KJV King James Version
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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
2 Samuel 17:29
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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BSB Berean Standard Bible
honey, curds, sheep, and cheese from the herd for David and his people to eat. For they said, “The people have become hungry, exhausted, and thirsty in the wilderness.”
WEB World English Bible
honey, butter, 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.”
ASV American Standard Version
and honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of the herd, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat: for they said, The people are hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, have brought nigh for David, and for the people who are with him to eat, for they said, ‘Thy people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.’
Surrounding context — 2 Samuel 17
26 So Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of Gilead.
27 And it came to pass, when David was come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lodebar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,
28 Brought beds, and basons, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched [corn], and beans, and lentiles, and parched [pulse],
29 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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וּדְבַ֣שׁH1706 · de.vashhoneyוְחֶמְאָ֗הH2529 · chem.ahcurdוְצֹאן֙H6629 · tsonflockוּשְׁפ֣וֹתH8194 · sha.phahcheeseבָּקָ֔רH1241 · ba.qarcattleהִגִּ֧ישׁוּH5066 · na.gashto approach: approachלְדָוִ֛דH1732 · da.vidDavidוְלָעָ֥םH5971 · ampeopleאֲשֶׁר־H834 · a.sherwhichאִתּ֖וֹH854 · etwithלֶאֱכ֑וֹלH398 · a.khalto eatכִּ֣יH3588 · kiforאָמְר֔וּH559 · a.marto sayהָעָ֗םH5971 · ampeopleרָעֵ֛בH7457 · ra.evhungryוְעָיֵ֥ףH5889 · a.yephfaintוְצָמֵ֖אH6771 · tsa.methirstyבַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃H4057 · mid.barmouth
Cross-references
2 Samuel 16:2And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And Ziba said, The asses [be] for the king’s household to ride on; and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that such as be faint in the wilderness may drink.2 Samuel 16:14And the king, and all the people that [were] with him, came weary, and refreshed themselves there.Isaiah 21:14The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled.Judges 8:4-6And Gideon came to Jordan, [and] passed over, he, and the three hundred men that [were] with him, faint, yet pursuing [them].Psalm 34:8-10O taste and see that the LORD [is] good: blessed [is] the man [that] trusteth in him.Romans 12:13Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.Psalm 84:11For the LORD God [is] a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good [thing] will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.Isaiah 58:7[Is it] not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?Philippians 4:15-19Now ye Philippians know also, that in the beginning of the gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church communicated with me as concerning giving and receiving, but ye only.1 Samuel 17:18And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of [their] thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.Luke 8:3And Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod’s steward, and Susanna, and many others, which ministered unto him of their substance.2 Samuel 17:2And I will come upon him while he [is] weary and weak handed, and will make him afraid: and all the people that [are] with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only:Ecclesiastes 11:1-2Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.
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