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1 Samuel 25:34

Nabal
AngerProtection and safety

32 Then David said to Abigail, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who sent you to meet me this day!

33 Blessed is your discernment, and blessed are you, because today you kept me from bloodshed and from avenging myself by my own hand.

Otherwise, 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.”

35 Then 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.”

36 When 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.

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BSB
Otherwise, 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.”
KJV
For in very deed, as the LORD God of Israel liveth, which hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.
WEB
For indeed, as the LORD the God of Israel lives, who has withheld me from harming you, unless you had hurried and come to meet me, surely there wouldn’t have been left to Nabal by the morning light so much as one who urinates on a wall.”
ASV
For in very deed, as Jehovah, the God of Israel, liveth, who hath withholden me from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light so much as one man-child.
DARBY
But indeed, as Jehovah the God of Israel liveth, who has restrained me from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, there had not been left to Nabal by the morning light any male.
BLB
Yet [as] lives YHWH, God of Israel, who has kept me back from hurting you, surely unless you had hurried and come to meet me, surely would not have been left to Nabal by the morning light one who urinates against the wall.”
ÅB
Men så sant Herren, Israels Gud, lever, han som har holdt meg tilbake fra å gjøre deg ondt: Hadde du ikke skyndt deg å komme meg i møte, da skulle ikke en eneste mann være blitt tilbake for Nabal til imorgen.
OTB
Likevel, så sant Herren Israels Gud lever, som har holdt meg fra å skade deg, hvis du ikke hadde kommet raskt for å møte meg, ville det sannelig ikke vært igjen til Nabal så mye som en mannlig ved morgenen."
B1930
Men så sant Herren, Israels Gud, lever, han som har holdt mig tilbake fra å gjøre dig ondt: Hadde du ikke skyndt dig å komme mig i møte, da skulde ikke en eneste mann være blitt tilbake for Nabal til imorgen.

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  • Joshua 10:6

    Then the men of Gibeon sent word to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal: “Do not abandon your servants. Come quickly and save us! Help us, because all the kings of the Amorites from the hill country have joined forces against us.”

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  • 1 Samuel 11:11

    The next day Saul organized the troops into three divisions, and during the morning watch they invaded the camp of the Ammonites and slaughtered them, until the hottest part of the day. And the survivors were so scattered that no two of them were left together.

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  • 1 Samuel 25:18

    Then 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

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  • 1 Samuel 25:26

    Now, 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.

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  • Joshua 10:9

    After marching all night from Gilgal, Joshua caught them by surprise.

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