Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version When Abigail saw David, she quickly got off her donkey and bowed down before David with her face to the ground. New Living Translation When Abigail saw David, she quickly got off her donkey and bowed low before him. English Standard Version When Abigail saw David, she hurried and got down from the donkey and fell before David on her face and bowed to the ground. Berean Standard Bible When Abigail saw David, she quickly got off the donkey, fell facedown, and bowed before him. King James Bible 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, New King James Version Now when Abigail saw David, she dismounted quickly from the donkey, fell on her face before David, and bowed down to the ground. New American Standard Bible When Abigail saw David, she hurried and dismounted from her donkey, and fell on her face in front of David and bowed herself to the ground. NASB 1995 When Abigail saw David, she hurried and dismounted from her donkey, and fell on her face before David and bowed herself to the ground. NASB 1977 When Abigail saw David, she hurried and dismounted from her donkey, and fell on her face before David, and bowed herself to the ground. Legacy Standard Bible Then Abigail saw David; so she hurried and dismounted from her donkey and fell on her face before David and bowed herself to the ground. Amplified Bible When Abigail saw David, she hurried and dismounted from the donkey, and kneeled face downward before David and bowed down to the ground [in respect]. Christian Standard Bible When Abigail saw David, she quickly got off the donkey and knelt down with her face to the ground and paid homage to David. Holman Christian Standard Bible When Abigail saw David, she quickly got off the donkey and fell with her face to the ground in front of David. American Standard Version And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and alighted from her ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And Abigal saw David and she hurried and she came down from the donkey and she fell before David on her face and she bowed down on the ground Brenton Septuagint Translation And Abigaia saw David, and she hasted and alighted from her ass; and she felt before David on her face, and did obeisance to him, bowing to the ground Contemporary English Version Abigail quickly got off her donkey and bowed down in front of David. Douay-Rheims Bible And when Abigail saw David she made haste and lighted off the ass, and fell before David, on her face, and adored upon the ground. English Revised Version And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and lighted off her ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground. GOD'S WORD® Translation When Abigail saw David, she quickly got down from her donkey. She immediately bowed down in front of David with her face touching the ground. Good News Translation When Abigail saw David, she quickly dismounted and threw herself on the ground International Standard Version When Abigail saw David, she quickly got down from the donkey and fell on her face before David, prostrating herself on the ground. JPS Tanakh 1917 And when Abigail saw David, she made haste, and alighted from her ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed down to the ground. Literal Standard Version And Abigail sees David, and hurries and comes down from off the donkey, and falls on her face before David, and bows herself to the earth, Majority Standard Bible When Abigail saw David, she quickly got off the donkey, fell facedown, and bowed before him. New American Bible As soon as Abigail saw David, she dismounted quickly from the donkey and, falling down, bowed low to the ground before David in homage. NET Bible When Abigail saw David, she got down quickly from the donkey, threw herself down before David, and bowed to the ground. New Revised Standard Version When Abigail saw David, she hurried and alighted from the donkey, and fell before David on her face, bowing to the ground. New Heart English Bible When Abigail saw David, she hurried, and got off from her donkey, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground. Webster's Bible Translation 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. World English Bible When Abigail saw David, she hurried and got off her donkey, and fell before David on her face and bowed herself to the ground. Young's Literal Translation 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, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Abigail Intercedes for Nabal…22May God punish David, and ever so severely, if I let one of Nabal’s men survive until morning.” 23When Abigail saw David, she quickly got off the donkey, fell facedown, and bowed before him. 24She fell at his feet and said, “My lord, may the blame be on me alone, but please let your servant speak to you; hear the words of your servant.… Cross References Ruth 2:10 At this, she fell on her face, bowing low to the ground, and said to him, "Why have I found such favor in your eyes that you should take notice of me, even though I am a foreigner?" 