2 Samuel 16:2 - English Standard Version 2016

And the king said to Ziba, “Why have you brought these?” Ziba answered, “The donkeys are for the king’s household to ride on, the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat, and the wine for those who faint in the wilderness to drink.”

Tuilleadh leaganacha

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And Ziba said, The asses be for the king's household to ride on; and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that such as be faint in the wilderness may drink.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

The king said to Ziba, What do you mean by these? Ziba said, The donkeys are for the king's household to ride on, the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat, and the wine is for those to drink who become faint in the wilderness.

American Standard Version (1901)

And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And Ziba said, The asses are for the king’s household to ride on; and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that such as are faint in the wilderness may drink.

Common English Bible

“What is all this for?” the king asked Ziba. “The donkeys are for the royal family to ride,” Ziba explained. “The bread and summer fruit are for the young people to eat, and the wine is for those who get exhausted in the wilderness.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

And the king said to Ziba, "What do you intend to do with these things?" And Ziba responded: "The donkeys are for the household of the king, so that they may sit. And the loaves and dried figs are for your servants to eat. But the wine is for anyone to drink who may be faint in the desert."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And the king said to Siba: What mean these things? And Siba answered: The asses are for the king's household to sit on: and the loaves and the figs for thy servants to eat: and the wine to drink if any man be faint in the desert.

2 Samuel 16:2 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 21:29

And Abimelech said to Abraham, “What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs that you have set apart?”

Genesis 33:8

Esau said, “What do you mean by all this company that I met?” Jacob answered, “To find favor in the sight of my lord.”

2 Samuel 15:1

After this Absalom got himself a chariot and horses, and fifty men to run before him.

2 Samuel 15:23

And all the land wept aloud as all the people passed by, and the king crossed the brook Kidron, and all the people passed on toward the wilderness.

2 Samuel 17:29

honey and curds and sheep and cheese from the herd, for David and the people with him to eat, for they said, “The people are hungry and weary and thirsty in the wilderness.”

2 Samuel 19:26

He answered, “My lord, O king, my servant deceived me, for your servant said to him, ‘I will saddle a donkey for myself, that I may ride on it and go with the king.’ For your servant is lame.

Ezekiel 37:18

And when your people say to you, ‘Will you not tell us what you mean by these?’

Judges 10:4

And he had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys, and they had thirty cities, called Havvoth-jair to this day, which are in the land of Gilead.

Judges 5:10

“Tell of it, you who ride on white donkeys, you who sit on rich carpets and you who walk by the way.

1 Samuel 14:28

Then one of the people said, “Your father strictly charged the people with an oath, saying, ‘Cursed be the man who eats food this day.’” And the people were faint.

1 Samuel 25:27

And now let this present that your servant has brought to my lord be given to the young men who follow my lord.