1 Samuel 25 Parallel Bible

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1	And Samuel died, and all Israel was gathered together, and they mourned for him, and buried him in his house in Ramatha. And David rose and went down into the wilderness of Pharan.	Now Samuel died. And all Israel assembled and mourned for him, and they buried him in his house at Ramah. Then David rose and went down to the wilderness of Paran.	Now Samuel died, and all Israel assembled and mourned for him; and they buried him at his home in Ramah. Then David moved down into the Desert of Paran.
2	Now there was a certain man in the wilderness of Maon, and his possessions were in Carmel, and the man was very great: and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and it happened that he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.	And there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel. The man was very rich; he had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats. He was shearing his sheep in Carmel.	A certain man in Maon, who had property there at Carmel, was very wealthy. He had a thousand goats and three thousand sheep, which he was shearing in Carmel.
3	Now the name of the man was Nabal: and the name of his wife was Abigail. And she was a prudent and very comely woman, but her husband was churlish, and very bad and ill natured: and he was of the house of Caleb.	Now the name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife Abigail. The woman was discerning and beautiful, but the man was harsh and badly behaved; he was a Calebite.	His name was Nabal and his wife’s name was Abigail. She was an intelligent and beautiful woman, but her husband was surly and mean in his dealings—he was a Calebite.
4	And when David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep,	David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep.	While David was in the wilderness, he heard that Nabal was shearing sheep.
5	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.	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.	So he sent ten young men and said to them, “Go up to Nabal at Carmel and greet him in my name.
6	And you shall say: Peace be to my brethren, and to thee, and peace to thy house, and peace to all that thou hast.	And thus you shall greet him: ‘Peace be to you, and peace be to your house, and peace be to all that you have.	Say to him: ‘Long life to you! Good health to you and your household! And good health to all that is yours!
7	I heard that thy shepherds that were with us in the desert were shearing: we never molested them, neither was there ought missing to them of the flock at any time, all the while they were with us in Carmel.	I hear that you have shearers. Now your shepherds have been with us, and we did them no harm, and they missed nothing all the time they were in Carmel.	“’Now I hear that it is sheep-shearing time. When your shepherds were with us, we did not mistreat them, and the whole time they were at Carmel nothing of theirs was missing.
8	Ask thy servants, and they will tell thee. Now therefore let thy servants find favour in thy eyes: for we are come in a good day, whatsoever thy hand shall find give to thy servants, and to thy son David.	Ask your young men, and they will tell you. Therefore let my young men find favor in your eyes, for we come on a feast day. Please give whatever you have at hand to your servants and to your son David.’”	Ask your own servants and they will tell you. Therefore be favorable toward my men, since we come at a festive time. Please give your servants and your son David whatever you can find for them.’”
9	And when David's servants came, they spoke to Nabal all these words in David's name: and then held their peace.	When David’s young men came, they said all this to Nabal in the name of David, and then they waited.	When David’s men arrived, they gave Nabal this message in David’s name. Then they waited.
10	But Nabal answering the servants of David, said: Who is David? and what is the son of Isai? servants are multiplied now a days who flee from their masters.	And Nabal answered David’s servants, “Who is David? Who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants these days who are breaking away from their masters.	Nabal answered David’s servants, “Who is this David? Who is this son of Jesse? Many servants are breaking away from their masters these days.
11	Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and the flesh of my cattle, which I have killed for my shearers, and give to men whom I know not whence they are?	Shall I take my bread and my water and my meat that I have killed for my shearers and give it to men who come from I do not know where?”	Why should I take my bread and water, and the meat I have slaughtered for my shearers, and give it to men coming from who knows where?”
12	So the servants of David went back their way, and returning came and told him all the words that he said.	So David’s young men turned away and came back and told him all this.	David’s men turned around and went back. When they arrived, they reported every word.
13	Then David said to his young men: Let every man gird on his sword. And they girded on every man his sword. And David also girded on his sword: and there followed David about four hundred men: and two hundred remained with the baggage.	And David said to his men, “Every man strap on his sword!” And every man of them strapped on his sword. David also strapped on his sword. And about four hundred men went up after David, while two hundred remained with the baggage.	David said to his men, “Each of you strap on your sword!” So they did, and David strapped his on as well. About four hundred men went up with David, while two hundred stayed with the supplies.
14	But one of the servants told Abigail the wife of Nabal, saying: Behold David sent messengers out of the wilderness, to salute our master: and he rejected them.	But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal’s wife, “Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to greet our master, and he railed at them.	One of the servants told Abigail, Nabal’s wife, “David sent messengers from the wilderness to give our master his greetings, but he hurled insults at them.
15	These men were very good to us, and gave us no trouble: neither did we ever lose any thing all the time that we conversed with them in the desert.	Yet the men were very good to us, and we suffered no harm, and we did not miss anything when we were in the fields, as long as we went with them.	Yet these men were very good to us. They did not mistreat us, and the whole time we were out in the fields near them nothing was missing.
16	They were a wall unto us both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.	They were a wall to us both by night and by day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.	Night and day they were a wall around us the whole time we were herding our sheep near them.
17	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.	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.”	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.”
