1 Samuel 25:33 - Forerunner Commentary

1 Samuel 25:33

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.

34 For indeed, as the Lord God of Israel lives, who has ^akept me back from hurting you, unless you had hurried and come to meet me, surely ^bby morning light no males would have been left to Nabal!”

35 So David received from her hand what she had brought him, and said to her, ^a“Go up in peace to your house. See, I have heeded your voice and ^brespected your person.”

36 Now Abigail went to Nabal, and there he was, ^aholding a feast in his house, like the feast of a king. And Nabal’s heart was merry within him, for he was very drunk; therefore she told him nothing, little or much, until morning light.

37 So it was, in the morning, when the wine had gone from Nabal, and his wife had told him these things, that his heart died within him, and he became like a stone.

38 Then it happened, after about ten days, that the Lord ^astruck Nabal, and he died.

39 So when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, ^a“Blessed be the Lord, who has ^bpleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and has ^ckept His servant from evil! For the Lord has ^dreturned the wickedness of Nabal on his own head.” And David sent and proposed to Abigail, to take her as his wife.

40 When the servants of David had come to Abigail at Carmel, they spoke to her saying, “David sent us to you, to ask you to become his wife.”

Verse Comparison: 1 Samuel 25:33

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American Standard Version
and blessed be thy discretion, and blessed be thou, that hast kept me this day from bloodguiltiness, and from avenging myself with mine own hand.

Amplified® Bible
And blessed be your discretion {and} advice, and blessed be you who have kept me today from bloodguiltiness and from avenging myself with my own hand.

Contemporary English Version
And you should also be praised. Your good sense kept me from taking revenge and killing innocent people.

Darby English Version
And blessed be thy discernment, and blessed be thou, who hast kept me this day from coming with bloodshed, and from avenging myself with mine own hand.

Good News Bible
Thank God for your good sense and for what you have done today in keeping me from the crime of murder and from taking my own revenge.

King James Version
And blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself with mine own hand.

New American Standard Bible
and blessed be your discernment, and blessed be you, who have kept me this day from bloodshed and from avenging myself by my own hand.

New International Version
May you be blessed for your good judgment and for keeping me from bloodshed this day and from avenging myself with my own hands.

New King James Version
And blessed is your advice and blessed are you, because you have kept me this day from coming to bloodshed and from avenging myself with my own hand.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
and may God bless your discernment, and bless you, who have kept me this day from bloodshed and from avenging myself by my own hand.

Revised Standard Version
Blessed be your discretion, and blessed be you, who have kept me this day from bloodguilt and from avenging myself with my own hand!

Young's Literal Translation
and blessed `is' thy discretion, and blessed `art' thou in that thou hast restrained me this day from coming in with blood, and to restrain my hand to myself.

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