KJV King James Version
And Nabal answered David’s servants, and said, Who [is] David? and who [is] the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that break away every man from his master.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
1 Samuel 25:10
And Nabal answered David’s servants, and said, Who [is] David? and who [is] the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that break away every man from his master.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
But Nabal asked them, “Who is David? Who is this son of Jesse? Many servants these days are breaking away from their masters.
WEB World English Bible
Nabal answered David’s servants, and said, “Who is David? Who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants who break away from their masters these days.
ASV American Standard Version
And Nabal answered David’s servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there are many servants now-a-days that break away every man from his master.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Nabal answereth the servants of David and saith, ‘Who is David, and who the son of Jesse? to-day have servants been multiplied who are breaking away each from his master;
Surrounding context — 1 Samuel 25
7 And now I have heard that thou hast shearers: now thy shepherds which were with us, we hurt them not, neither was there ought missing unto them, all the while they were in Carmel.
8 Ask thy young men, and they will shew thee. Wherefore let the young men find favour in thine eyes: for we come in a good day: give, I pray thee, whatsoever cometh to thine hand unto thy servants, and to thy son David.
9 And when David’s young men came, they spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased.
10 And Nabal answered David’s servants, and said, Who [is] David? and who [is] the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that break away every man from his master.
11 Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give [it] unto men, whom I know not whence they [be]?
12 So David’s young men turned their way, and went again, and came and told him all those sayings.
13 And David said unto his men, Gird ye on every man his sword. And they girded on every man his sword; and David also girded on his sword: and there went up after David about four hundred men; and two hundred abode by the stuff.
Topics connected to this verse
Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיַּ֨עַןH6030 · unto dwellנָבָ֜לH5037 · na.valNabalאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]עַבְדֵ֤יH5650 · e.vedservant/slaveדָוִד֙H1732 · da.vidDavidוַיֹּ֔אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayמִ֥יH4310 · miwho?דָוִ֖דH1732 · da.vidDavidוּמִ֣יH4310 · miwho?בֶן־H1121 · benson: childיִשָׁ֑יH3448 · yi.shayJesseהַיּוֹם֙H3117 · yomdayרַבּ֣וּH7231 · ra.vavto multiplyעֲבָדִ֔יםH5650 · e.vedservant/slaveהַמִּתְפָּ֣רְצִ֔יםH6555 · pa.ratsto break throughאִ֖ישׁH376 · ishmanמִפְּנֵ֥יH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeאֲדֹנָֽיו׃H113 · a.donlord
Cross-references
Judges 9:28And Gaal the son of Ebed said, Who [is] Abimelech, and who [is] Shechem, that we should serve him? [is] not [he] the son of Jerubbaal? and Zebul his officer? serve the men of Hamor the father of Shechem: for why should we serve him?2 Samuel 20:1And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name [was] Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel.Isaiah 32:5The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said [to be] bountiful.Psalm 123:3-4Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.Ecclesiastes 7:10Say not thou, What is [the cause] that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.1 Samuel 22:2And every one [that was] in distress, and every one that [was] in debt, and every one [that was] discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.1 Samuel 22:7-8Then Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, ye Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, [and] make you all captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds;1 Kings 12:16So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither [have we] inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, O Israel: now see to thine own house, David. So Israel departed unto their tents.Exodus 5:2And Pharaoh said, Who [is] the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go.1 Samuel 20:30Then Saul’s anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou son of the perverse rebellious [woman], do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own confusion, and unto the confusion of thy mother’s nakedness?Psalm 73:7-8Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.Isaiah 32:7The instruments also of the churl [are] evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.
HISTORICAL INTERPRETATION
Compare classic commentaries on 1 Samuel 25:10
Put Matthew Henry, Adam Clarke, Calvin, Wesley, Barnes, Jamieson–Fausset–Brown, Aquinas’ Catena and other public-domain sources beside the passage.
Compare commentaries →