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1 Samuel 30:11

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.

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  • WEB World English Bible

    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.

  • KJV 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;

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    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;

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Cross-references (6)

Passages linked to 1 Samuel 30:11 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • Deuteronomy 23:7 You shall not abhor an Edomite, for he is your brother. You shall not abhor an Egyptian, because you lived as a foreigner in his land.
  • Romans 12:20-21 Therefore “If your enemy is hungry, feed him. If he is thirsty, give him a drink; for in doing so, you will heap coals of fire on his head.” Don’t be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
  • Deuteronomy 15:7-11 If a poor man, one of your brothers, is with you within any of your gates in your land which Yahweh your God gives you, you shall not harden your heart, nor shut your hand from your poor brother; but you shall surely open your hand to him, and shall surely lend him sufficient for his need, which he lacks. Beware that there not be a wicked thought in your heart, saying, “The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand,” and your eye be evil against your poor brother and you give him nothing; and he cry to Yahweh against you, and it be sin to you. You shall surely give, and your heart shall not be grieved when you give to him, because it is for this thing Yahweh your God will bless you in all your work and in all that you put your hand to. For the poor will never cease out of the land. Therefore I command you to surely open your hand to your brother, to your needy, and to your poor, in your land.
  • Proverbs 25:21 If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat. If he is thirsty, give him water to drink;
  • Matthew 25:35 for I was hungry, and you gave me food to eat. I was thirsty, and you gave me drink. I was a stranger, and you took me in.
  • Luke 10:36-37 Now which of these three do you think seemed to be a neighbor to him who fell among the robbers?” He said, “He who showed mercy on him.” Then Jesus said to him, “Go and do likewise.”

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Explain this verse (12 sources)

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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain God by his providence both provided for the necessity…

God by his providence both provided for the necessity of this poor stranger, and made him a guide to David to accomplish his enterprise.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.

John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Sa 30:11 And they found an Egyptian in the…
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain They found an Egyptian, whom by his habit they…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And they found an Egyptian in the field,.... As…
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 11. bread] Food: what it was is specified in…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (11) An Egyptian.—The Amalekites, as above stated, were a…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Vers. 11, 12. An Egyptian, the slave, as we…
The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain And they found an Egyptian in the field.
Paul E. Kretzmann 1924 · Public Domain David Recovers the Spoil
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 an Egyptian in a field
Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 30:11-12 David had once received bread when he was…

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