1 Samuel 25:22

1 Samuel 25:22 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)May God deal with David, be it ever so severely, if by morning I leave alive one male of all who belong to him!”
• English Standard Version (ESV)God do so to the enemies of David and more also, if by morning I leave so much as one male of all who belong to him."
• New King James Version (NKJV)May God do so, and more also, to the enemies of David, if I leave one male of all who belong to him by morning light.”

Context of 1 Samuel 25:22

20She was riding on her donkey down a hidden mountain path when she met David and his men coming toward her. 21David had thought, “I guarded this man’s stuff in the desert for nothing! Not one of his possessions was missing. Yet, he has paid me back with evil when I was good to him. May God punish me if I leave even one of his men alive in the morning.” 23When Abigail saw David, she quickly got down from her donkey. She immediately bowed down in front of David with her face touching the ground. 24After she bowed at his feet, she said, “Sir, let me be held responsible for this wrong. Please let me speak with you. Please listen to my words.

1 Samuel 25:22 word by word

כֹּה־יַעֲשֶׂ֧ה אֱלֹהִ֛ים לְאֹיְבֵ֥י דָוִ֖ד וְכֹ֣ה יֹסִ֑יף אִם־אַשְׁאִ֧יר מִכָּל־אֲשֶׁר־ל֛וֹ עַד־הַבֹּ֖קֶר מַשְׁתִּ֥ין בְּקִֽיר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Soכֹּהkôh · thusH3541
• and moreיָסַףyâsaph · to addH3254
• also doעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• unto the enemiesאֹיֵב'ôyêb 'ôyêb · enemyH341
• of Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• if I leaveשָׁאַרshâ'ar · to remainH7604
• to him byעַד‛ad · tillH5704
• the morningבֹּ֫קֶרbôqer · morningH1242
• lightאוֹר'ôr · lightH216
• any that pissethשָׁתַןshâthan · to urinateH8366
• against the wallקִירqîyr qir qîyrâh · wallH7023

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 25:22

• 1 Samuel 25:32David said to Abigail, “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who sent you today to meet me.
• 1 Samuel 3:17“What did the Lord tell you?” he asked. “Please don’t hide anything from me. May God strike you dead if you hide anything he told you from me.”
• 1 Samuel 14:44Saul said, “May God do worse things to me than are in this curse if you do not die, Jonathan!”
• 1 Samuel 20:13If my father plans to harm you and I fail to tell you and send you away safely, may the Lord harm me even more. May the Lord be with you as he used to be with my father.
• Ruth 1:17Wherever you die, I will die, and I will be buried there with you. May the Lord strike me down if anything but death separates you and me!”
• 1 Samuel 25:34But I solemnly swear—as the Lord God of Israel, who has kept me from harming you, lives—if you hadn’t come to meet me quickly, Nabal certainly wouldn’t have had one of his men left at dawn.”
• 1 Kings 14:10“ ‘That is why I will bring disaster on Jeroboam’s house. I will destroy every male in his house, whether slave or freeman in Israel. I will burn down Jeroboam’s house. It will burn like manure until it is gone.
• 1 Kings 16:11At the beginning of Zimri’s reign, as soon as he was on his throne, he killed Baasha’s entire family. He didn’t spare any of Baasha’s male relatives or friends.
• 1 Kings 21:21So I am going to bring evil on you. I will destroy your descendants. I will destroy every male in Ahab’s ⌞house⌟, whether slave or freeman in Israel.
• 2 Kings 9:8Ahab’s entire family will die. I will destroy every male from Ahab’s family, whether slave or freeman in Israel.

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 25:22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22So and more also do God - Nothing can justify this part of David's conduct. Whatever his provocation might have been, he had suffered, properly speaking, no wrongs; and his resolution to cut off a whole innocent family, because Nabal had acted ungenerously towards him, was abominable and cruel, not to say diabolic. He who attempts to vindicate this conduct of David is, at least constructively, a foe to God and truth. David himself condemns this most rash…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22The concluding phrase denotes the utter destruction of a family, and is rightly explained to mean “every male,” perhaps with the idea, “down to the very meanest member of the household.”Read the comment
• 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

Topics related to 1 Samuel 25:22

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

In the dictionaries

• David
• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Abigail
• Conversant
• Covert
• Die
• Miss
• Nabal
• Requite

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