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1 Samuel 25:15

FriendshipGratitude

13 And 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.

14 Meanwhile, 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.

Yet 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.

16 They were a wall around us, both day and night, the whole time we were herding our sheep near them.

17 Now 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!”

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Yet 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.
KJV
But the men were very good unto us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we any thing, as long as we were conversant with them, when we were in the fields:
WEB
But the men were very good to us, and we were not harmed, and we didn’t miss anything as long as we went with them, when we were in the fields.
ASV
But the men were very good unto us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we anything, as long as we went with them, when we were in the fields:
DARBY
And the men were very good to us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we anything, as long as we companied with them, when we were in the fields.
BLB
And the men [were] very good to us, and we were not hurt, nor did we miss anything all the days we accompanied them when we were in the fields.
ÅB
Og disse menn har vært meget gode mot oss, og ingen har gjort oss noen fortred, og vi har ikke mistet noe i all den tid vi ferdedes sammen med dem, når vi var ute på marken.
OTB
Likevel var mennene meget gode mot oss, og vi ble ikke fornærmet, og vi mistet ikke noe så lenge vi gikk med dem, mens vi var på markene.
B1930
Og disse menn har vært meget gode mot oss, og ingen har gjort oss nogen fortred, og vi har ikke mistet noget i all den tid vi ferdedes sammen med dem, når vi var ute på marken.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 1 Samuel 25:7

    Now 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.

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  • 1 Samuel 25:21

    Now 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.

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  • Philippians 2:15

    so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as lights in the world

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