“Now Samuel died, and all Israel assembled and mourned for him. And they buried him in his house at Ramah. Then David rose and went down to the wilderness of Paran.”
1 Samuel 25
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1When Samuel died, all Israel gathered to mourn for him; and they buried him at his home in Ramah. Then David set out and went down to the Wilderness of Paran.
“"...then Samuel died, and all the Israelites gathered together and lamented for him and buried him at his home in Ramah. And David arose and went down to the wilderness of Paran.".”
“Samuel died and all of the Israelites were gathered together and lamenting him and they buried him in his house at Ramah and David arose and went down to the wilderness of Paran.”
2Now there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel. He was a very wealthy man with a thousand goats and three thousand sheep, which he was shearing in Carmel.
“And there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel. The man was very rich. He had 3 ,000 sheep and 1 ,000 goats. He was shearing his sheep in Carmel.”
3His name was Nabal, and his wife's name was Abigail. She was an intelligent and beautiful woman, but her husband, a Calebite, was harsh and evil in his dealings.
“The name of the man was Nagel and the name of his wife Abigail. And she was a woman of good understanding and beautiful appearance, but the man was harsh and evil in his doings. And he was of the house of Caleb.”
“Now, the name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife, Abagai. And she was a woman of good understanding and of a beautiful countenance, but the man was churlish and evil in his doings. And he was of the house of Caleb.”
“Now the name of the man was Nabal, the name of his wife, Abigail. The woman was discerning and beautiful, but the man was harsh and badly behaved. He was a Calebite.”
4While David was in the wilderness, he heard that Nabal was shearing sheep.
“David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep”
“David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep.”
“David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep,”
“And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep.”
5So David sent ten young men and instructed them, "Go up to Nabal at Carmel. Greet him in my name
“David sent ten young men. And David said to the young men, Go up to Carmel, go to Nabal, and greet him in my name.”
“So David sent 10 young men, and David said to the young men, go up to Carmel and go to Nabal and greet him in my name.”
“And David sent out ten young men, and David said unto the young men, Get you up to Carmel and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name.”
“and so David sent out ten young men and David said unto the young men, get up to Carmel and go to Nabal and greet him in my name.”
6and say to him, 'Long life to you, and peace to you and your house and to all that belongs to you.
“And thus you shall say to him who lives in prosperity, Peace be to you, peace to your house, and peace to all that you have.”
“And thus you shall greet him. Peace be to you, and peace be to your house, and peace be to all that you have.”
“And thus shall ye say to him that liveth in prosperity, Peace be both to thee, and peace be to thine house, and peace be unto all that thou hast.”
7Now I hear that it is time for shearing. When your shepherds were with us, we did not harass them, and nothing of theirs was missing the whole time they were in Carmel.
“Now I have heard that you have shearers. Your shepherds were with us and we did not hurt them, nor was there anything missing from them all the while they were in Carmel.”
“I hear that you have shearers. Now your shepherds have been with us, and we did them no harm. And they missed nothing all the time they were in Carmel.”
“And now I have heard that thou hast shearers. Now thy shepherds which were with us, we hurt them not, neither was there ought missing unto them of all the while they were in Carmel.”
8Ask 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.'"
“Ask your young men, and they will tell you. Therefore, let my young men find favor in your eyes. For we come on a feast day. Please give whatever you have at hand to your servants and to your son, David.".”
“Ask your young men and they will tell you. Therefore let my young men find favor in your eyes, for we come on a feast day. Please give whatever comes to your hands, your servants, and to your son David.”
“Ask the young men, and they will show 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, and to thy servants, and to thy son David.”
9When David's young men arrived, they relayed all these words to Nabal on behalf of David. Then they waited.
“So when David's young men came, they spoke to Nabal according to all these words in the name of David and waited.”
“When David's young men came, they said all this to Nabal in the name of David. And then they waited.”
“And when David's young men came, they spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David and”
10But Nabal asked them, "Who is David? Who is this son of Jesse? Many servants these days are breaking away from their masters.
“then Nabal answered David's servants and said, who is David and who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants nowadays who break away each one from his master.”
“And Nabal answered David's servants. Who is David? Who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants these days who are breaking away from their masters.”
11Why 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 take my bread and my water and my meat that I have killed for my shearers and give it to men who come from I do not know where?”
