1 Samuel 25:7
5 So David sent ten young men and instructed them, “Go up to Nabal at Carmel. Greet him in my name
6 and say to him, ‘Long life to you, and peace to you and your house and to all that belongs to you.
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.
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.
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.
Compare
- BSB
- 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.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- Now I have heard that you have shearers. Your shepherds have now been with us, and we didn’t harm them. Nothing was missing from them all the time they were in Carmel.
- ASV
- And now I have heard that thou hast shearers: thy shepherds have now been with us, and we did them no hurt, neither was there aught missing unto them, all the while they were in Carmel.
- DARBY
- And now I have heard that thou hast shearers; now thy shepherds who were with us, we hurt them not, neither was there aught missed by them, all the while they were in Carmel.
- BLB
- And I have heard that shearers [are] unto you. Now the shepherds that [are] unto you were with us. We did not hurt them, nor was there missing anything from them all the days they were in Carmel.
- ÅB
- Jeg har hørt at du har saueklipping. Nå har dine hyrder vært sammen med oss; vi har ikke gjort dem fortred, og der er intet kommet bort for dem i all den tid de har vært i Karmel.
- OTB
- Nå har jeg hørt at du har saueklippere. Dine gjetere har vært med oss, og vi har ikke fornærmet dem, og de har ikke mistet noe alle de dagene de var i Karmel.
- B1930
- Jeg har hørt at du har fåreklipning. Nu har dine hyrder vært sammen med oss; vi har ikke gjort dem fortred, og der er intet kommet bort for dem i all den tid de har vært i Karmel.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
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.
Read in context1 Samuel 25:15–16
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.
Read in contextIsaiah 11:6–9
The wolf will live with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the goat; the calf and young lion and fatling will be together, and a little child will lead them.
Read in contextPhilippians 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
Read in contextLuke 3:14
Then some soldiers asked him, “And what should we do?” “Do not take money by force or false accusation,” he said. “Be content with your wages.”
Read in contextPhilippians 4:8
Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think on these things.
Read in context1 Samuel 22:2
And all who were distressed or indebted or discontented rallied around him, and he became their leader. About four hundred men were with him.
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