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Selected Verse: 1 Samuel 25:26 - Strong Concordance
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
1Sa 25:26 |
Strong Concordance |
Now therefore, my lord [0113], as the LORD [03068] liveth [02416], and as thy soul [05315] liveth [02416], seeing the LORD [03068] hath withholden [04513] thee from coming [0935] to shed blood [01818], and from avenging [03467] thyself with thine own hand [03027], now let thine enemies [0341], and they that seek [01245] evil [07451] to my lord [0113], be as Nabal [05037]. |
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King James |
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 avenging thyself with thine own hand, now let thine enemies, and they that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
let thine enemies . . . be as Nabal--be as foolish and contemptible as he. |
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
The passage should be rendered as follows: "And now my lord, as the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth," it is "the Lord" that "hath withholden thee from coming" into blood-guiltiness (as in Sa1 25:33), "and from saving thyself with thine own hand;" and "now" all "thine enemies" shall be as Nabal (whom she considers as utterly impotent to hurt David, and as already thoroughly humbled before him), and (so shall be) all "that seek evil to my Lord." |
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
As Nabal - Let them be as contemptible as Nabal is, and will be for this odious action; let them be as unable to do thee any hurt as he is; let them be forced to yield to thee, and implore thy pardon, as Nabal now doth by my mouth: let the vengeance thou didst design upon Nabal and his family fall upon their heads, who, by their inveterate malice against thee, do more deserve it than this fool for this miscarriage; and much more than all the rest of our family, who, as they are none of thine enemies, so they were in way guilty of this wicked action. And therefore spare these, and execute thy vengeance upon more proper objects. |
33 And blessed [01288] be thy advice [02940], and blessed [01288] be thou, which hast kept [03607] me this day [03117] from coming [0935] to shed blood [01818], and from avenging [03467] myself with mine own hand [03027].