“Shall I then take my bread and my water and my flesh that I have killed from my shearers and give it unto men whom I know not whence they be?”
“Shall I take my bread, and my water, and my flesh, that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men whom I know not whence they be?”
12So David's men turned around and went back, and they relayed to him all these words.
“So David's young men turned on their heels and went back and they came and told him all these words.”
“so David's young men turned away and came back and told him all of this.”
“So David's young men turned their way, and went again, and came, and told him all these”
13And David said to his men, "Strap on your swords!" So David and all his men put on their swords, and about four hundred men followed David, while two hundred stayed with the supplies.
“And 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 they went up after David about 400 men and 200 abode by the stuff.”
14Meanwhile, one of Nabal's young men informed Nabal's wife Abigail, "Look, David sent messengers from the wilderness to greet our master, but he scolded them.
“one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to greet our master and he railed on them.”
“Now, one of the young men told Abigail and Nabal's wives, saying, look, David sent messengers from the wilderness to greet our master and he reviled them.”
“But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to greet our master. And our master railed at them.”
15Yet these men were very good to us. When we were in the field, we were not harassed, and nothing of ours went missing the whole time we lived among them.
“The men were very good to us. We suffered no harm. We did not miss anything when we were in the fields. As long as we went with them.”
“But when the men were very good to us and we were not hurt and we did not miss anything as long as we accompanied them when we were in the fields,”
16They were a wall around us, both day and night, the whole time we were herding our sheep near them.
“they were a wall to us both by night and by day. All the while we were with them keeping the sheep.”
“they were a wall to us both by night and by day. All the time we were with them keeping the sheep.”
17Now consider carefully what you must do, because disaster looms over our master and all his household. For he is such a scoundrel that nobody can speak to him!"
“Now, therefore, know and consider what you will do for harm as determined against our master and against all his household, for he is such a scoundrel that one cannot speak to him.”
18Then Abigail hurried and took two hundred loaves of bread, two skins of wine, five butchered sheep, five seahs of roasted grain, a hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs. She loaded them on donkeys
“Then Abigail made haste and took 200 loaves of bread, two skins of wine, five sheep already dressed, five sails of roasted grain, 100 clusters of raisins, and 200 cages of figs and loaded them on donkeys.”
19and said to her young men, "Go ahead of me. I will be right behind you." But she did not tell her husband Nabal.
“And she said to her servants, Go on before me. See, I am coming after you. But she did not tell her husband Nabal.”
“And she said to her young men, go on before me. Behold, I come after you. But she did not tell her husband Nabal.”
“And she said to her servants, go on before me. Behold, I come after you. But she did not tell her husband Nabal.”
20As Abigail came riding her donkey into a mountain ravine, she saw David and his men coming down toward her, and she met them.
“And as she rode on the donkey and came down under the cover of the mountain, behold, David and his men came down toward her and she met them.”
“So it was as she rode the donkey that she went down under cover of the hill, and there were David and his men coming down toward her, and she met them.”
“And it was so as she rode on the donkey that she came down by the covert of the hill and behold, David and his men were coming down against her and she met them.”
21Now David had just finished saying, "In vain I have protected all that belonged to this man in the wilderness. Nothing that belongs to him has gone missing, yet he has paid me back evil for good.
“Now, David had said, Surely in vain, I've protected all that this fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that belongs to him. And he's repaid me evil for good.”
“David said this, "...surely in vain have I guarded all this fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that belonged to him, and he has returned me evil for good.".”
22May God punish David, and ever so severely, if I let one of Nabal's men survive until morning."
“May God do so, and more also to the enemies of David, if I leave one male of all who belong to him by morning light.”
23When Abigail saw David, she quickly got off the donkey, fell facedown, and bowed before him.
“when Abigail saw David, she hurried and got down from the donkey and fell before David on her face and bowed to the ground.”
“When Abigail saw David she hasted, in verse 23, and lighted off the ass and fell before David on her face and bowed herself to the ground”
“Now, when Abigail saw David, she hastened to dismount from the donkey, fell on her face before David, and bowed down to the ground.”
24She fell at his feet and said, "My lord, may the blame be on me alone, but please let your servant speak to you; hear the words of your servant.
“so she fell at his feet and said, On me, my Lord, on me let this iniquity be. And please let your maidservant speak in your ears and hear the words. First of your maidservant.”
“and fell at his feet and said, Upon me, my Lord. Upon me, let this iniquity be. Let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine audience and hear the words of thine handmaid.”
