Verse
KJV
King James Version
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
And Samuel died;
and all the
Israelites
were
gathered together
, and lamented
him, and buried
him in his house at
Ramah .
And David arose,
and went
down to
the wilderness of Paran.
And Samuel dieth,
and all Israel
are
gathered, and mourn
for
him, and bury
him in his house ,
in
Ramah ;
and David riseth
and goeth
down unto
the wilderness of Paran.
And there was
a man in Maon, whose
possessions
were
in Carmel; and the man was
very great, and he had
three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats :
and he was
shearing his sheep
in Carmel.
And `
there is'
a man in Maon, and
his
work
`is'
in Carmel; and the man `is'
very great, and he hath
three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats ;
and he is
shearing his flock
in Carmel.
Now
the name of the man was
Nabal ;
and the name of his wife Abigail :
and she
was
a
woman of good understanding, and of a
beautiful
countenance:
but
the man was
churlish
and evil in his
doings; and he was
of
the
house
of
Caleb
.
And
the name of the man `is'
Nabal ,
and the name of his wife Abigail ,
and the
woman `is'
of good understanding, and of fair
form,
and
the man `is'
hard
and evil `
in '
doings; and he `is'
a
Calebite
.
And David heard
in the wilderness that Nabal did
shear
his sheep.
And David heareth
in the wilderness that Nabal is
shearing
his flock,
And David sent
out
ten young men, and David said
unto
the young men, Get
you
up to Carmel, and go
to
Nabal, and greet
him in my name :
and David sendeth
ten young men, and David saith
to
the young men, `Go
ye
up to Carmel, and ye
have
come
in
unto
Nabal, and asked
of
him in my name of
welfare,
And thus shall
ye
say
to him
that
liveth
in
prosperity
, Peace be
both
to
thee,
and peace
be
to
thine
house, and
peace be
unto
all that thou hast .
and said
thus :
To life!
and
thou
, peace ;
and thy
house, peace ;
and
all that thou hast --
peace!
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.
and ,
now ,
I have heard that thou hast shearers ;
now ,
the
shepherds whom
thou
hast
have
been
with us, we have
not put
them
to
shame
, nor
hath
anything
been
looked
after
by
them, all the days
of
their
being
in Carmel.
Ask thy young men, and they will
show
thee .
Wherefore
let
the young men find favor
in thine eyes :
for we
come
in
a good day :
give, I pray thee, whatsoever
cometh
to
thine
hand unto
thy servants, and to thy son David.
`
Ask thy young men, and they declare
to
thee ,
and
the young men find grace
in thine eyes ,
for on
a good day we
have
come;
give, I pray thee, that
which
thy
hand findeth,
to
thy servants, and to thy son ,
to
David. '
And when
David's
young men came
, they
spake
to
Nabal according to all those
words in the name of David ,
and ceased
.
And the
young men of
David
come
in
, and
speak
unto
Nabal according to all these
words ,
in the name of David --
and rest
.
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 .
And Nabal answereth
the
servants of
David
and saith
, `
Who `
is '
David ,
and who the son of Jesse? to-day
have
servants been
multiplied
who
are
breaking
away each
from his master ;
Shall
I then
take
my bread, and my water, and my flesh that
I have
killed
for my shearers, and give
it unto
men ,
whom I know
not whence they be?
and
I have
taken
my bread, and my water, and my flesh ,
which
I slaughtered
for my shearers, and have
given
`
it '
to
men whom I have
not known
whence they `are'!'
So
David's
young men turned
their way, and went
again
, and came
and told
him all those
sayings
.
And
the
young men of
David
turn
on
their way, and turn
back
, and come
in,
and declare
to
him according
to
all these
words
.
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
.
And David saith
to
his men, `
Gird ye on each
his sword ;'
and they gird
on each
his sword ,
and David also girdeth
on his sword ,
and there go
up after David about four hundred men ,
and two hundred have
remained
by the vessels
.
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 .
And
to
Abigail
wife
of
Nabal
hath
one young
man
of the youths
declared
, saying, `Lo
, David hath
sent messengers out of the wilderness to bless
our lord,
and he flieth
upon
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:
and
the men `are'
very good to
us, and have
not put
us
to
shame
, and
we have
not
looked
after
anything
all
the
days
we have
gone
up
and
down
with them, in our
being
in
the field;
They
were
a wall unto us both by night and day, all the while
we
were
with them keeping
the sheep
.
a wall they
have
been
unto us both by night and by
day, all the days
of
our
being
with them ,
feeding
the flock
.
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
.
`And,
now ,
know and consider what thou dost
; for evil hath
been
determined against our lord
, and against all his house,
and
he `
is '
too
much
a son of worthlessness
to be
spoken
to
. '
Then
Abigail made
haste
, and took
two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready
dressed
, and five measures of parched
corn, and an
hundred clusters
of raisins, and two hundred cakes
of figs, and laid
them on asses.
