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Jonathan and David Renew Their Covenant

1 Samuel 20:24

In 11 translations

BSB
So David hid in the field, and when the New Moon had come, the king sat down to eat.
KJV
¶ So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was come, the king sat him down to eat meat.
WEB
So David hid himself in the field. When the new moon had come, the king sat himself down to eat food.
ASV
So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was come, the king sat him down to eat food.
LSV
And David is hidden in the field, and it is the new moon, and the king sits down by the food to eat,
YLT
And David is hidden in the field, and it is the new moon, and the king sitteth down by the food to eat,
DBY
And David hid himself in the field; and it was the new moon, and the king sat at table to eat.
DRC
So David was hid in the field, and the new moon came, and the king sat down to eat bread.
GNV
So Dauid hid him selfe in the field: and when the first day of the moneth came, the King sate to eate meate.
JPS
So David hid himself in the field; and when the new moon was come, the king sat him down to the meal to eat.
LXXE
So David hides himself in the field, and the new month arrives, and the king comes to the table to eat.Or, moon.

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  • Written (Ketiv): עַל (“at”). Read aloud (Qere): אֶל (“to”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
  • Leningrad Codex reads עֶל־; read aloud (Qere) reads אֶל (“to”).

Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.

Original-language editions

WLC
וַיִּסָּתֵ֥ר דָּוִ֖ד בַּשָּׂדֶ֑ה וַיְהִ֣י הַחֹ֔דֶשׁ וַיֵּ֧שֶׁב הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ על־הַלֶּ֖חֶם לֶאֱכֽוֹל׃Read aloud as (qere): אֶל
LXX-Br
Καὶ κρύπτεται Δαυὶδ ἐν ἀγρῷ, καὶ παραγίνεται ὁ μὴν, καὶ ἔρχεται ὁ βασιλεὺς ἐπὶ τὴν τράπεζαν τοῦ φαγεῖν.

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👤 David◆ Reign of Saul

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 50:16–21To the wicked, however, God says, “What right have you to recite My statutes and to bear My covenant on your lips? For you hate My instruction and cast My words behind you. When you see a thief, you befriend him, and…
  • Proverbs 4:17For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.
  • Proverbs 15:17Better a dish of vegetables where there is love than a fattened ox with hatred.
  • Isaiah 1:11–15“What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?” says the LORD. “I am full from the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed cattle; I take no delight in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats. When you come…
  • Proverbs 17:1Better a dry morsel in quietness than a house full of feasting with strife.
  • Proverbs 21:3To do righteousness and justice is more desirable to the LORD than sacrifice.
  • Zechariah 7:6And when you were eating and drinking, were you not doing so simply for yourselves?
  • John 18:28Then they led Jesus away from Caiaphas into the Praetorium. By now it was early morning, and the Jews did not enter the Praetorium, to avoid being defiled and unable to eat the Passover.
  • Proverbs 21:27The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable— how much more so when brought with ill intent!

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