25My lord should pay no attention to this scoundrel Nabal, for he lives up to his name: His name means Fool, and folly accompanies him. I, your servant, did not see my lord's young men whom you sent.
“Let not, my Lord, I pray thee, regard this man of Belial, even Nabal. For as his name is, so is he. Nabal is his name and folly is with him. But I, thine handmaid, saw not the young men of my Lord whom thou didst send.”
“please let not my Lord regard this scoundrel Nabal. For as his name is, so is he. Nabal is his name, and folly is with him. But I, your maidservant, did not see the young men of my Lord whom you sent.”
26Now, my lord, as surely as the LORD lives and you yourself live, the LORD has held you back from coming to bloodshed and avenging yourself with your own hand. May your enemies and those who seek harm for my lord be like Nabal.
“Now therefore, my Lord, as the Lord lives and as your soul lives, since the Lord has held you back from coming to bloodshed and from avenging yourself with your own hand, now then, let your enemies and those who seek harm from my…”
“Now therefore, my Lord, as the Lord liveth and as thy soul liveth, seeing the Lord hath withholden thee from coming to shed blood and from avenging yourself with your own hand, now let thine enemies and they that seek evil to my…”
“Now therefore, my Lord, as the Lord liveth and as thy soul liveth, seeing the Lord has withholden thee from coming to shed blood and from avenging thyself with thine own hand. Now let thine enemies be as they that seek evil to my…”
27Now let this gift your servant has brought to my lord be given to the young men who follow you.
“and now this present which your maidservant has brought to my Lord, let it be given to the young men who follow my Lord.”
“And now let this present that your servant has brought to my Lord be given to the young men who follow my Lord.”
28Please forgive your servant's offense, for the LORD will surely make a lasting dynasty for my lord, because he fights the LORD's battles. May no evil be found in you as long as you live.
“I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thine handmaid. For the Lord will certainly make my Lord a sure house, because my Lord fights the battles of the Lord, and evil hath not been found in thee all thy days.”
“I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thine handmaid. For the Lord will certainly make my Lord a sure house because my Lord fights the battles of the Lord and evil has not been found in the all thy days.”
29And should someone pursue you and seek your life, then the life of my lord will be bound securely by the LORD your God in the bundle of the living. But He shall fling away the lives of your enemies like stones from a sling.
“Yet a man is risen to pursue thee and to seek thy soul. But the soul of my Lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the Lord thy God. And the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out as out of the middle of a sling.”
“Yet a man is risen to pursue thee and to seek thy soul. But the soul of my Lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the Lord thy God and the souls of thine enemies, them, this is God, shall he sling out as out of the middle…”
“Yet a man has risen to pursue you and seek your life. But the life of my Lord shall be bound in the bundle of the living with the Lord your God and the lives of your enemies. He shall sling out from the pocket of a sling.”
“Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, to seek thy soul. But the soul of my Lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the Lord thy God and the souls of the enemies. Them shall he sling out as out of the middle of a sling.”
30When the LORD has done for my lord all the good He promised, and when He has appointed you ruler over Israel,
“And it shall come to pass when the Lord has done for my Lord according to all the good that he has spoken concerning you, and has appointed you ruler over Israel,”
“And it shall come to pass when the Lord shall have done to my Lord according to all the good that he has spoken concerning thee and shall have appointed thee ruler over Israel”
“It shall come to pass when the Lord shall have done to my Lord according to all the good that He has spoken concerning thee, and shall have appointed thee the ruler over Israel,”
“And when the Lord has done to my Lord according to all the good He has spoken concerning you, and He has appointed you prince over Israel...".”
31then my lord will have no remorse or guilt of conscience over needless bloodshed and revenge. And when the LORD has dealt well with my lord, may you remember your maidservant."
“that there will be no grief to you, nor offense of heart to my Lord, either that you have shed blood without cause, or that my Lord has avenged himself. But when the Lord has dealt well with my Lord, then remember your…”
“that this shall be no grief unto thee nor offense of heart unto my Lord either that thou has shed blood causeless or that my Lord has avenged himself. But when the Lord shall have dealt well with my Lord, then remember thine…”
32Then David said to Abigail, "Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who sent you to meet me this day!
“Then David said to Abigail, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel who sent you this day to meet me.”
“David said to Abigail, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me.”