1 Samuel 20:41 When the young man had gone, David got up from the south side of the stone, fell facedown, and bowed three times. Then he and Jonathan kissed each other and wept together--though David wept more. 1 Samuel 24:8 After that, David got up, went out of the cave, and called out to Saul, "My lord the king!" When Saul looked behind him, David bowed facedown in reverence 1 Samuel 25:24 She fell at his feet and said, "My lord, may the blame be on me alone, but please let your servant speak to you; hear the words of your servant. 1 Samuel 25:41 She arose, then bowed facedown and said, "Here is your maidservant, ready to serve and to wash the feet of my lord's servants." 2 Samuel 1:2 On the third day a man with torn clothes and dust on his head arrived from Saul's camp. When he came to David, he fell to the ground to pay him homage. 2 Samuel 9:6 And when Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to David, he fell facedown in reverence. Then David said, "Mephibosheth!" "I am your servant," he replied. Treasury of Scripture And when Abigail saw David, she hurried, and lighted off the ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, lighted Joshua 15:18 And it came to pass, as she came unto him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wouldest thou? Judges 1:14 And it came to pass, when she came to him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted from off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wilt thou? fell 1 Samuel 20:41 And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place toward the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded. 1 Samuel 24:8 David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried after Saul, saying, My lord the king. And when Saul looked behind him, David stooped with his face to the earth, and bowed himself. Jump to Previous Abigail Ab'igail Alighted Ass Bowed Boweth David Dismounted Donkey Earth Haste Hasted Hasteth Herself Hurried Lighted QuicklyJump to Next Abigail Ab'igail Alighted Ass Bowed Boweth David Dismounted Donkey Earth Haste Hasted Hasteth Herself Hurried Lighted Quickly1 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 (23) Fell before David.--This act of obeisance, and, in fact, the whole tone of the wise wife of Nabal in her address to David, seems to betoken her consciousness that she was addressing the anointed of Jehovah, the future king--at no distant date--of Israel. Her worst fears she found realised when she met David, probably at no great distance from the principal residence of Nabal, accompanied by so large an armed force, evidently bent on some deed of violence. She deprecated his wrath by representing her husband not merely as a bad man, but as one scarcely responsible for his actions. Had she only known of the mission of David's followers to Nabal, she implies, very different indeed had been their reception; they would not, at least, have returned to David empty-handed.Verses 23-25. - Abigail... fell before David on her face. This very abject obeisance may have been grounded on her belief in David's future kingship, or it may simply mark the inferior position held by women in those days (see ver. 41). Her whole address is couched in very humble terms. David (1 Samuel 24:8) only stooped with his face to the ground before Saul. Upon me. Abigail represents herself as the person really guilty, on whom the iniquity, i.e. the punishment of the offence, must fall. Nabal is a mere son of Belial, a worthless, bad man, whose name Nabal, i.e. fool, is a sign that folly is with him, and accompanies all his acts. As a fool he is scarcely accountable for his doings, and Abigail, whose wont and business it was to set things to rights, saw not the young men, and so was unable to save them from her husband's rudeness. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew When Abigailאֲבִיגַ֙יִל֙ (’ă·ḇî·ḡa·yil) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 26: Abigail -- 'my father is joy', two Israelite women saw וַתֵּ֤רֶא (wat·tê·re) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 7200: To see David, דָּוִ֔ד (dā·wiḏ) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse she quickly וַתְּמַהֵ֕ר (wat·tə·ma·hêr) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 4116: To be liquid, flow easily, to hurry, promptly got off וַתֵּ֖רֶד (wat·tê·reḏ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 3381: To come or go down, descend the donkey, הַחֲמ֑וֹר (ha·ḥă·mō·wr) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2543: A male ass fell וַתִּפֹּ֞ל (wat·tip·pōl) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 5307: To fall, lie facedown, פָּנֶ֔יהָ (pā·ne·hā) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular Strong's 6440: The face and bowed וַתִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּ (wat·tiš·ta·ḥū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 7812: To depress, prostrate before לְאַפֵּ֤י (lə·’ap·pê) Preposition-l | Noun - mdc Strong's 639: The nose, nostril, the face, a person, ire him. דָוִד֙ (ḏā·wiḏ) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse Links 1 Samuel 25:23 NIV1 Samuel 25:23 NLT 1 Samuel 25:23 ESV 1 Samuel 25:23 NASB 1 Samuel 25:23 KJV 1 Samuel 25:23 BibleApps.com 1 Samuel 25:23 Biblia Paralela 1 Samuel 25:23 Chinese Bible 1 Samuel 25:23 French Bible 1 Samuel 25:23 Catholic Bible OT History: 1 Samuel 25:23 When Abigail saw David she hurried (1Sa iSam 1 Sam i sa) |
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