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They were a wall unto us both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.
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Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his household: for he is such a son of Belial, that a man cannot speak to him.
18
Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses.
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And she said unto her servants, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told not her husband Nabal.
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And it was so, as she rode on the ass, that she came down by the covert of the hill, and, behold, David and his men came down against her; and she met them.
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Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him: and he hath requited me evil for good.
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So and more also do God unto the enemies of David, if I leave of all that pertain to him by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.
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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,
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And fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, upon me let this iniquity be: and let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine audience,a and hear the words of thine handmaid.
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Let not my lord, I pray thee, regardb this man of Belial, even Nabal: for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him: but I thine handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send.
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Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing the LORD hath withholden thee from coming to shed blood, and from avengingc thyself with thine own hand, now let thine enemies, and they that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.
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And now this blessingd which thine handmaid hath brought unto my lord, let it even be given unto the young men that follow* my lord.
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I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thine handmaid: for the LORD will certainly make my lord a sure house; because my lord fighteth the battles of the LORD, and evil hath not been found in thee all thy days.
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Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as out of the middle of a sling.
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And it shall come to pass, when the LORD shall have done to my lord according to all the good that he hath spoken concerning thee, and shall have appointed thee ruler over Israel;
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That this shall be no griefe unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my lord, either that thou hast shed blood causeless, or that my lord hath avenged himself: but when the LORD shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thine handmaid.
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And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me:
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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.
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For in very deed, as the LORD God of Israel liveth, which hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.
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So David received of her hand that which she had brought him, and said unto her, Go up in peace to thine house; see, I have hearkened to thy voice, and have accepted thy person.
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And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.
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But it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, and his wife had told him these things, that his heart died within him, and he became as a stone.
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And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the LORD, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil: for the LORD hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and communed with Abigail, to take her to him to wife.
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And when the servants of David were come to Abigail to Carmel, they spake unto her, saying, David sent us unto thee, to take thee to him to wife.
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And she arose, and bowed herself on her face to the earth, and said, Behold, let thine handmaid be a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.
La Biblia de las Américas (Español) BLA
1 Samuel 25:16
Como muro fueron para nosotros tanto de noche como de día, todo el tiempo que estuvimos con ellos apacentando las ovejas.
English Standard Version ESV
1 Samuel 25:16
They were a wall to us both by night and by day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.
La Biblia del Jubileo 2000 JBS
1 Samuel 25:16
Nos han sido por muro de día y de noche, todos los días que hemos apacentando las ovejas con ellos
New King James Version NKJV
1 Samuel 25:16
They were a wall to us both by night and day, all the time we were with them keeping the sheep.
Nueva Traducción Viviente NTV
1 Samuel 25:16
De hecho, día y noche fueron como un muro de protección para nosotros y nuestras ovejas.
Nueva Versión Internacional NVI
1 Samuel 25:16
Día y noche nos protegieron mientras cuidábamos los rebaños cerca de ellos.
La Biblia Reina-Valera (Español) RVR
1 Samuel 25:16
Hannos sido por muro de día y de noche, todos los días que hemos estado con ellos apacentando las ovejas.
Sagradas Escrituras (1569) (Español) SEV
1 Samuel 25:16
Nos han sido por muro de día y de noche, todos los días que hemos apacentando las ovejas con ellos.
Herramientas de Estudio para 1 Samuel 25:16-44
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