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1 Samuel 25:9
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7 Now I have heard that you have shearers. Your shepherds were with us, and we did not hurt them, anor was there anything missing from them all the while they were in Carmel.  
8 Ask your young men, and they will tell you. Therefore1 let my young men find favor in your eyes, for we come on aa feast day. Please give whatever comes to your hand to your servants and to your son David.’ ”  
9 So when David’s young men came, they spoke to Nabal according to all these words in the name of David, and waited.
10 Then Nabal answered David’s servants, and said, a“Who is David, and who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants nowadays who break away each one from his master.  
11 aShall I then take my bread and my water and my1 meat that I have killed for my shearers, and give it to men when I do not know where they are from?”  
12 So David’s young men turned on their heels and went back; and they came and told him all these words.
13 Then David said to his men, “Every man gird on his sword.” So every man girded on his sword, and David also girded on his sword. And about four hundred men went with David, and two hundred astayed with the supplies.  
Verse Comparison: 1 Samuel 25:9

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American Standard Version
And when David's young men came, they spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased.

Amplified® Bible
And when David's young men came, they said all this to Nabal in the name of David, and then paused.

Contemporary English Version
David's men went to Nabal and gave him David's message, then they waited for Nabal's answer.

Darby English Version
And David's young men came, and spoke to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased.

Good News Bible
David's men delivered this message to Nabal in David's name. Then they waited there,

King James Version
And when David's young men came, they spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased.

New American Standard Bible
When David's young men came, they spoke to Nabal according to all these words in David's name; then they waited.

New International Version
When David's men arrived, they gave Nabal this message in David's name. Then they waited.

New King James Version
So when David’s young men came, they spoke to Nabal according to all these words in the name of David, and waited.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
When David's young men came, they spoke to Nabal according to all these words in David's name; then they waited.

Revised Standard Version
When David's young men came, they said all this to Nabal in the name of David; and then they waited.

Young's Literal Translation
And the young men of David come in, and speak unto Nabal according to all these words, in the name of David -- and rest.


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