1 Samuel 21:4 — compare English translations
Compare translations1 Samuel 21:4 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 →
וַיַּ֨עַן
ʻânâh
H6030
to answer
הַכֹּהֵ֤ן
kôhên
H3548
priest
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
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דָּוִד֙
Dâvid
H1732
David
וַיֹּ֔אמֶר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
אֵֽין
ʼayin
H369
nothing
לֶ֥חֶם
lechem
H3899
bread
חֹ֖ל
chôl
H2455
profane
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
תַּ֣חַת
tachath
H8478
under
יָדִ֑י
yâd
H3027
hand
כִּֽי
kîy
H3588
that
אִם
ʼim
H518
if
לֶ֤חֶם
lechem
H3899
bread
קֹ֨דֶשׁ֙
qôdesh
H6944
holiness
יֵ֔שׁ
yêsh
H3426
there is
אִם
ʼim
H518
if
נִשְׁמְר֥וּ
shâmar
H8104
to keep
הַנְּעָרִ֖ים
naʻar
H5288
boy
אַ֥ךְ
ʼak
H389
surely
מֵאִשָּֽׁה
ʼishshâh
H802
woman
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World English Bible Public Domain
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.
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King James Version Public Domain
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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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And the priest answered David and said, “ no common bread toward under my hand, but there is holy bread. If the young men have only kept themselves from women.”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).