1 Samuel 21 Parallel Bible

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	SLT Smith's Literal Translation	ESV English Standard Version	NIV New International Version
1	The original Julia E. Smith Bible records the following as a verse reference for 1 Sam 21:2 And David will come to Nob to Abimelech the priest: and Abimelech will tremble to meet David, and he will say to him, Wherefore thou thyself alone and no man with thee?	Then David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest. And Ahimelech came to meet David, trembling, and said to him, “Why are you alone, and no one with you?”	David went to Nob, to Ahimelek the priest. Ahimelek trembled when he met him, and asked, “Why are you alone? Why is no one with you?”
2	The original Julia E. Smith Bible records the following as a verse reference for 1 Sam 21:3 And David will say to Abimelech the priest, The king commanded me a word, and he will say to me, A man shall not know any thing of the word for which I sent thee, and what I commanded thee: and the boys I showed to such a place a certain one.	And David said to Ahimelech the priest, “The king has charged me with a matter and said to me, ‘Let no one know anything of the matter about which I send you, and with which I have charged you.’ I have made an appointment with the young men for such and such a place.	David answered Ahimelek the priest, “The king sent me on a mission and said to me, ‘No one is to know anything about the mission I am sending you on.’ As for my men, I have told them to meet me at a certain place.
3	The original Julia E. Smith Bible records the following as a verse reference for 1 Sam 21:4 And now what is under thy hand? five of bread thou shalt give into my hand, or that being found.	Now then, what do you have on hand? Give me five loaves of bread, or whatever is here.”	Now then, what do you have on hand? Give me five loaves of bread, or whatever you can find.”
4	The original Julia E. Smith Bible records the following as a verse reference for 1 Sam 21:5 And the priest will answer David and say, No common bread under my hand, but there is consecrated bread; if the boys watched themselves only from women.	And the priest answered David, “I have no common bread on hand, but there is holy bread—if the young men have kept themselves from women.”	But the priest answered David, “I don’t have any ordinary bread on hand; however, there is some consecrated bread here—provided the men have kept themselves from women.”
5	The original Julia E. Smith Bible records the following as a verse reference for 1 Sam 21:6 And David will answer the priest and say to him, That truly woman was withheld to us for yesterday the third day, in my coming forth, and the vessels of the boys holy, and this way common, and truly if this day it shall be consecrated in the vessel.	And David answered the priest, “Truly women have been kept from us as always when I go on an expedition. The vessels of the young men are holy even when it is an ordinary journey. How much more today will their vessels be holy?”	David replied, “Indeed women have been kept from us, as usual whenever I set out. The men’s bodies are holy even on missions that are not holy. How much more so today!”
6	The original Julia E. Smith Bible records the following as a verse reference for 1 Sam 21:7 And the priest will give to him the holy, for there was not there bread except the bread of the face, being taken away from before Jehovah to put hot bread in the day of taking it.	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.	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.
7	The original Julia E. Smith Bible records the following as a verse reference for 1 Sam 21:8 And a man there from the servants of Saul in that day, withheld before Jehovah; and his name Doeg, the Edomite, a powerful one of the shepherds which were to Saul.	Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the LORD. His name was Doeg the Edomite, the chief of Saul’s herdsmen.	Now one of Saul’s servants was there that day, detained before the LORD; he was Doeg the Edomite, Saul’s chief shepherd.
8	The original Julia E. Smith Bible records the following as a verse reference for 1 Sam 21:9 And David will say to Ahimelech, And is there not here under thy hand, spear or sword? for also sword and also utensil I took not into my hand, for the king's word was pressing.	Then David said to Ahimelech, “Then have you not here a spear or a sword at hand? For I have brought neither my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king’s business required haste.”	David asked Ahimelek, “Don’t you have a spear or a sword here? I haven’t brought my sword or any other weapon, because the king’s mission was urgent.”
9	The original Julia E. Smith Bible records the following as a verse reference for 1 Sam 21:10 And the priest will say, The sword of Goliah the rover, whom thou didst strike in the valley of the oak, behold, it wrapped up in a garment behind the ephod: if thou wilt take it to thee, take, for no other beside it here. And David will say, None like it; thou shalt give it to me.	And the priest said, “The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you struck down in the Valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod. If you will take that, take it, for there is none but that here.” And David said, “There is none like that; give it to me.”	The priest replied, “The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the Valley of Elah, is here; it is wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod. If you want it, take it; there is no sword here but that one.” David said, “There is none like it; give it to me.”
10	The original Julia E. Smith Bible records the following as a verse reference for 1 Sam 21:11 And David will rise and flee in that day from the face of Saul, and he will come to Achish, king of Gath.	And David rose and fled that day from Saul and went to Achish the king of Gath.	That day David fled from Saul and went to Achish king of Gath.
11	The original Julia E. Smith Bible records the following as a verse reference for 1 Sam 21:12 And the servants of Achish will say to him, Is not this David king of the land? will they not answer to this in dances, saying, Saul struck against his thousands and David against his ten thousands?	And the servants of Achish said to him, “Is not this David the king of the land? Did they not sing to one another of him in dances, ‘Saul has struck down his thousands, and David his ten thousands’?”	But the servants of Achish said to him, “Isn’t this David, the king of the land? Isn’t he the one they sing about in their dances: “’Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands’?”
12	The original Julia E. Smith Bible records the following as a verse reference for 1 Sam 21:13 And David will set these words in his heart, and he will be afraid greatly of the face of Achish, king of Gath.	And David took these words to heart and was much afraid of Achish the king of Gath.	David took these words to heart and was very much afraid of Achish king of Gath.
13	The original Julia E. Smith Bible records the following as a verse reference for 1 Sam 21:14 And he will change his understanding in their eyes, and he will be foolish in their hand, and he will mark upon the doors of the gate, and his spittle will come down upon his beard.	So he changed his behavior before them and pretended to be insane in their hands and made marks on the doors of the gate and let his spittle run down his beard.	So he pretended to be insane in their presence; and while he was in their hands he acted like a madman, making marks on the doors of the gate and letting saliva run down his beard.
14	The original Julia E. Smith Bible records the following as a verse reference for 1 Sam 21:15 And Achish will say to his servants, Behold, ye will see the man raving: wherefore will ye bring him to me?	Then Achish said to his servants, “Behold, you see the man is mad. Why then have you brought him to me?	Achish said to his servants, “Look at the man! He is insane! Why bring him to me?
15	The original Julia E. Smith Bible records the following as a verse reference for 1 Sam 21:16 Do I want mad men that ye brought this to rave to me? shall this come into my house?	Do I lack madmen, that you have brought this fellow to behave as a madman in my presence? Shall this fellow come into my house?”	Am I so short of madmen that you have to bring this fellow here to carry on like this in front of me? Must this man come into my house?”
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1 Samuel 21 Parallel Bible Translations