2 Samuel 17:29 — compare English translations
Compare translations2 Samuel 17:29 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 →
וּדְבַ֣שׁ
dᵉbash
H1706
honey
וְחֶמְאָ֗ה
chemʼâh
H2529
butter
וְצֹאן֙
tsôʼn
H6629
flock
וּשְׁפ֣וֹת
shâphâh
H8194
cheese
בָּקָ֔ר
bâqâr
H1241
cattle
הִגִּ֧ישׁוּ
nâgash
H5066
to approach
לְדָוִ֛ד
Dâvid
H1732
David
וְלָעָ֥ם
ʻam
H5971
people
אֲשֶׁר
ʼăsher
H834
which
אִתּ֖וֹ
ʼêth
H854
with
לֶאֱכ֑וֹל
ʼâkal
H398
to eat
כִּ֣י
kîy
H3588
that
אָמְר֔וּ
ʼâmar
H559
to say
הָעָ֗ם
ʻam
H5971
people
רָעֵ֛ב
râʻêb
H7457
hungry
וְעָיֵ֥ף
ʻâyêph
H5889
weary
וְצָמֵ֖א
tsâmêʼ
H6771
thirsty
בַּמִּדְבָּֽר
midbâr
H4057
wilderness
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World English Bible Public Domain
and honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of the herd, for David, and for the people who were with him, to eat: for they said, The people are hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.
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King James Version Public Domain
And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat: for they said, The people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
and honey and curds and sheep and cheese of cattle, they brought to David and to the people who with him to eat, for they said, “The people hungry and weary and thirsty in the wilderness.”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).