1 Samuel 25:11

American Standard Version

Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men of whom I know not whence they are?

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1 Samuel 25:11 in other translations

Shall I then take my bread, my water, and my meat that I have killed for my shearers, and give it to men who I don’t know where they come from?”

1 Samuel 25:11 · World English Bible

1 Samuel 25:11 in context

  1. 9And when David’s young men came, they spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased.
  2. 10And Nabal answered David’s servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there are many servants now-a-days that break away every man from his master.
  3. 11Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men of whom I know not whence they are?
  4. 12So David’s young men turned on their way, and went back, and came and told him according to all these words.
  5. 13And David said unto his men, Gird ye on every man his sword. And they girded on every man his sword; and David also girded on his sword: and there went up after David about four hundred men; and two hundred abode by the baggage.