecorum quæ occidi tonsoribus meis, et dabo viris quos nescio unde sint ?

Vulgate

καὶ λήμψομαι τοὺς ἄρτους μου καὶ τὸν οἶνόν μου καὶ τὰ θύματά μου ἃ τέθυκα τοῖς κείρουσίν μου τὰ πρόβατα, καὶ δώσω αὐτὰ ἀνδράσιν οἷς οὐκ οἶδα πόθεν εἰσίν;

LXX

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?

ASV

וְ/לָקַחְתִּ֤י אֶת לַחְמִ/י֙ וְ/אֶת מֵימַ֔/י וְ/אֵת֙ טִבְחָתִ֔/י אֲשֶׁ֥ר טָבַ֖חְתִּי לְ/גֹֽזְזָ֑/י וְ/נָֽתַתִּי֙ לַֽ/אֲנָשִׁ֔ים אֲשֶׁר֙ לֹ֣א יָדַ֔עְתִּי אֵ֥י מִ/זֶּ֖ה הֵֽמָּה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אֵי
'y
pronoun · 38×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
גֹזְזִ֖ים
gzzym
verb · 15×
הֵ֖מָּה
hmh
pronoun · 560×
זֶּֽה
zh
pronoun · 1173×
טְב֑וֹחַ
tbvch
verb · 10×
י
y
noun · 3×
יָדְע֖וּ
yd'v
verb · 944×
יִּקַּ֣ח
yqch
verb · 963×
לֶ֣חֶם
lchm
noun · 297×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
ם
m
verb · 1995×
מַ֖יִם
mym
noun · 580×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Deut 23:4 — Because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.
  • Gal 6:10 — As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
  • Judg 8:6 — And the princes of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thine army?