1 Samuel 21:3

1 Samuel 21:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Now therefore what is under thine hand? give me five loaves of bread in mine hand, or what there is present.
• New International Version (NIV)Now then, what do you have on hand? Give me five loaves of bread, or whatever you can find.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)Now then, what do you have on hand? Give me five loaves of bread, or whatever is here."
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now therefore, what have you on hand? Give me five loaves of bread in my hand, or whatever can be found.”

Context of 1 Samuel 21:3

1Then David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest; and Ahimelech came trembling to meet David and said to him, “Why are you alone, and no one with you?” 2David said to Ahimelech the priest, “The king has commissioned me with a matter and has said to me, ‘No one is to know anything about the matter on which I am sending you and with which I have commissioned you; and I have directed the young men to a certain place.’ Now then, what do you have on hand? Give me five loaves of bread, or whatever can be found.” 4The priest answered David and said, “There is no ordinary bread on hand, but there is consecrated bread, if only the young men have kept themselves from women.” 5David answered the priest and said to him, “Be assured, women have been denied to us as previously when I left and the bodies of the young men were consecrated, though it was an ordinary journey; how much more then will their bodies be consecrated today?”

1 Samuel 21:3 word by word

וְעַתָּ֗ה מַה־יֵּ֧שׁ תַּֽחַת־יָדְךָ֛ חֲמִשָּׁה־לֶ֖חֶם תְּנָ֣ה בְיָדִ֑י א֖וֹ הַנִּמְצָֽא׃Read the interlinear

• Nowעַתָּ֫ה‛attâh · nowH6258
• then, whatמָהmâh mah mâ ma meh · what?H4100
• do you haveיֵשׁyêsh · thereH3426
• on handיָדyâd · handH3027
• Giveנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• me fiveחָמֵשׁchâmêsh chămishshâh · fiveH2568
• loaves of breadלֶ֫חֶםlechem · food: breadH3899
• orאוֹ'ô 'av · orH176
• whatever can be foundמָצָאmâtsâ' · to findH4672

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 21:3

• 1 Samuel 21:4The priest answered David and said, “There is no ordinary bread on hand, but there is consecrated bread, if only the young men have kept themselves from women.”
• Judges 9:29If only this people were under my authority! Then I would do away with Abimelech.” And he said to Abimelech, “Enlarge your army and come out!”
• Isaiah 3:6When a man lays hold of his brother in his father’s house, saying, “You have a cloak, you shall be our ruler! And these ruins will be under your authority,”

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 21:3

• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-71Sa 21:1-7. David, at Nob, Obtains of Ahimelech Hallowed Bread. 1. Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech--Nob, a city of the priests (1Sa 22:19), was in the neighborhood of Jerusalem, on the Mount of Olives--a little north of the top, and on the northeast of the city. It is computed to have been about five miles distant from Gibeah. Ahimelech, the same as Ahiah, or perhaps his brother, both being sons of Ahitub (compare 1Sa 14:3, with 1Sa 22:4-11, 20). His…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Samuel 21:3

• Betrayal
• Confidence
• David
• Tabernacle

In the dictionaries

• Ahimelech
• Bread
• David
• Judges, Book of
• Manner
• Quotations
• Require
• Shewbread
• Abiathar
• Ezekiel

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary