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1 Samuel 25:15

FriendshipGratitude

13 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 there went up after David about four hundred men; and two hundred abode by the stuff.

14 But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal’s wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master; and he railed on them.

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:

16 They were a wall unto us both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.

17 Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his household: for he is such a son of Belial, that a man cannot speak to him.

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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.

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Cross references

  • 1 Samuel 25:7

    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, all the while they were in Carmel.

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  • 1 Samuel 25:21

    Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him: and he hath requited me evil for good.

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  • Philippians 2:15

    That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;

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