KJV King James Version
And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren an ephah of this parched [corn], and these ten loaves, and run to the camp to thy brethren;
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1 Samuel 17:17
And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren an ephah of this parched [corn], and these ten loaves, and run to the camp to thy brethren;
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
One day Jesse said to his son David, “Take this ephah of roasted grain and these ten loaves of bread for your brothers and hurry to their camp.
WEB World English Bible
Jesse said to David his son, “Now take for your brothers an ephah of this parched grain, and these ten loaves, and carry them quickly to the camp to your brothers;
ASV American Standard Version
And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren an ephah of this parched grain, and these ten loaves, and carry them quickly to the camp to thy brethren;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Jesse saith to David his son, ‘Take, I pray thee, to thy brethren, an ephah of this roasted corn, and these ten loaves, and run to the camp to thy brethren;
Surrounding context — 1 Samuel 17
14 And David [was] the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul.
15 But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Bethlehem.
16 And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.
17 And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren an ephah of this parched [corn], and these ten loaves, and run to the camp to thy brethren;
18 And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of [their] thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.
19 Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, [were] in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.
20 And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the trench, as the host was going forth to the fight, and shouted for the battle.
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וַיֹּ֨אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayיִשַׁ֜יH3448 · yi.shayJesseלְדָוִ֣דH1732 · da.vidDavidבְּנ֗וֹH1121 · benson: childקַח־H3947 · la.qachto take: takeנָ֤אH4994 · napleaseלְאַחֶ֙יךָ֙H251 · achbrother: male-siblingאֵיפַ֤תH374 · e.phahephahהַקָּלִיא֙H7039 · qa.liroastedהַזֶּ֔הH2088 · zehthisוַעֲשָׂרָ֥הH6235 · e.sertenלֶ֖חֶםH3899 · le.chemfoodהַזֶּ֑הH2088 · zehthisוְהָרֵ֥ץH7323 · rutsto run: runהַֽמַּחֲנֶ֖הH4264 · ma.cha.nehcampלְאַחֶֽיךָ׃H251 · achbrother: male-sibling
Cross-references
1 Samuel 25:18Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched [corn], and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid [them] on asses.Ruth 2:14And Boaz said unto her, At mealtime come thou hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers: and he reached her parched [corn], and she did eat, and was sufficed, and left.Matthew 7:11If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?2 Samuel 17:28Brought beds, and basons, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched [corn], and beans, and lentiles, and parched [pulse],Luke 11:13If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall [your] heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
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