1 Samuel 25:23 - Forerunner Commentary

1 Samuel 25:23

21 Now David had said, “Surely in vain I have protected all that this fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that belongs to him. And he has ^arepaid me evil for good.

22 ^aMay God do so, and more also, to the enemies of David, if I ^bleave ^cone male of all who belong to him by morning light.”

23 Now when Abigail saw David, she ^adismounted quickly from the donkey, fell on her face before David, and bowed down to the ground.

24 So she fell at his feet and said: “On me, my lord, on me let this iniquity be! And please let your maidservant¹ speak in your ears, and hear the words of your maidservant.

25 Please, let not my lord regard this scoundrel Nabal. For as his name is, so is he:² Nabal is his name, and folly is with him! But I, your maidservant, did not see the young men of my lord whom you sent.

26 Now therefore, my lord, ^aas the Lord lives and as your soul lives, since the Lord has ^bheld you back from coming to bloodshed and from ^cavenging yourself with your own hand, now then, ^dlet your enemies and those who seek harm for my lord be as Nabal.

27 And now ^athis present which your maidservant has brought to my lord, let it be given to the young men who follow my lord.

28 Please forgive the trespass of your maidservant. For ^athe Lord will certainly make for my lord an enduring house, because my lord ^bfights the battles of the Lord, ^cand evil is not found in you throughout your days.

29 Yet a man has risen to pursue you and seek your life, but the life of my lord shall be ^abound in the bundle of the living with the Lord your God; and the lives of your enemies He shall ^bsling out, as from the pocket of a sling.

30 And it shall come to pass, when the Lord has done for my lord according to all the good that He has spoken concerning you, and has appointed you ^aruler over Israel,

31 that this will be no grief to you, nor offense of heart to my lord, either that you have shed blood without cause, or that my lord has avenged himself. But when the Lord has dealt well with my lord, then remember your maidservant.”

32 Then David said to Abigail: ^a“Blessed is the Lord God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me!

33 And blessed is your advice and blessed are you, because you have ^akept me this day from coming to bloodshed and from avenging myself with my own hand.

Verse Comparison: 1 Samuel 25:23

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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.

Amplified® Bible
When Abigail saw David, she hastened and lighted off the donkey, and fell before David on her face and did obeisance.

Contemporary English Version
Abigail quickly got off her donkey and bowed down in front of David.

Darby English Version
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,

Good News Bible
When Abigail saw David, she quickly dismounted and threw herself on the ground

King James Version
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 American Standard Bible
When Abigail saw David, she hurried and dismounted from her donkey, and fell on her face before David and bowed herself to the ground.

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 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.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
When Abigail saw David, she hurried and dismounted from her donkey, and fell on her face before David and bowed herself to the ground.

Revised Standard Version
When Ab'igail saw David, she made haste, and alighted from the ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed 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,

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