“David said to Abigail, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, which has sent thee this day to meet me.”
33Blessed is your discernment, and blessed are you, because today you kept me from bloodshed and from avenging myself by my own hand.
“And blessed be thy advice and blessed be thou, which has kept me this day from coming to shed blood and from avenging myself with my own hand.”
“And blessed is your advice and blessed are you, because you've kept me this day from coming to bloodshed and from avenging myself with my own hand.”
“blessed be your discretion, and blessed be you who have kept Me this day from blood guilt and from working salvation with My own hand.”
34Otherwise, as surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, who has restrained me from harming you, if you had not come quickly to meet me, then surely no male belonging to Nabal would have been left alive by morning light."
“For as surely as the Lord, the God of Israel, lives who has restrained Me from hurting you, unless you had hurried and come to meet Me, truly by the morning time, there would have not been left to Nabal so much as one male.”
“For indeed, as the Lord God of Israel lives, who kept me back from hurting you, unless you had hastened and come to meet me, surely by morning light no males would have been left in Nabal.”
35Then David accepted from her hand what she had brought him, and he said to her, "Go home in peace. See, I have heeded your voice and granted your request."
“Then David received from her hand what she had brought him, and he said to her, go up in peace to your house. See, I have obeyed your voice and I have granted your petition.".”
“So David received from her hand what she had brought to him and said to her, Go up in peace to your house. See, I have heeded your voice and respected your person.”
36When Abigail returned to Nabal, there he was in the house, holding a feast fit for a king, in high spirits and very drunk. So she told him nothing until morning light.
“Abigail went to Nabal, and there he was, holding a feast in his house like the feast of a king. And Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunk. Therefore she told him nothing, little or much, until morning light.”
“And Abigail, verse 36, came to Nabal, and behold, he was holding a feast in his house, like the feast of a king. And Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunk. So she told him nothing at all until the morning…”
“And Abigail came to Nabal and behold, he had held a feast in his house like the feast of a king and Nabal's heart was merry within him for he was very drunk. Wherefore, she didn't tell him anything less or more until the morning…”
37In the morning when Nabal was sober, his wife told him about these events, and his heart failed within him and he became like a stone.
“So it was in the morning when the wine had gone from Nabal and his wife had told him these things, that his heart died within him and he became like a stone.”
“it came to pass in the morning when the wine was gone out of Nabal and his wife had told him these things that his heart died within him and he became as a stone.”
“the morning when the wine had gone out of Nabal, his wife told him these things, and his heart died within him. And he became as a stone.”
“But it came to pass in the morning when the wine was gone out of Nabal, he's sobering up, his wife told him of these things, that his heart died within him and he became as a stone.”
“But it came to pass in the morning when the wine was going out on Nabal that his wife had told him these things that his heart died within him and he became as a stone.”
38About ten days later, the LORD struck Nabal dead.
“About ten days later, the Lord struck Nabal and he died.”
39On hearing that Nabal was dead, David said, "Blessed be the LORD, who has upheld my cause against the reproach of Nabal and has restrained His servant from evil. For the LORD has brought the wickedness of Nabal down upon his own head." Then David sent word to Abigail, asking for her in marriage.
“So when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the Lord who has pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal and has kept His servant from evil. For the Lord has returned the wickedness of Nabal on His…”
40When his servants came to Abigail at Carmel, they said, "David has sent us to take you as his wife."
“when the servants of David had come to Abigail at Carmel, they spoke to her, saying, David has sent us to you to ask you to become his wife.”
41She arose, then bowed facedown and said, "Here is your maidservant, ready to serve and to wash the feet of my lord's servants."
“And she arose and bowed herself on her face to the earth and said, Behold, let thine handmaid be a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my Lord.”
“Then she arose, bowed her face to the earth, and said, Here is your maidservant, a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my Lord.”
42So Abigail hurried and got on a donkey, and attended by five of her maidens, she followed David's messengers and became his wife.
“So Abigail rose in haste and rode on a donkey attended by five of her maidens. And she followed the messengers of David and became his wife.”
43David had also married Ahinoam of Jezreel. So she and Abigail were both his wives.
“David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel and they were also both of them his wives.”
“David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel. So both of them were his wives.”
44But Saul had given his daughter Michal, David's wife, to Palti son of Laish, who was from Gallim.
“Saul had given Mishael, his daughter, David's wife, to Phalte, the son of Laish, which was of Galim.”