Parallel Verses
NET Bible
Then they found an Egyptian in the field and brought him to David. They gave him bread to eat and water to drink.
New American Standard Bible
Now they found an Egyptian in the field and brought him to David, and gave him bread and he ate, and they provided him water to drink.
King James Version
And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they made him drink water;
Holman Bible
They found an Egyptian in the open country and brought him to David. They gave him some bread to eat and water to drink.
International Standard Version
They found an Egyptian man in the field, and they took him to David. They gave him food to eat and provided water for him.
A Conservative Version
And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread. And he ate, and they gave him water to drink.
American Standard Version
And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they gave him water to drink.
Amplified
They found an Egyptian [who had collapsed] in the field and brought him to David, and gave him bread and he ate, and they gave him water to drink,
Bible in Basic English
And in the fields they saw an Egyptian whom they took to David, and they gave him bread, and he had a meal, and they gave him water for drink;
Darby Translation
And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he ate; and they gave him water to drink,
Julia Smith Translation
And they will find a man, an Egyptian, in the field, and they will take him to David, and they will give to him bread, and he will eat; and they will give him water to drink;
King James 2000
And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they made him drink water;
Lexham Expanded Bible
Then they found an Egyptian man in the open country and brought him to David, and they gave him food and he ate; they also gave him water.
Modern King James verseion
And they found an Egyptian in the field and brought him to David and gave him bread, and he ate. And they made him drink water.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Then they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David and gave him bread to eat and water to drink,
New Heart English Bible
They found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he ate; and they gave him water to drink.
The Emphasized Bible
And they found an Egyptian in the field, and took him unto David, - and gave him food, and he did eat, and they gave him water to drink;
Webster
And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he ate; and they made him drink water;
World English Bible
They found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he ate; and they gave him water to drink.
Youngs Literal Translation
and they find a man, an Egyptian, in the field, and take him unto David, and give to him bread, and he eateth, and they cause him to drink water,
Themes
Abiathar » High priest. Called ahimelech in » Consults the ephod for david
Abigail » Nabal's wife » Taken captive and rescued by david
Amalekites » Defeated by david
Interlinear
Matsa'
Nathan
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Samuel 30:11
Verse Info
Context Readings
David Recovers His Loved Ones
10 David and four hundred men continued the pursuit, but two hundred men who were too exhausted to cross the Wadi Besor stayed there. 11 Then they found an Egyptian in the field and brought him to David. They gave him bread to eat and water to drink. 12 They gave him a slice of pressed figs and two bunches of raisins to eat. This greatly refreshed him, for he had not eaten food or drunk water for three days and three nights.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Deuteronomy 15:7-11
If a fellow Israelite from one of your villages in the land that the Lord your God is giving you should be poor, you must not harden your heart or be insensitive to his impoverished condition.
Deuteronomy 23:7
You must not hate an Edomite, for he is your relative; you must not hate an Egyptian, for you lived as a foreigner in his land.
Proverbs 25:21
If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink,
Matthew 25:35
For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in,
Luke 10:36-37
Which of these three do you think became a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?"
Romans 12:20-21
Rather, if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink; for in doing this you will be heaping burning coals on his head.