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OET (OET-RV) David went to the priest Ahimelek at Nob, but Ahimelek trembled when he saw David and asked him, “Why are you here by yourself? How come you don’t have a companion?”[ref]
OET-LV [fn] and_he/it_rose_up and_left and_Yōnātān he_went the_city.
21:1 Note: KJB: 1Sam.20.42
UHB 2 וַיָּבֹ֤א דָוִד֙ נֹ֔בֶה אֶל־אֲחִימֶ֖לֶךְ הַכֹּהֵ֑ן וַיֶּחֱרַ֨ד אֲחִימֶ֜לֶךְ לִקְרַ֣את דָּוִ֗ד וַיֹּ֤אמֶר לוֹ֙ מַדּ֤וּעַ אַתָּה֙ לְבַדֶּ֔ךָ וְאִ֖ישׁ אֵ֥ין אִתָּֽךְ׃ ‡
(2 vayyāⱱoʼ dāvid noⱱeh ʼel-ʼₐḩīmelek hakkohēn vayyeḩₑrad ʼₐḩīmelek liqəraʼt dāvid vayyoʼmer lō maddūˊa ʼattāh ləⱱaddekā vəʼiysh ʼēyn ʼittāk.)
Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
BrLXX καὶ ἀνέστη Δαυὶδ καὶ ἀπῆλθε, καὶ Ἰωνάθαν εἰσῆλθεν εἰς τὴν πόλιν.
(kai anestaʸ Dawid kai apaʸlthe, kai Yōnathan eisaʸlthen eis taʸn polin. )
BrTr And David arose and departed, and Jonathan went into the city.
ULT And David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest. And Ahimelech trembled to meet David, and he said to him, “Why are you by yourself and no man is with you?”
UST David fled from there and went to the city of Nob. Ahimelech, the high priest, was there with the sacred chest. Ahimelech shook with fear when he saw David coming. He asked David, “Why have you not brought any soldiers with you?”
BSB Then David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest. And when Ahimelech met David, he trembled and asked him, “Why [are] you alone? Why is no one with you?”
MSB (Same as above)
OEB David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest. Ahimelech came trembling to meet David and said to him, ‘Why are you alone and no one with you?’
WEBBE Then David came to Nob to Ahimelech the priest. Ahimelech came to meet David trembling, and said to him, “Why are you alone, and no man with you?”
WMBB (Same as above)
NET David went to Ahimelech the priest in Nob. Ahimelech was shaking with fear when he met David, and said to him, “Why are you by yourself with no one accompanying you?”
LSV And David comes to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest, and Ahimelech trembles at meeting David and says to him, “Why [are] you alone, and no man [is] with you?”
FBV David went to the town of Nob to see Ahimelek the priest. Ahimelek was trembling in fear when he met him, and he asked, “Why are you here alone? Why isn't there anybody with you?”
T4T David fled from there and went to Nob city to see Ahimelech the priest. Ahimelech trembled when he saw David because he was afraid that something bad had happened. He said to David, “Why are you alone? Why have no men come with you?”
LEB No LEB 1 SAM book available
BBE Then David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was full of fear at meeting David, and said to him, Why are you by yourself, having no man with you?
Moff No Moff 1 SAM book available
JPS (21-2) Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest; and Ahimelech came to meet David trembling, and said unto him: 'Why art thou alone, and no man with thee?'
ASV Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech came to meet David trembling, and said unto him, Why art thou alone, and no man with thee?
DRA And David came to Nobe to Achimelech the priest: and Achimelech was astonished at David’s coming. And he said to him: Why art thou alone, and no man with thee?
YLT And David cometh in to Nob, unto Ahimelech the priest, and Ahimelech trembleth at meeting David, and saith to him, 'Wherefore [art] thou thyself alone, and no man with thee?'
Drby And David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest; and Ahimelech trembled at meeting David, and said to him, Why art thou alone, and no man with thee?
RV Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech came to meet David trembling, and said unto him, Why art thou alone, and no man with thee?
(Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech came to meet David trembling, and said unto him, Why art thou/you alone, and no man with thee/you? )
SLT And David will come to Nob to Abimelech the priest: and Abimelech will tremble to meet David, and he will say to him, Wherefore thou thyself alone and no man with thee?
Wbstr Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of David, and said to him, Why art thou alone, and no man with thee?
KJB-1769 Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of David, and said unto him, Why art thou alone, and no man with thee?[fn]
(Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of David, and said unto him, Why art thou/you alone, and no man with thee/you? )
21.1 Ahimelech: also called Ahiah
KJB-1611 ¶ Then came Dauid to Nob, to Ahimelech the Priest, and Ahimelech was afraide at the meeting of Dauid, and said vnto him, Why art thou alone, and no man with thee?
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)
Bshps No Bshps 1 SAM book available
Gnva Then came Dauid to Nob, to Ahimelech the Priest, and Ahimelech was astonied at the meeting of Dauid, and saide vnto him, Why art thou alone, and no man with thee?
(Then came David to Nob, to Ahimelech the Priest, and Ahimelech was astonished at the meeting of David, and said unto him, Why art thou/you alone, and no man with thee/you? )
Cvdl No Cvdl 1 SAM book available
Wycl No Wycl 1 SAM book available
Luth No Luth 1 SAM book available
ClVg Venit autem David in Nobe ad Achimelech sacerdotem: et obstupuit Achimelech, eo quod venisset David. Et dixit ei: Quare tu solus, et nullus est tecum?[fn]
(He_came however David in/into/on Nobe to Achimelech a_priest: and obstupuit Achimelech, by_him that had_come David. And he_said to_him: Why you(sg) alone, and none it_is with_you? )
21.1 Achimelech. RAB. Id est, frater meus rex, etc., usque ad apostoli a contagione Judæorum fide sanctificati sunt.
21.1 Achimelech. RAB. That it_is, brother mine king, etc., until to apostoli from contagione Yudæorum fide sanctificati are.
RP-GNT No RP-GNT 1 SAM book available
21:1 Nob was just north of Jerusalem, in the southern part of the territory of Benjamin.
• Ahimelech the priest was a descendant of the condemned family of Eli (14:3; 22:9).
• The elders of Bethlehem had also trembled when Samuel unexpectedly came to their city to anoint David as Saul’s replacement (16:4). On both occasions, a prominent individual who had strained relations with Saul showed up unannounced. Both Ahimelech and the Bethlehem elders were concerned about being suspected of supporting an enemy of the king, which could result in death. In this case, what was feared came about (see 22:9-19).
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
וַיֶּחֱרַ֨ד
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_rose_up and,left and,Jonathan he/it_came the=city )
See how you translated the similar expression in [16:4](../16/04.md). Alternate translation: [trembled with fear]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism
מַדּ֤וּעַ אַתָּה֙ לְבַדֶּ֔ךָ וְאִ֖ישׁ אֵ֥ין אִתָּֽךְ
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_rose_up and,left and,Jonathan he/it_came the=city )
These two phrases mean basically the same thing. Ahimelech uses them together for emphasis. If it would be clearer in your language, you could combine them. Alternate translation: [Why have you come here all alone?]