KJV King James Version
And David sent out ten young men, and David said unto the young men, Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name:
VERSE STUDY • KJV
1 Samuel 25:5
And David sent out ten young men, and David said unto the young men, Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So David sent ten young men and instructed them, “Go up to Nabal at Carmel. Greet him in my name
WEB World English Bible
David sent ten young men, and David said to the young men, “Go up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name.
ASV American Standard Version
And David sent ten young men, and David said unto the young men, Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name:
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and David sendeth ten young men, and David saith to the young men, ‘Go ye up to Carmel, and ye have come in unto Nabal, and asked of him in my name of welfare,
Surrounding context — 1 Samuel 25
2 And [there was] a man in Maon, whose possessions [were] in Carmel; and the man [was] very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.
3 Now the name of the man [was] Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: and [she was] a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man [was] churlish and evil in his doings; and he [was] of the house of Caleb.
4 And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep.
5 And David sent out ten young men, and David said unto the young men, Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name:
6 And thus shall ye say to him that liveth [in prosperity], Peace [be] both to thee, and peace [be] to thine house, and peace [be] unto all that thou hast.
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.
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וַיִּשְׁלַ֥חH7971 · sha.lachto send: departדָּוִ֖דH1732 · da.vidDavidעֲשָׂרָ֣הH6235 · e.sertenנְעָרִ֑יםH5288 · na.aryouthוַיֹּ֨אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayדָּוִ֜דH1732 · da.vidDavidלַנְּעָרִ֗יםH5288 · na.aryouthעֲל֤וּH5927 · a.lahto ascend: riseכַרְמֶ֙לָה֙H3760 · kar.melCarmelוּבָאתֶ֣םH935 · boto come (in): comeאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)נָבָ֔לH5037 · na.valNabalוּשְׁאֶלְתֶּם־H7592 · sha.alto askל֥וֹH9033 · ohimבִשְׁמִ֖יH8034 · shemnameלְשָׁלֽוֹם׃H7965 · sha.lompeace
Cross-references
Genesis 43:23And he said, Peace [be] to you, fear not: your God, and the God of your father, hath given you treasure in your sacks: I had your money. And he brought Simeon out unto them.1 Samuel 17:22And David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage, and ran into the army, and came and saluted his brethren.
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