1 Samuel 21:6 — Compare Translations

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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

And the priest giveth to him the holy thing, for there was no bread there except the bread of the Presence which is turned aside from the presence of Jehovah to put hot bread in the day of its being taken away.

English ASV

So the priest gave him holy bread; for there was no bread there but the showbread, that was taken from before Jehovah, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.

English Amplified

So the priest gave him holy bread, for there was no bread there but the showbread which was taken from before the Lord to put hot bread in its place the day when it was taken away.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

So the priest gave him holy bread, for there was no bread there but the showbread which was taken from before the Lord to put hot bread in its place the day when it was taken away.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

So the priest gave him the consecrated bread, since there was no bread there but the Bread of the Presence, which had been removed from before the Lord and replaced with hot bread on the day it was taken away.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

So the priest gave him the consecrated bread, for there was no bread there except the Bread of the Presence that had been removed from the presence of the LORD. When the bread was removed, it had been replaced with warm bread.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

And the priest gave him holy [bread]; for there was no bread there but the shew-loaves that were taken from before Jehovah, to put on hot bread in the day when they were taken away.

English EASY 2024

So the priest gave the holy bread to David because he did not have any other bread. This was the bread which had been on the table in the Lord 's tent. The priest would take it from there each day and he would put hot, fresh bread in its place.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

There was no bread except the Holy Bread, so the priest gave David that bread. This was the bread that the priests put on the holy table before the Lord. Each day they took this bread away and put fresh bread in its place.

So the priest gave him the holy bread, for there was no bread there but the bread of the Presence, which is removed from before the LORD, to be replaced by hot bread on the day it is taken away.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

So the priest gave David the sacred bread, because the only bread he had was the loaves offered to God, which had been removed from the sacred table and replaced by fresh bread. (

English God's Word - GW 1995

So the priest gave him holy {bread} because he only had the bread of the presence which had been taken from the Lord's presence and replaced with warm bread that day.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

So the priest gave him the consecrated [bread], for there was no bread there except the bread of the Presence that had been removed from before the LORD. When the bread was removed, it had been replaced with warm bread.

English KJV 1611

So the priest gave him hallowed bread: for there was no bread there but the showbread, that was taken from before the LORD, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.

English LSB

So the priest gave him consecrated bread; for there was no bread there but the bread of the Presence which was removed from before Yahweh, in order to put hot bread in its place when it was taken away.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

So the priest gave him holy bread. For there was no bread there but the showbread that was removed from before the Lord, in order to place hot bread there on the day when it was taken away.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

So the priest gave him consecrated bread; for there was no bread there but the bread of the Presence which was removed from before the LORD, in order to put hot bread in its place when it was taken away.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

David answered the priest: "We have indeed been segregated from women as on previous occasions. Whenever I go on a journey, all the young men are consecrated-- even for a secular journey. All the more so today, when they are consecrated at arms!"

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

So the priest gave him holy bread, for there was no bread there other than the bread of the Presence. It had been removed from before the LORD in order to replace it with hot bread on the day it had been taken away.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

So the priest gave him the holy bread. It was the only bread he had. It had been removed from the table that was in front of the Lord. On the same day, hot bread had been put in its place.

English NIV

So the priest gave him the consecrated bread, since there was no bread there except the bread of the Presence that had been removed from before the LORD and replaced by hot bread on the day it was taken away.

English NKJ 1982

So the priest gave him holy bread; for there was no bread there but the showbread which had been taken from before the Lord, in order to put hot bread in its place on the day when it was taken away.

English NLT

So, since there was no other food available, the priest gave him the holy bread--the Bread of the Presence that was placed before the LORD in the Tabernacle. It had just been replaced that day with fresh bread.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

So the priest gave him the holy bread; for there was no bread there except the bread of the Presence, which is removed from before the LORD, to be replaced by hot bread on the day it is taken away.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

So the priest gave him the holy bread; for there was no bread there but the bread of the Presence, which is removed from before the Lord, to be replaced by hot bread on the day it is taken away.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

So, since there was no other food available, the priest gave him the holy bread—the Bread of the Presence that was placed before the Lord in the Tabernacle. It had just been replaced that day with fresh bread.

English Tyndale 1537

And so the priest gave him hallowed bread, for there was none other bread there save shewbreads that were taken from before the LORD, to put fresh bread there, the day that it was taken away.