Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Now think it over and see what you can do, because disaster is hanging over our master and his whole household. He is such a wicked man that no one can talk to him.” New Living Translation You need to know this and figure out what to do, for there is going to be trouble for our master and his whole family. He’s so ill-tempered that no one can even talk to him!” English Standard Version Now therefore know this and consider what you should do, for harm is determined against our master and against all his house, and he is such a worthless man that one cannot speak to him.” Berean Standard Bible Now consider carefully what you must do, because disaster looms over our master and all his household. For he is such a scoundrel that nobody can speak to him!” King James Bible 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. New King James Version Now therefore, know and consider what you will do, for harm is determined against our master and against all his household. For he is such a scoundrel that one cannot speak to him.” New American Standard Bible Now then, be aware and consider what you should do, because harm is plotted against our master and against all his household; and he is such a worthless man that no one can speak to him.” NASB 1995 “Now therefore, know and consider what you should do, for evil is plotted against our master and against all his household; and he is such a worthless man that no one can speak to him.” NASB 1977 “Now therefore, know and consider what you should do, for evil is plotted against our master and against all his household; and he is such a worthless man that no one can speak to him.” Legacy Standard Bible So now, know and see what you should do, for evil is decided against our master and against all his household; and he is such a vile man that no one can speak to him.” Amplified Bible Now then, know this and consider what you should do, for evil is [already] planned against our master and against all his household; but he is such a worthless and wicked man that one cannot speak [reasonably] to him.” Christian Standard Bible Now consider carefully what you should do, because there is certain to be trouble for our master and his entire family. He is such a worthless fool nobody can talk to him! ” Holman Christian Standard Bible Now consider carefully what you must do, because there is certain to be trouble for our master and his entire family. He is such a worthless fool nobody can talk to him!” American Standard Version Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his house: for he is such a worthless fellow, that one cannot speak to him. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Now know and see what you do, because evil is determined against our Master and against all his household!” And Nabal was with the Shepherds Brenton Septuagint Translation And now do thou consider, and see what thou wilt do; for mischief is determined against our lord and against his house; and he is a vile character, and one cannot speak to him. Contemporary English Version He's a bully who won't listen to anyone. Isn't there something you can do? Please think of something! Or else our master and his family and everyone who works for him are all doomed. Douay-Rheims Bible Wherefore consider, and think what thou hast to do: for evil is determined against thy husband, and against thy house, and he is a son of Belial, so that no man can speak to him. English Revised Version Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his house: for he is such a son of Belial, that one cannot speak to him. GOD'S WORD® Translation Now, consider what you should do because our master and his whole household are doomed. And he's such a worthless man that it's useless to talk to him." Good News Translation Please think this over and decide what to do. This could be disastrous for our master and all his family. He is so mean that he won't listen to anybody!" International Standard Version Now, be aware of this and consider what you should do. Calamity is being planned against our master and against his entire household. He's such a worthless person that no one can talk to him." JPS Tanakh 1917 Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his house; for he is such a base fellow, that one cannot speak to him.' Literal Standard Version And now, know and consider what you do; for evil has been determined against our lord, and against all his house, and he [is] too much a son of worthlessness to be spoken to.” Majority Standard Bible Now consider carefully what you must do, because disaster looms over our master and all his household. For he is such a scoundrel that nobody can speak to him!” New American Bible Now, see what you can do, for you must realize that otherwise disaster is in store for our master and for his whole house. He is such a scoundrel that no one can talk to him.” NET Bible Now be aware of this, and see what you can do. For disaster has been planned for our lord and his entire household. He is such a wicked person that no one tells him anything!" New Revised Standard Version Now therefore know this and consider what you should do; for evil has been decided against our master and against all his house; he is so ill-natured that no one can speak to him.” New Heart English Bible Now therefore know and consider what you will do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his house; for he is such a worthless fellow that one can't speak to him." Webster's Bible Translation 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. World English Bible Now therefore know and consider what you will do; for evil is determined against our master and against all his house, for he is such a worthless fellow that one can’t speak to him.” Young's Literal Translation 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.' Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context David, Nabal, and Abigail…16They were a wall around us, both day and night, the whole time we were herding our sheep near them. 17Now consider carefully what you must do, because disaster looms over our master and all his household. For he is such a scoundrel that nobody can speak to him!” Cross References 1 Samuel 10:27 But some worthless men said, "How can this man save us?" So they despised him and brought him no gifts; but Saul remained silent about it. 1 Samuel 20:7 If he says, 'Good,' then your servant is safe, but if he is enraged, you will know he has evil intentions. 1 Samuel 25:16 They were a wall around us, both day and night, the whole time we were herding our sheep near them. 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 Treasury of Scripture Now therefore know and consider what you will 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. evil 1 Samuel 20:7,9,33 If he say thus, It is well; thy servant shall have peace: but if he be very wroth, then be sure that evil is determined by him… 2 Chronicles 25:16 And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said unto him, Art thou made of the king's counsel? forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbare, and said, I know that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel. Esther 7:7 And the king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath went into the palace garden: and Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king. a son of Belial 1 Samuel 25:25 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. 1 Samuel 2:12 Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the LORD. Deuteronomy 13:13 Certain men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known; that a man 1 Samuel 20:32,33 And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him, Wherefore shall he be slain? what hath he done? … 2 Kings 5:13,14 And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean? … Jump to Previous Base Belial Consider Determined Disaster Evil Hanging House Household Ill-Natured Master Plotted Possible Speak Store Talk Think Thought Wilt WorthlessJump to Next Base Belial Consider Determined Disaster Evil Hanging House Household Ill-Natured Master Plotted Possible Speak Store Talk Think Thought Wilt Worthless1 Samuel 25 1. Samuel dies2. David in Paran sends to Nabal 10. Provoked by Nabal's rudeness, he minds to destroy him 14. Abigail understanding thereof 18. takes a present 23. and by her wisdom 32. pacifies David 36. Nabal hearing thereof, dies 39. David takes Abigail and Ahinoam to be his wives 44. Michal is given to Phalti (17) A son of Belial.--Belial was not a proper name, though it subsequently came to be considered one. It signifies simply worthlessness; here a "son of Belial" is an expression for a bad, worthless fellow. Hebrew Nowוְעַתָּ֗ה (wə·‘at·tāh) Conjunctive waw | Adverb Strong's 6258: At this time consider carefully דְּעִ֤י (də·‘î) Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular Strong's 3045: To know what מַֽה־ (mah-) Interrogative Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what you must do, תַּעֲשִׂ֔י (ta·‘ă·śî) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person feminine singular Strong's 6213: To do, make because כִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction disaster הָרָעָ֛ה (hā·rā·‘āh) Article | Adjective - feminine singular Strong's 7451: Bad, evil looms כָלְתָ֧ה (ḵā·lə·ṯāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 3615: To be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spent over אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to our master אֲדֹנֵ֖ינוּ (’ă·ḏō·nê·nū) Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural Strong's 113: Sovereign, controller and וְעַ֣ל (wə·‘al) Conjunctive waw | Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every his household. בֵּית֑וֹ (bê·ṯōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 1004: A house For he [is such] וְהוּא֙ (wə·hū) Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine singular Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are a scoundrel בְּלִיַּ֔עַל (bə·lî·ya·‘al) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1100: Without profit, worthlessness, destruction, wickedness that nobody can speak מִדַּבֵּ֖ר (mid·dab·bêr) Preposition-m | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct Strong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue to him!” אֵלָֽיו׃ (’ê·lāw) Preposition | third person masculine singular Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to Links 1 Samuel 25:17 NIV1 Samuel 25:17 NLT 1 Samuel 25:17 ESV 1 Samuel 25:17 NASB 1 Samuel 25:17 KJV 1 Samuel 25:17 BibleApps.com 1 Samuel 25:17 Biblia Paralela 1 Samuel 25:17 Chinese Bible 1 Samuel 25:17 French Bible 1 Samuel 25:17 Catholic Bible OT History: 1 Samuel 25:17 Now therefore know and consider what you (1Sa iSam 1 Sam i sa) |