1 Samuel 30:13
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Then David asked him, “To whom do you belong, and where are you from?” “I am an Egyptian,” he replied, “the slave of an Amalekite. My master abandoned me three days ago when I fell ill.”
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“Then David asked him, “To whom do you belong, and where are you from?” “I am an Egyptian,” he replied, “the slave of an Amalekite. My master abandoned me three days ago when I fell ill.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And David said unto him, To whom belongest thou? and whence art thou? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days agone I fell sick.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And David said unto him, To whom belongest thou? and whence art thou? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days ago I fell sick.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And David saith to him, `Whose <FI>art<Fi> thou? and whence <FI>art<Fi> thou?' And he saith, `An Egyptian youth I <FI>am<Fi> , servant to a man, an Amalekite, and my lord forsaketh me, for I have been sick three days,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Samuel 30:13 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Samuel 1:3“Where have you come from?” David asked. “I have escaped from the Israelite camp,” he replied.
- 2 Samuel 1:8‘Who are you?’ he asked. So I told him, ‘I am an Amalekite.’
- 2 Samuel 1:13And David inquired of the young man who had brought him the report, “Where are you from?” “I am the son of a foreigner,” he answered. “I am an Amalekite.”
- Job 31:13If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or maidservant when they made a complaint against me,
- Proverbs 12:10A righteous man regards the life of his animal, but the tender mercies of the wicked are only cruelty.
- James 2:13For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
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