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1 Samuel 21:5
New King James Version
1 Samuel 21:5
New King James Version
5 Then David answered the priest, and said to him, “Truly, women have been kept from us about three days since I came out. And [a]the (A)vessels of the young men are holy, and the bread is in effect common, even though it was consecrated (B)in the vessel this day.”
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- 1 Samuel 21:5 The young men are ceremonially undefiled
1 Samuel 21:5
New International Version
1 Samuel 21:5
New International Version
5 David replied, “Indeed women have been kept from us, as usual(A) whenever[a] I set out. The men’s bodies are holy(B) even on missions that are not holy. How much more so today!”
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- 1 Samuel 21:5 Or from us in the past few days since
1 Samuel 21:5
English Standard Version
1 Samuel 21:5
English Standard Version
5 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?”
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1 Samuel 21:5
New American Standard Bible
1 Samuel 21:5
New American Standard Bible
5 David answered the priest and said to him, “(A)Be assured, women have been denied to us as previously when I left and the [a](B)bodies of the young men were consecrated, though it was an ordinary journey; how much more then will [b]their bodies be consecrated today?”
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- 1 Samuel 21:5 Lit vessels
- 1 Samuel 21:5 Lit it be holy in the vessel
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