18	Then Abigail made haste and took two hundred loaves, and two vessels of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and a hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of dry figs, and laid them upon asses:	Then Abigail made haste and took two hundred loaves and two skins of wine and five sheep already prepared and five seahs of parched grain and a hundred clusters of raisins and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on donkeys.	Abigail acted quickly. She took two hundred loaves of bread, two skins of wine, five dressed sheep, five seahs of roasted grain, a hundred cakes of raisins and two hundred cakes of pressed figs, and loaded them on donkeys.
19	And she said to her servants: Go before me: behold I will follow after you: but she told not her husband Nabal.	And she said to her young men, “Go on before me; behold, I come after you.” But she did not tell her husband Nabal.	Then she told her servants, “Go on ahead; I’ll follow you.” But she did not tell her husband Nabal.
20	And when she had gotten upon an ass, and was coming down to the foot of the mountain, David and his men came down over against her, and she met them.	And as she rode on the donkey and came down under cover of the mountain, behold, David and his men came down toward her, and she met them.	As she came riding her donkey into a mountain ravine, there were David and his men descending toward her, and she met them.
21	And David said: Truly in vain have I kept all that belonged to this man in the wilderness, and nothing was lost of all that pertained unto him: and he hath returned me evil for good.	Now David had said, “Surely in vain have I guarded all that this fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that belonged to him, and he has returned me evil for good.	David had just said, “It’s been useless—all my watching over this fellow’s property in the wilderness so that nothing of his was missing. He has paid me back evil for good.
22	May God do so and so, and add more to the foes of David, if I leave of all that belong to him till the morning, any that pisseth against the wall.	God do so to the enemies of David and more also, if by morning I leave so much as one male of all who belong to him.”	May God deal with David, be it ever so severely, if by morning I leave alive one male of all who belong to him!”
23	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.	When Abigail saw David, she hurried and got down from the donkey and fell before David on her face and bowed to the ground.	When Abigail saw David, she quickly got off her donkey and bowed down before David with her face to the ground.
24	And she fell at his feet, and said: Upon me let this iniquity be, my lord: let thy handmaid speak, I beseech thee, in thy ears: and hear the words of thy servant.	She fell at his feet and said, “On me alone, my lord, be the guilt. Please let your servant speak in your ears, and hear the words of your servant.	She fell at his feet and said: “Pardon your servant, my lord, and let me speak to you; hear what your servant has to say.
25	Let not my lord the king, I pray, regard this naughty man Nabal: for according to his name, he is a fool, and folly is with him: but I thy handmaid did not see thy servants, my lord, whom thou sentest.	Let not my lord regard this worthless fellow, Nabal, for as his name is, so is he. Nabal is his name, and folly is with him. But I your servant did not see the young men of my lord, whom you sent.	Please pay no attention, my lord, to that wicked man Nabal. He is just like his name—his name means Fool, and folly goes with him. And as for me, your servant, I did not see the men my lord sent.
26	Now therefore, my lord, the Lord liveth, and thy soul liveth, who hath withholden thee from coming to blood, and hath saved thy hand to thee: and now let thy enemies be as Nabal, and all they that seek evil to my lord.	Now then, my lord, as the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, because the LORD has restrained you from bloodguilt and from saving with your own hand, now then let your enemies and those who seek to do evil to my lord be as Nabal.	And now, my lord, as surely as the LORD your God lives and as you live, since the LORD has kept you from bloodshed and from avenging yourself with your own hands, may your enemies and all who are intent on harming my lord be like Nabal.
27	Wherefore receive this blessing, which thy handmaid hath brought to thee, my lord: and give it to the young men that follow thee, my lord.	And now let this present that your servant has brought to my lord be given to the young men who follow my lord.	And let this gift, which your servant has brought to my lord, be given to the men who follow you.
28	Forgive the iniquity of thy handmaid: for the Lord will surely make for my lord a faithful house, because thou, my lord, fightest the battles of the Lord: let not evil therefore be found in thee all the days of thy life.	Please forgive the trespass of your servant. For the LORD will certainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord is fighting the battles of the LORD, and evil shall not be found in you so long as you live.	“Please forgive your servant’s presumption. The LORD your God will certainly make a lasting dynasty for my lord, because you fight the LORD’s battles, and no wrongdoing will be found in you as long as you live.
29	For if a man at any time shall rise, and persecute thee, and seek thy life, the soul of my lord shall be kept, as in the bundle of the living, with the Lord thy God: but the souls of thy enemies shall be whirled, as with the violence and whirling of a sling.	If men rise up to pursue you and to seek your life, the life of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of the living in the care of the LORD your God. And the lives of your enemies he shall sling out as from the hollow of a sling.	Even though someone is pursuing you to take your life, the life of my lord will be bound securely in the bundle of the living by the LORD your God, but the lives of your enemies he will hurl away as from the pocket of a sling.
