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1 Samuel 25:8

Ask your young men, and they will tell you. So let my young men find favor with you, for we have come on the day of a feast. Please give whatever you can afford to your servants and to your son David.’”

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ASV

Ask thy young men, and they will tell thee: wherefore let the young men find favor in thine eyes; for we come in a good day: give, I pray thee, whatsoever cometh to thy hand, unto thy servants, and to thy son David.

KJV

Ask thy young men, and they will shew thee. Wherefore let the young men find favour in thine eyes: for we come in a good day: give, I pray thee, whatsoever cometh to thine hand unto thy servants, and to thy son David.

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23 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
שְׁאַ֨לshe.'AlaskH7592 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
נְעָרֶ֜יךָne.'a.Rei.khaown young men yourH5288 →
וְיַגִּ֣ידוּve.ya.Gi.duso they may tellH5046 →
לָ֗ךְLakhto <the> you
וְיִמְצְא֨וּve.yim.tze.'Uand let them findH4672 →
הַנְּעָרִ֥יםha.ne.'a.Rimthe young menH5288 →
חֵן֙chenfavorH2580 →
בְּעֵינֶ֔יךָbe.'ei.Nei.khain view yourH5869 →
כִּֽי־ki-forH3588 →
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
י֥וֹםYoma dayH3117 →
ט֖וֹבTovgoodH2896 →
בָּ֑נוּBa.nuwe have comeH935 →
תְּנָה־te.nah-give !H5414 →
נָּ֗אNa'pleaseH4994 →
אֵת֩'et<obj.>H853 →
אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.Sher[that] whichH834 →
תִּמְצָ֤אtim.Tza'it will findH4672 →
יָֽדְךָ֙ya.de.Khahand yourH3027 →
לַעֲבָדֶ֔יךָla.'a.va.Dei.khato servants yourH5650 →
וּלְבִנְךָ֖u.le.vin.Khaand to son yourH1121 →
לְדָוִֽד׃le.da.Vidto DavidH1732 →

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Psalms 69:13But my prayer to You, O LORD, is for a time of favor. In Your abundant loving devotion, O God, answer me with Your sure salvation.Esther 9:19This is why the rural Jews, who live in the villages, observe the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as a day of joy and feasting. It is a holiday for sending gifts to one another.Esther 8:17In every province and every city, wherever the king’s edict and decree reached, there was joy and gladness among the Jews, with feasting and celebrating. And many of the people of the land themselves became Jews, because the fear of the Jews had fallen upon them.Nehemiah 8:10–12Then Nehemiah told them, “Go and eat what is rich, drink what is sweet, and send out portions to those who have nothing prepared, since today is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.”Esther 2:18Then the king held a great banquet, Esther’s banquet, for all his officials and servants. He proclaimed a tax holiday in the provinces and gave gifts worthy of the king’s bounty.1 Samuel 24:11See, my father, look at the corner of your robe in my hand. For I cut it off, but I did not kill you. See and know that there is no evil or rebellion in my hands. I have not sinned against you, even though you are hunting me down to take my life.1 Samuel 3:6Once again the LORD called, “Samuel!” So Samuel got up, went to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you have called me.” “My son, I did not call,” Eli replied. “Go back and lie down.”Luke 14:12–14Then Jesus said to the man who had invited Him, “When you host a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or brothers or relatives or rich neighbors. Otherwise, they may invite you in return, and you will be repaid.Luke 11:41But give as alms the things that are within you, and you will see that everything is clean for you.Ecclesiastes 11:2Divide your portion among seven, or even eight, for you do not know what disaster may befall the land.Esther 9:22as the days on which the Jews gained rest from their enemies and the month in which their sorrow turned to joy and their mourning into a holiday. He wrote that these were to be days of feasting and joy, of sending gifts to one another and to the poor.Genesis 47:15When the money from the lands of Egypt and Canaan was gone, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said, “Give us food. Why should we die before your eyes? For our funds have run out!”Judges 9:33And in the morning at sunrise, get up and advance against the city. When Gaal and his men come out against you, do to them whatever you are able.”Genesis 33:15“Let me leave some of my people with you,” Esau said. But Jacob replied, “Why do that? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord.”Genesis 32:13Jacob spent the night there, and from what he had brought with him, he selected a gift for his brother Esau:2 Kings 8:9So Hazael went to meet Elisha, taking with him a gift of forty camel loads of every good thing from Damascus. And he went in and stood before him and said, “Your son Ben-hadad king of Aram has sent me to ask, ‘Will I recover from this illness?’”

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