1 Samuel 30:11 - Forerunner Commentary

1 Samuel 30:11

9 So David went, he and the six hundred men who were with him, and came to the Brook Besor, where those stayed who were left behind.

10 But David pursued, he and four hundred men; ^afor two hundred stayed behind, who were so weary that they could not cross the Brook Besor.

11 Then they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David; and they gave him bread and he ate, and they let him drink water.

12 And they gave him a piece of ^aa cake of figs and two clusters of raisins. So ^bwhen he had eaten, his strength came back to him; for he had eaten no bread nor drunk water for three days and three nights.

13 Then David said to him, “To whom do you belong, and where are you from?” And he said, “I am a young man from Egypt, servant of an Amalekite; and my master left me behind, because three days ago I fell sick.

14 We made an invasion of the southern area of ^athe Cherethites, in the territory which belongs to Judah, and of the southern area ^bof Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire.”

15 And David said to him, “Can you take me down to this troop?” So he said, “Swear to me by God that you will neither kill me nor deliver me into the hands of my ^amaster, and I will take you down to this troop.”

16 And when he had brought him down, there they were, spread out over all the land, ^aeating and drinking and dancing, because of all the great spoil which they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from the land of Judah.

17 Then David attacked them from twilight until the evening of the next day. Not a man of them escaped, except four hundred young men who rode on camels and fled.

Verse Comparison: 1 Samuel 30:11

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American Standard Version
And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they gave him water to drink.

Amplified® Bible
They found an Egyptian in the field and brought him to David, and gave him bread and he ate, and water to drink,

Contemporary English Version
Some of David's men found an Egyptian out in a field and took him to David. They gave the Egyptian some bread, and he ate it. Then they gave him a drink of water,

Darby English Version
And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he ate; and they gave him water to drink,

Good News Bible
The men with David found a young Egyptian out in the country and brought him to David. They gave him some food and water,

King James Version
And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they made him drink water;

New American Standard Bible
Now they found an Egyptian in the field and brought him to David, and gave him bread and he ate, and they provided him water to drink.

New International Version
They found an Egyptian in a field and brought him to David. They gave him water to drink and food to eat-

New King James Version
Then they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David; and they gave him bread and he ate, and they let him drink water.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Now they found an Egyptian in the field and brought him to David, and gave him bread and he ate, and they provided him water to drink.

Revised Standard Version
They found an Egyptian in the open country, and brought him to David; and they gave him bread and he ate, they gave him water to drink,

Young's Literal Translation
and they find a man, an Egyptian, in the field, and take him unto David, and give to him bread, and he eateth, and they cause him to drink water,

New English Translation
Then they found an Egyptian in the field and brought him to David. They gave him bread to eat and water to drink.

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