30	And when the Lord shall have done to thee, my lord, all the good that he hath spoken concerning thee, and shall have made thee prince over Israel,	And when the LORD has done to my lord according to all the good that he has spoken concerning you and has appointed you prince over Israel,	When the LORD has fulfilled for my lord every good thing he promised concerning him and has appointed him ruler over Israel,
31	This shall not be an occasion of grief to thee, and a scruple of heart to my lord, that thou hast shed innocent blood, or hast revenged thyself: and when the Lord shall have done well by my lord, thou shalt remember thy handmaid.	my lord shall have no cause of grief or pangs of conscience for having shed blood without cause or for my lord working salvation himself. And when the LORD has dealt well with my lord, then remember your servant.”	my lord will not have on his conscience the staggering burden of needless bloodshed or of having avenged himself. And when the LORD your God has brought my lord success, remember your servant.”
32	And David said to Abigail: Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel, who sent thee this day to meet me, and blessed be thy speech:	And David said to Abigail, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me!	David said to Abigail, “Praise be to the LORD, the God of Israel, who has sent you today to meet me.
33	And blessed be thou, who hast kept me to day, from coming to blood, and revenging me with my own hand.	Blessed be your discretion, and blessed be you, who have kept me this day from bloodguilt and from working salvation with my own hand!	May you be blessed for your good judgment and for keeping me from bloodshed this day and from avenging myself with my own hands.
34	Otherwise as the Lord liveth the God of Israel, who hath withholden me from doing thee any evil: if thou hadst not quickly come to meet me, there had not been left to Nabal by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.	For as surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, who has restrained me from hurting you, unless you had hurried and come to meet me, truly by morning there had not been left to Nabal so much as one male.”	Otherwise, as surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, who has kept me from harming you, if you had not come quickly to meet me, not one male belonging to Nabal would have been left alive by daybreak.”
35	And David received at her hand all that she had brought him, and said to her: Go in peace into thy house, behold I have heard thy voice, and have honoured thy face.	Then David received from her hand what she had brought him. And he said to her, “Go up in peace to your house. See, I have obeyed your voice, and I have granted your petition.”	Then David accepted from her hand what she had brought him and said, “Go home in peace. I have heard your words and granted your request.”
36	And Abigail came to Nabal: and behold he had a feast in his house, like the feast of a king, and Nabal's heart was merry: for he was very drunk: and she told him nothing less or more until morning.	And Abigail came to Nabal, and behold, he was holding a feast in his house, like the feast of a king. And Nabal’s heart was merry within him, for he was very drunk. So she told him nothing at all until the morning light.	When Abigail went to Nabal, he was in the house holding a banquet like that of a king. He was in high spirits and very drunk. So she told him nothing at all until daybreak.
37	But early in the morning when Nabal had digested his wine, his wife told him these words, and his heart died within him, and he became as a stone.	In the morning, when the wine had gone out of Nabal, his wife told him these things, and his heart died within him, and he became as a stone.	Then in the morning, when Nabal was sober, his wife told him all these things, and his heart failed him and he became like a stone.
38	And after ten days had passed, the Lord struck Nabal, and he died.	And about ten days later the LORD struck Nabal, and he died.	About ten days later, the LORD struck Nabal and he died.
39	And when David had heard that Nabal was dead, he said: Blessed be the Lord, who hath judged the cause of my reproach at the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil, and the Lord hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his head. The n David sent and treated with Abigail, that he might take her to himself for a wife.	When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Blessed be the LORD who has avenged the insult I received at the hand of Nabal, and has kept back his servant from wrongdoing. The LORD has returned the evil of Nabal on his own head.” Then David sent and spoke to Abigail, to take her as his wife.	When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Praise be to the LORD, who has upheld my cause against Nabal for treating me with contempt. He has kept his servant from doing wrong and has brought Nabal’s wrongdoing down on his own head.” Then David sent word to Abigail, asking her to become his wife.
40	And David's servants came to Abigail to Carmel, and spoke to her, saying: David hath sent us to thee, to take thee to himself for a wife.	When the servants of David came to Abigail at Carmel, they said to her, “David has sent us to you to take you to him as his wife.”	His servants went to Carmel and said to Abigail, “David has sent us to you to take you to become his wife.”
41	And she arose and bowed herself down with her face to the earth, and said: Behold, let thy servant be a handmaid, to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.	And she rose and bowed with her face to the ground and said, “Behold, your handmaid is a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.”	She bowed down with her face to the ground and said, “I am your servant and am ready to serve you and wash the feet of my lord’s servants.”
42	And Abigail arose, and made haste, and got upon an ass, and five damsels went with her, her waiting maids, and she followed the messengers of David, and became his wife.	And Abigail hurried and rose and mounted a donkey, and her five young women attended her. She followed the messengers of David and became his wife.	Abigail quickly got on a donkey and, attended by her five female servants, went with David’s messengers and became his wife.
43	Moreover David took also Achinoam of Jezrahel: and they were both of them his wives.	David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel, and both of them became his wives.	David had also married Ahinoam of Jezreel, and they both were his wives.
44	But Saul gave Michol his daughter, David's wife, to Phalti, the son of Lais, who was of Gallium.	Saul had given Michal his daughter, David’s wife, to Palti the son of Laish, who was of Gallim.	But Saul had given his daughter Michal, David’s wife, to Paltiel son of Laish, who was from Gallim.
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