If your enemies are hungry, give them bread to eat, and if they are thirsty, give them water to drink,
1 Samuel 30:11 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 In the open country they found an Egyptian and brought him to David. They gave him bread, and he ate; they gave him water to drink; More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition They found an Egyptian in the field and brought him to David, and gave him bread and he ate, and water to drink, American Standard Version (1901) 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; Common English Bible They found an Egyptian in the countryside and brought him to David. They gave him bread, and he ate, and they gave him water to drink. Catholic Public Domain Version And they found an Egyptian man in the field, and they led him to David. And they gave him bread, so that he might eat, and water, so that he might drink, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David: and they gave him bread to eat, and water to drink, |
If your enemies are hungry, give them bread to eat, and if they are thirsty, give them water to drink,
for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me,
“You shall not abhor any of the Edomites, for they are your kin. You shall not abhor any of the Egyptians, because you were an alien residing in their land.
The children of the third generation that are born to them may come into the assembly of the Lord.
But David went on with the pursuit, he and four hundred men; two hundred stayed behind, too exhausted to cross the Wadi Besor.
they also gave him a piece of fig cake and two clusters of raisins. When he had eaten, his spirit revived, for he had not eaten bread or drunk water for three days and three nights.