1 Samuel 25:29

1 Samuel 25:29 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the Lord thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as out of the middle of a sling.
• New International Version (NIV)Even though someone is pursuing you to take your life, the life of my lord will be bound securely in the bundle of the living by the Lord your God, but the lives of your enemies he will hurl away as from the pocket of a sling.
• English Standard Version (ESV)If men rise up to pursue you and to seek your life, the life of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of the living in the care of the Lord your God. And the lives of your enemies he shall sling out as from the hollow of a sling.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Yet a man has risen to pursue you and seek your life, but the life of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of the living with the Lord your God; and the lives of your enemies He shall sling out, as from the pocket of a sling.

Context of 1 Samuel 25:29

27And now let this gift which your servant has brought to my lord be given to the young men who accompany my lord. 28Please forgive the offense of your slave; for the Lord will certainly make for my lord an enduring house, because my lord is fighting the battles of the Lord, and evil will not be found in you all your days. Should anyone rise up to pursue you and to seek your life, then the life of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of the living with the Lord your God; but the lives of your enemies He will sling out as from the hollow of a sling. 30And when the Lord does for my lord in accordance with all the good that He has spoken concerning you, and appoints you ruler over Israel, 31this will not become an obstacle to you, or a troubled heart to my lord, both by having shed blood without cause and by my lord’s having avenged himself. When the Lord deals well with my lord, then remember your slave.”

1 Samuel 25:29 word by word

וַיָּ֤קָם אָדָם֙ לִרְדָפְךָ֔ וּלְבַקֵּ֖שׁ אֶת־נַפְשֶׁ֑ךָ וְֽהָיְתָה֩ נֶ֨פֶשׁ אֲדֹנִ֜י צְרוּרָ֣ה׀ בִּצְר֣וֹר הַחַיִּ֗ים אֵ֚ת יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ וְאֵ֨ת נֶ֤פֶשׁ אֹיְבֶ֙יךָ֙ יְקַלְּעֶ֔נָּה בְּת֖וֹךְ כַּ֥ף הַקָּֽלַע׃Read the interlinear

• Should anyoneאָדָם'âdâm · manH120
• riseקָמָיqûm · (Leb)-kamaiH6965
• to pursueרָדַףrâdaph · to pursueH7291
• you and to seekבָּקַשׁbâqash · to seekH1245
• lifeנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: lifeH5315
• of my lordאָדוֹן'âdôn 'âdôn · lordH113
• shall be boundצָרַרtsârar · to constrainH6887
• in the bundleצְרוֹרtserôr tserôr · bundleH6872
• of the livingחַיchay · aliveH2416
• with the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• your Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• of your enemiesאָיַב'âyab · be hostileH340
• He will slingקָלַעqâla‛ · to slingH7049
• as from the hollowכַּףkaph · palm: dishH3709
• of a slingקֶ֫לַעqela‛ · slingH7050

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 25:29

• 1 Samuel 2:9He watches over the feet of His godly ones, But the wicked ones are silenced in darkness; For not by might shall a person prevail.
• Genesis 15:1After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Do not fear, Abram, I am a shield to you; Your reward shall be very great.”
• Deuteronomy 33:19They will call peoples to the mountain; There they will offer righteous sacrifices; For they will draw out the abundance of the seas, And the hidden treasures of the sand.”
• Psalms 66:9Who keeps us in life, And does not allow our feet to slip.
• Psalms 116:15Precious in the sight of the Lord Is the death of His godly ones.
• Malachi 3:17“And they will be Mine,” says the Lord of armies, “on the day that I prepare My own possession, and I will have compassion for them just as a man has compassion for his own son who serves him.”
• Matthew 10:29Are two sparrows not sold for an assarion? And yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father.
• John 10:27My sheep listen to My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me;
• John 14:19After a little while, the world no longer is going to see Me, but you are going to see Me; because I live, you also will live.
• John 17:21that they may all be one; just as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me.
• Colossians 3:3For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
• 1 Peter 1:5who are protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
• Jeremiah 10:18For this is what the Lord says: “Behold, I am slinging out the inhabitants of the land At this time, And I will cause them distress, So that they may be found.”

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 25:29

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 29Shall be bound in the bundle of life - Thy life shall be precious in the sight of the Lord: it shall be found in the bundle of life; it shall be supported by Him who is the Spring and Fountain of life, and ever be found united to those who are most favored by the Almighty. Them shall he sling out - Far from being bound and kept together in union with the Fountain of life, he will cast them off from himself as a stone is cast out from a sling. This…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 29In the bundle - Rather, “the bag,” in which anything precious, or important to be preserved, was put, and the bag was then tied up (compare Genesis 42:35). The souls … shall he sling out - The comparison is especially appropriate as addressed to David, whose feat with his sling was so celebrated 1 Samuel 17:49.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. 29The phrase like stones from a sling fits David well. David famously defeated Goliath by striking him with a stone from a sling (1 Samuel 17:32–51). The image reminds listeners of that event and highlights David’s strength and skill.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2929. the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the Lord thy God--An Orientalism, expressing the perfect security of David's life from all the assaults of his enemies, under the protecting shield of Providence, who had destined him for high things.Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Samuel 25:29

• Decision
• Diplomacy
• Fig
• Intercession
• Nabal
• Obsequiousness
• Prudence
• Tact
• Wife

In the dictionaries

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

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