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1 Samuel 25:10

DavidJesseNabal
PrideGenerosityMoney and wealth

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.’”

9 When David’s young men arrived, they relayed all these words to Nabal on behalf of David. Then they waited.

But Nabal asked them, “Who is David? Who is this son of Jesse? Many servants these days are breaking away from their masters.

11 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?”

12 So David’s men turned around and went back, and they relayed to him all these words.

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BSB
But Nabal asked them, “Who is David? Who is this son of Jesse? Many servants these days are breaking away from their masters.
KJV
And Nabal answered David’s servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that break away every man from his master.
WEB
Nabal answered David’s servants and said, “Who is David? Who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants who break away from their masters these days.
ASV
And Nabal answered David`s servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there are many servants now-a-days that break away every man from his master.
DARBY
And Nabal answered David's servants and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there are many servants now-a-days that break away every man from his master.
BLB
And Nabal answered the servants of David, and said, “Who [is] David? And who [is] the son of Jesse? Today there are many servants who break away, a man from the face of his master.
ÅB
Men Nabal svarte Davids tjenere og sa: Hvem er David, hvem er Isais sønn? Nå om dagene er der mange tjenere som løper bort fra sine herrer.
OTB
Men Nabal svarte Davids tjenere, "Hvem er David? Og hvem er Isais sønn? Det er mange tjenere i disse dager som bryter bort fra sine herrer.
B1930
Men Nabal svarte Davids tjenere og sa: Hvem er David, hvem er Isais sønn? Nu om dagene er der mange tjenere som løper bort fra sine herrer.

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  • Judges 9:28

    Then Gaal son of Ebed said, “Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? Is he not the son of Jerubbaal, and is not Zebul his officer? You are to serve the men of Hamor, the father of Shechem. Why should we serve Abimelech?

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  • Psalms 73:7–8

    From their prosperity proceeds iniquity; the imaginations of their hearts run wild.

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  • 2 Samuel 20:1

    Now a worthless man named Sheba son of Bichri, a Benjamite, happened to be there, and he blew the ram’s horn and shouted: “We have no share in David, no inheritance in Jesse’s son. Every man to his tent, O Israel!”

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  • Isaiah 32:7

    The weapons of the scoundrel are destructive; he hatches plots to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just.

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  • Isaiah 32:5

    No longer will a fool be called noble, nor a scoundrel be respected.

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  • Psalms 123:3–4

    Have mercy on us, O LORD, have mercy, for we have endured much contempt.

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  • 1 Samuel 22:7–8

    Then Saul said to his servants, “Listen, men of Benjamin! Is the son of Jesse giving all of you fields and vineyards and making you commanders of thousands or hundreds?

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  • 1 Kings 12:16

    When all Israel saw that the king had refused to listen to them, they answered the king: “What portion do we have in David, and what inheritance in the son of Jesse? To your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, O David!” So the Israelites went home,

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