1 Samuel 30:11 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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,

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King 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,

1 Samuel 30:11 Cross References

Proverbs 25:21

If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink;

Matthew 25:35

for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me,

Deuteronomy 23:7

“You shall not abhor an Edomite, for he is your brother; you shall not abhor an Egyptian, because you were a sojourner in his land.

Deuteronomy 23:8

The children of the third generation that are born to them may enter the assembly of the Lord.

1 Samuel 30:10

But David went on with the pursuit, he and four hundred men; two hundred stayed behind, who were too exhausted to cross the brook Besor.

1 Samuel 30:12

and they gave him a piece of a cake of figs and two clusters of raisins. And when he had eaten, his spirit revived; for he had not eaten bread or drunk water for three days and three nights.