And
Abigail hasteth
, and taketh
two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep, prepared,
and five measures of roasted
corn, and a
hundred bunches
of raisins, and two hundred bunches
of figs, and setteth
`
them '
on the
asses.
And she said
unto
her servants
, Go
on
before me; behold
, I
come
after you .
But
she
told
not
her husband Nabal .
And she saith
to
her young
men
, `Pass
over
before me; lo
, after you I
am
coming;'
and
to
her husband Nabal she
hath
not
declared
`it';
And it was
so
, as
she rode
on the ass ,
that
she
came
down by
the covert
on
the hill, and ,
behold
, David and his men came
down against
her ;
and she met
them.
and it hath
come
to
pass
, she is
riding
on the ass and
is
coming
down in
the secret
part
of
the hill -country
, and lo
, David and his men are
coming
down to
meet
her ,
and she meeteth
them.
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 .
And
David said, `Only,
in vain I have
kept all that this `one'
hath in the wilderness, and
nothing hath
been
looked
after
of all that he hath ,
and
he
turneth
back
to
me evil for good ;
So
and
more
also
do
God unto
the enemies of David, if I leave of all that pertain
to
him
by
the morning
light any
that
pisseth
against
the wall.
thus
doth
God do
to
the enemies of David, and
thus
He
doth
add,
if I leave of all that he
hath
till
the light of
the morning
--
of
those
sitting
on
the
wall. '
And when
Abigail saw
David, she
hasted,
and lighted
off the ass, and fell
before David on her face, and bowed
herself to the ground
,
And Abigail seeth
David, and hasteth
and
cometh
down
from
off the ass, and falleth
before David on her face, and boweth
herself to the earth
,
And fell
at his feet ,
and said
, Upon
me, my lord, upon
me
let
this
iniquity be:
and let thine
handmaid
, I pray thee, speak in thine audience
, and hear the words of thine
handmaid.
and falleth
at his feet and saith
, `On
me, my lord, the
iniquity ;
and let, I pray thee, thy
handmaid
speak in thine ear
, and hear the words of thy
handmaid.
Let not my
lord
, I pray thee, regard
this man of Belial
, even
Nabal :
for as his name is ,
so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him :
but
I thine handmaid saw
not the young men of my lord ,
whom thou didst send .
`
Let not, I pray thee, my
lord
set
his
heart
to
this man of worthlessness
, on
Nabal ,
for as his name `
is '
so `
is '
he; Nabal `
is '
his name, and folly `
is '
with him ;
and
I ,
thine handmaid ,
did
not see
the young men of my lord whom thou didst send ;
Now therefore
, my lord, as
the
LORD
liveth, and as
thy soul liveth, seeing
the
LORD
hath withholden
thee from coming to
shed
blood, and from
avenging
thyself
with
thine
own
hand ,
now let thine enemies, and
they
that
seek
evil to
my lord ,
be
as
Nabal
.
and
now, my lord, Jehovah
liveth, and thy soul liveth, in
that
Jehovah
hath withheld
thee from coming in
with
blood, and to
save
thy
hand to
thee
--
now let thine enemies be
as
Nabal
, even
those
seeking
evil unto
my lord.
And now this blessing which thine
handmaid
hath brought unto
my lord ,
let
it even
be
given unto
the young men that
follow
my lord.
`
And ,
now ,
this blessing which thy
maid-servant
hath brought to
my lord --
it hath
been
given to
the young men who
are
going
up
and
down
at
the
feet
of
my lord.
I pray thee, forgive
the trespass
of thine
handmaid :
for the
LORD
will
certainly make my lord a sure
house; because
my
lord
fighteth
the battles of the
LORD, and evil hath
not been
found in thee all thy days.
`Bear,
I pray thee, with
the transgression
of thy
handmaid ,
for Jehovah
doth
certainly make to
my lord a stedfast
house; for
the battles of Jehovah
hath
my
lord fought
, and evil is
not found in thee `
all '
thy days.
Yet
a
man is
risen
to pursue thee ,
and to seek thy soul :
but
the soul of my lord shall
be
bound in the bundle of life with the
LORD
thy God; and
the souls
of thine enemies, them
shall
he sling out,
as
out of the middle
of a
sling.
And
man riseth
to pursue thee and to seek thy soul ,
and
the soul of my lord hath
been
bound in the bundle of life with Jehovah
thy God; as
to
the soul
of thine enemies, He doth
sling them
out in
the
midst
of the hollow
of the
sling.
