1 Samuel 25:11
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Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and the flesh of my cattle, which I have killed for my shearers, and give to men whom I know not whence they are?

Shall I then

1 Samuel 25:3 Now the name of the man was Nabal: and the name of his wife was Abigail. And she was a prudent and very comely woman: but her husband was churlish, and very bad and ill natured: and he was of the house of Caleb.

1 Samuel 24:13 As also it is said in the old proverb: From the wicked shall wickedness come forth: therefore my hand shall not be upon thee. After whom dost thou come out, O king of Israel?

Deuteronomy 8:17 Lest thou shouldst say in thy heart: My own might, and the strength of my own hand have achieved all these things for me.

Judges 8:6 The princes of Soccoth answered: Peradventure the palms of the hands of Zebee and Salmana are in thy hand, and therefore thou demandest that we should give bread to thy army.

Job 31:17 If I have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof:

Psalm 73:7,8 Their iniquity hath come forth, as it were from fatness: they have passed into the affection of the heart. . . .

1 Peter 4:9 Using hospitality one towards another, without murmuring,

flesh [heb] slaughter

Ecclesiastes 11:1,2 Cast thy bread upon the running waters: for after a long time thou shalt find it again. . . .

Galatians 6:10 Therefore, whilst we have time, let us work good to all men, but especially to those who are of the household of the faith.

whom

1 Samuel 25:14,15 But one of the servants told, Abigail, the wife of Nabal, saying: Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness, to salute our master: and he rejected them. . . .

John 9:29,30 We know that God spoke to Moses: but as to this man, we know not from whence he is. . . .

2 Corinthians 6:9 As dying and behold we live: as chastised and not killed:

Context
David, Nabal, and Abigail
10But Nabal answering the servants of David, said: Who is David? and what is the son of Isai? servants are multiplied now days who flee from their masters. 11Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and the flesh of my cattle, which I have killed for my shearers, and give to men whom I know not whence they are?12So the servants of David went back their way, and returning came and told him all the words that he said.…
Cross References
Judges 8:6
The princes of Soccoth answered: Peradventure the palms of the hands of Zebee and Salmana are in thy hand, and therefore thou demandest that we should give bread to thy army.

Judges 8:15
And he came to Soccoth, and said to them: Behold Zebee, and Salmana, concerning whom you upbraided me, saying: Peradventure the hands of Zebee and Salmana are in thy hands, and therefore thou demandest that we should give bread to the men that are weary and faint.

1 Samuel 25:7
I have heard that thy shepherds that were with us in the desert were shearing: we never molested them, neither was there ought missing to them of the flock at any time, all the while they were with us in Carmel.

1 Samuel 25:12
So the servants of David went back their way, and returning came and told him all the words that he said.

Lexicon
Why should I take
וְלָקַחְתִּ֤י (wə·lā·qaḥ·tî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 3947: To take

my bread
לַחְמִי֙ (laḥ·mî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 3899: Food, bread, grain

and
וְאֶת־ (wə·’eṯ-)
Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker
Strong's Hebrew 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

water
מֵימַ֔י (mê·may)
Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen

and the meat
טִבְחָתִ֔י (ṭiḇ·ḥā·ṯî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 2878: Thing slaughtered, slaughtered meat, slaughter

I have slaughtered
טָבַ֖חְתִּי (ṭā·ḇaḥ·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 2873: To slaughter, butcher, slay

for my shearers,
לְגֹֽזְזָ֑י (lə·ḡō·zə·zāy)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 1494: To cut off, to shear a, flock, shave the hair, to destroy an enemy

and give
וְנָֽתַתִּי֙ (wə·nā·ṯat·tî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5414: To give, put, set

them to these men
לַֽאֲנָשִׁ֔ים (la·’ă·nā·šîm)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person

whose origin
אֵ֥י (’ê)
Interrogative
Strong's Hebrew 335: Where?, how?

I do not
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

know?”
יָדַ֔עְתִּי (yā·ḏa‘·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 3045: To know


Additional Translations
Why should I take my bread and water and the meat I have slaughtered for my shearers, and give them to these men whose origin I do not know?”Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it to men, whom I know not from where they be?

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?

And shall I take my bread, and my wine, and my beasts that I have slain for my shearers, and shall I give them to men of whom I know not whence they are?

And shall I take my bread, and my water, and my flesh which I have killed for my shearers, and give [it] to men whom I know not whence they are?

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 be?

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

Shall I then take my bread, and 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?"

and I have taken my bread, and my water, and my flesh, which I slaughtered for my shearers, and have given it to men whom I have not known whence they are!'
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