1 Samuel 21:1 — compare English translations
Compare translations1 Samuel 21:1 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וַיָּבֹ֤א
bôwʼ
H935
to enter
דָוִד֙
Dâvid
H1732
David
נֹ֔בֶה
Nôb
H5011
Nob
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
אֲחִימֶ֖לֶךְ
ʼĂchîymelek
H288
Ahimelech
הַכֹּהֵ֑ן
kôhên
H3548
priest
וַיֶּחֱרַ֨ד
chârad
H2729
to tremble
אֲחִימֶ֜לֶךְ
ʼĂchîymelek
H288
Ahimelech
לִקְרַ֣את
qârâʼ
H7122
to meet
דָּוִ֗ד
Dâvid
H1732
David
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
לוֹ֙
מַדּ֤וּעַ
maddûwaʻ
H4069
why
אַתָּה֙
ʼattâh
H859
you
לְבַדֶּ֔ךָ
bad
H905
apart
וְאִ֖ישׁ
ʼîysh
H376
man
אֵ֥ין
ʼayin
H369
nothing
אִתָּֽךְ
ʼêth
H854
with
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech came to meet David trembling, and said to him, Why are you alone, and no man with you?
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King James Version Public Domain
Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of David, and said unto him, Why art thou alone, and no man with thee?
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And David came Nob, to Ahimelech the priest. And Ahimelech trembled to meet David, and he said to him, “Why you by yourself and no man with you?”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).