1 Samuel 25:5
 1 Samuel 25:5 
New International Version (©2011)
So he sent ten young men and said to them, "Go up to Nabal at Carmel and greet him in my name.

New Living Translation (©2007)
he sent ten of his young men to Carmel with this message for Nabal:

English Standard Version (©2001)
So David sent ten young men. And David said to the young men, “Go up to Carmel, and go to Nabal and greet him in my name.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
So David sent ten young men; and David said to the young men, "Go up to Carmel, visit Nabal and greet him in my name;

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
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:

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
so David sent 10 young men instructing them, "Go up to Carmel, and when you come to Nabal, greet him in my name.

International Standard Version (©2012)
David sent ten young men, saying to the young men, "Go up to Carmel, find Nabal, and greet him in my name.

NET Bible (©2006)
he sent ten servants, saying to them, "Go up to Carmel to see Nabal and give him greetings in my name.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
So David sent ten young men and told them, "Go to Carmel, visit Nabal, and greet him for me.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
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:

American King James Version
And David sent out ten young men, and David said to the young men, Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name:

American Standard Version
And David sent 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:

Douay-Rheims Bible
He sent ten young men, and said to them: Go up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and salute him in my name with peace.

Darby Bible Translation
Then David sent out ten young men; and David said to the young men, Go up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name.

English Revised Version
And David sent 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:

Webster's Bible Translation
And David sent ten young men, and David said to the young men, Go up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name:

World English Bible
David sent ten young men, and David said to the young men, "Go up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name.

Young's Literal Translation
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,

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

25:2-11 We should not have heard of Nabal, if nothing had passed between him and David. Observe his name, Nabal, A fool; so it signifies. Riches make men look great in the eye of the world; but to one that takes right views, Nabal looked very mean. He had no honour or honesty; he was churlish, cross, and ill-humoured; evil in his doings, hard and oppressive; a man that cared not what fraud and violence he used in getting and saving. What little reason have we to value the wealth of this world, when so great a churl as Nabal abounds, and so good a man as David suffers want!, David pleaded the kindness Nabal's shepherds had received. Considering that David's men were in distress and debt, and discontented, and the scarcity of provisions, it was by good management that they were kept from plundering. Nabal went into a passion, as covetous men are apt to do, when asked for any thing, thinking thus to cover one sin with another; and, by abusing the poor, to excuse themselves from relieving them. But God will not thus be mocked. Let this help us to bear reproaches and misrepresentations with patience and cheerfulness, and make us easy under them; it has often been the lot of the excellent ones of the earth. Nabal insists much on the property he had in the provisions of his table. May he not do what he will with his own? We mistake, if we think we are absolute lords of what we have, and may do what we please with it. No; we are but stewards, and must use it as we are directed, remembering it is not our own, but His who intrusted us with it.


Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And David sent out ten young men,.... Such persons, and such a number of them, he sent to show honour and reverence to Nabal:

and David said, unto the young men, get ye up to Carmel; which lay higher than the wilderness, in which he was:

and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name; ask him of his peace and welfare, as the Targum; wish all health and happiness in my name, present my service and best respects to him.


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David and Nabal
4And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep. 5And David sent out ten young men, and David said to the young men, Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name: 6And thus shall you say to him that lives in prosperity, Peace be both to you, and peace be to your house, and peace be to all that you have. …

1 Samuel 25:4 While David was in the wilderness, he heard that Nabal was shearing sheep.
1 Samuel 25:6 Say to him: 'Long life to you! Good health to you and your household! And good health to all that is yours!
1 Chronicles 12:18 Then the Spirit came on Amasai, chief of the Thirty, and he said: "We are yours, David! We are with you, son of Jesse! Success, success to you, and success to those who help you, for your God will help you." So David received them and made them leaders of his raiding bands.