1 Samuel 25:19

1 Samuel 25:19 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And she said unto her servants, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told not her husband Nabal.
• New International Version (NIV)Then she told her servants, “Go on ahead; I’ll follow you.” But she did not tell her husband Nabal.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And she said to her young men, "Go on before me; behold, I come after you." But she did not tell her husband Nabal.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And she said to her servants, “Go on before me; see, I am coming after you.” But she did not tell her husband Nabal.

Context of 1 Samuel 25:19

17So please think carefully about this. Decide what you can do. If you do nothing, there will be great trouble for our master and all his family and servants. He is such a wicked man that he will not listen to anyone.’ 18Abigail quickly got some food. She got 200 loaves of bread, two leather bags of wine, five sheep that she had cooked, and five jars of grain that she had cooked. She also got 100 blocks of raisins and 200 blocks of dried figs. She put all these things on some donkeys. She said to her servants, ‘You go first and I will follow you.’ But she did not tell her husband Nabal what she was doing. 20Abigail rode her donkey along the path beside a mountain. Then she saw David and his men as they were coming towards her. So they all met each other. 21David had just said to his men, ‘I kept Nabal's people and all his things safe in the desert. We did not take anything from him. But that has not helped us. I was kind to him, but he has done an evil thing to me in return.

1 Samuel 25:19 word by word

וַתֹּ֤אמֶר לִנְעָרֶ֙יהָ֙ עִבְר֣וּ לְפָנַ֔י הִנְנִ֖י אַחֲרֵיכֶ֣ם בָּאָ֑ה וּלְאִישָׁ֥הּ נָבָ֖ל לֹ֥א הִגִּֽידָה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And she saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• unto her servantsנַ֫עַרna‛ar · youthH5288
• Go onעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• me; behold, I comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• afterאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• you. But she toldנָגַדnâgad · to tellH5046
• not her husbandאִישׁ'îysh · man: husbandH376
• Nabalנָבָלnâbâl · NabalH5037

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 25:19

• Genesis 32:16He told his servants to take care of them. He separated each group of animals from the other groups. Jacob said to his servants, ‘Go in front of me. Keep some space between each group of animals.’
• Proverbs 31:11Her husband trusts her to help him. He will have everything that he needs.

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 25:19

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 18-31Verses 18-31 By a present Abigail atoned for Nabal's denial of David's request. Her behaviour was very submissive. Yielding pacifies great offences. She puts herself in the place of a penitent, and of a petitioner. She could not excuse her husband's conduct. She depends not upon her own reasonings, but on God's grace, to soften David, and expects that grace would work powerfully. She says that it was below him to take vengeance on so weak and despicable…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-44This story about Nabal falls between two accounts in which Saul pursued David and David spared Saul’s life. Nabal was similar to Saul.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1919. she said unto her servants, Go on before me; behold, I come after you--People in the East always try to produce an effect by their presents, loading on several beasts what might be easily carried by one, and bringing them forward, article by article, in succession. Abigail not only sent her servants in this way, but resolved to go in person, following her present, as is commonly done, to watch the impression which her munificence would produce.Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Samuel 25:19

• Decision
• Fig
• Nabal
• Prudence
• Tact
• Wife

In the dictionaries

• Abigail
• Conversant
• Covert
• David
• Die
• Miss
• Nabal
• Requite
• Sure
• Wall

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 25

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings