21:1 |
tNIV | David went to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest. Ahimelech trembled when he met him, and asked, “Why are you alone? Why is no one with you?” | David went to Nob, to Ahimelech Ahimelek the priest. Ahimelech Ahimelek trembled when he met him, and asked, “Why are you alone? Why is no one with you?” | David went to Nob, to Ahimelech Ahimelek the priest. Ahimelech Ahimelek trembled when he met him, and asked, “Why are you alone? Why is no one with you?” |
21:2 |
tNIV | David answered Ahimelech the priest, “The king charged me with a certain matter and said to me, ‘No one is to know anything about your mission and your instructions.’ As for my men, I have told them to meet me at a certain place. | David answered Ahimelech Ahimelek the priest, “The king charged sent me with on a certain matter mission and said to me, ‘No one is to know anything about your the mission and your instructions I am sending you on.’ As for my men, I have told them to meet me at a certain place. | David answered Ahimelech Ahimelek the priest, “The king charged sent me with on a certain matter mission and said to me, ‘No one is to know anything about your the mission and your instructions I am sending you on.’ As for my men, I have told them to meet me at a certain place. |
21:5 |
tNIV | David replied, “Indeed women have been kept from us, as usual whenever I set out. The men’s things are holy even on missions that are not holy. How much more so today!” | David replied, “Indeed women have been kept from us, as usual whenever I set out. The men’s things bodies are holy even on missions that are not holy. How much more so today!” | David replied, “Indeed women have been kept from us, as usual whenever I set out. The men’s things bodies are holy even on missions that are not holy. How much more so today!” |
21:7 |
tNIV | Now one of Saul’s servants was there that day, detained before the LORD; he was Doeg the Edomite, Saul’s head shepherd. | Now one of Saul’s servants was there that day, detained before the LORD; he was Doeg the Edomite, Saul’s head chief shepherd. | Now one of Saul’s servants was there that day, detained before the LORD; he was Doeg the Edomite, Saul’s head chief shepherd. |
21:8 |
tNIV | David asked Ahimelech, “Don’t you have a spear or a sword here? I haven’t brought my sword or any other weapon, because the king’s business was urgent.” | David asked Ahimelech 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 business mission was urgent.” | David asked Ahimelech 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 business mission was urgent.” |