And it shall
come
to
pass
, when the
LORD
shall
have
done
to my lord according to all the good that
he hath spoken concerning thee, and shall
have
appointed thee ruler
over Israel ;
`
And it hath
been
, when Jehovah
doth
to my lord according to all the good which
He hath spoken concerning thee, and appointed thee for
leader
over Israel ,
That this shall
be
no
grief
unto
thee, nor
offense
of heart unto
my lord ,
either that
thou
hast
shed blood causeless
, or that
my lord
hath
avenged
himself :
but
when
the
LORD
shall
have
dealt
well
with
my lord, then
remember
thine
handmaid.
that this is
not
to
thee for
a
stumbling-block
, and
for
an
offence
of heart to
my lord --
either to
shed blood for
nought
, or my lord's
restraining
himself ;
and
Jehovah
hath
done
good
to
my lord, and
thou
hast
remembered
thy
handmaid. '
And David said
to Abigail, Blessed be
the
LORD
God of Israel, which
sent thee this day to meet me :
And David saith
to Abigail, `
Blessed `is'
Jehovah,
God of Israel, who
hath
sent thee this day to meet me ,
And blessed be
thy advice
, and blessed be
thou ,
which
hast kept
me this day from coming to
shed
blood, and from
avenging
myself
with
mine
own
hand.
and blessed `is'
thy discretion
, and blessed `art'
thou in
that
thou
hast restrained
me this day from coming in
with
blood, and to
restrain
my
hand to
myself
.
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.
And
yet
, Jehovah
liveth,
God of Israel, who
hath kept me back from doing
evil
with
thee, for
unless
thou hadst hasted ,
and dost
come to meet me, surely there had not been left to
Nabal till
the light of
the morning,
of
those
sitting
on
the
wall. '
So
David received
of
her hand that which she had
brought him, and said
unto
her, Go up in peace to thine
house; see, I have hearkened to thy voice, and have
accepted
thy person
.
And
David receiveth
from
her hand that which she hath
brought to
him, and to
her he
hath
said
, `
Go up in peace to thy
house; see, I have hearkened to thy voice, and accept
thy face
. '
And Abigail came
to
Nabal ;
and
, behold
, he held
a feast
in his house, like the
feast
of
a king ;
and Nabal's
heart was
merry
within him, for
he was
very
drunken:
wherefore
she told
him nothing
, less or more, until
the morning
light.
And Abigail cometh
in
unto
Nabal, and
lo
, he hath
a banquet
in his house, like a banquet
of
the
king ,
and the
heart of
Nabal
`is'
glad
within him, and
he `is'
drunk
unto
excess,
and
she hath
not
declared
to
him anything
, less or more, till
the light of
the
morning
.
But
it came
to pass in the morning, when the wine was
gone out of
Nabal, and
his wife had
told
him these things, that
his heart died
within him, and he became
as a stone.
And
it cometh
to pass in the morning, when the wine is
gone out from
Nabal, that
his wife declareth
to
him these things, and
his heart dieth
within him, and he hath
been
as a stone.
And it came
to pass about ten days after
, that the
LORD
smote
Nabal, that
he died.
And it cometh
to pass ,
`in'
about ten days, that Jehovah
smiteth
Nabal, and
he dieth,
And when
David heard
that Nabal was
dead, he
said
, Blessed be
the
LORD,
that
hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath
kept
his servant from evil :
for
the
LORD
hath
returned
the wickedness of Nabal upon
his own head .
And David sent
and communed
with Abigail, to take her to him to
wife.
and David heareth
that Nabal `is'
dead, and
saith
, `
Blessed `is'
Jehovah
who
hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and His servant hath
kept
back
from evil ,
and
the wickedness of Nabal hath
Jehovah
turned
back
on
his own head ;'
and David sendeth
and speaketh
with Abigail, to take her to him for
a
wife.
And when
the servants of David were
come to
Abigail to
Carmel, they
spake
unto her, saying, David sent us unto thee ,
to take thee to him to
wife.
And the servants of David come in
unto
Abigail at
Carmel, and
speak
unto her, saying, `
David hath
sent us unto thee to take thee to him for
a
wife. '
And she arose,
and bowed
herself on
her
face to the earth ,
and said
, Behold
, let
thine
handmaid be
a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.
And she riseth
and boweth
herself --
face to the earth --
and saith
, `Lo
, thy
handmaid `is'
for
a maid-
servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord. '
And Abigail hasted,
and arose
and rode
upon
an
ass ,
with
five damsels
of hers
that
went
after
her; and she went
after the messengers of David, and became
his
wife.
And Abigail hasteth
and riseth,
and rideth
on
the
ass ;
and
five of her young
women
who
are
going
at
her
feet
; and she goeth
after the messengers of David, and is
to
him
for
a
wife.
David
also
took
Ahinoam of
Jezreel ;
and they were
also
both of them his
wives .
And
Ahinoam hath
David
taken
from
Jezreel ,
and they are
--
even
both of them --
to
him
for
wives ;
But
Saul had
given
Michal his daughter, David's
wife, to Phalti the
son of Laish, which
was
of Gallim.
and
Saul gave
Michal his daughter, wife to
David
, to Phalti son of Laish, who
`is'
of Gallim.
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