1 Samuel 25:12

1 Samuel 25:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)So David’s young men turned their way, and went again, and came and told him all those sayings.
• New International Version (NIV)David’s men turned around and went back. When they arrived, they reported every word.
• English Standard Version (ESV)So David's young men turned away and came back and told him all this.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So David’s young men turned on their heels and went back; and they came and told him all these words.

Context of 1 Samuel 25:12

10But Nabal responded to David’s servants, “Who is David, and who is this son of Jesse? This is a time when many servants are breaking away from their masters! 11Should I take my bread and my water and my meat that I have slaughtered for my shearers and give them to these men? I don’t even know where they came from!” So David’s servants went on their way. When they had returned, they came and told David all these things. 13Then David instructed his men, “Each of you strap on your sword!” So each one strapped on his sword, and David also strapped on his sword. About four hundred men followed David up, while two hundred stayed behind with the equipment. 14But one of the servants told Nabal’s wife Abigail, “David sent messengers from the desert to greet our lord, but he screamed at them.

1 Samuel 25:12 word by word

וַיַּהַפְכ֥וּ נַעֲרֵֽי־דָוִ֖ד לְדַרְכָּ֑ם וַיָּשֻׁ֙בוּ֙ וַיָּבֹ֔אוּ וַיַּגִּ֣דוּ ל֔וֹ כְּכֹ֖ל הַדְּבָרִ֥ים הָאֵֽלֶּה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• So David’sדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• young menנַ֫עַרna‛ar · youthH5288
• turnedהָפַךְhâphak · to overturnH2015
• their wayדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: journeyH1870
• and went againשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
• and cameבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• and toldנָגַדnâgad · to tellH5046
• him all those sayingsדָּבָרdâbâr · word: thingH1697

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 25:12

• 2 Samuel 24:13Gad went to David and told him, “Shall seven years of famine come upon your land? Or shall you flee for three months from your enemy with him in hot pursuit? Or shall there be three days of plague in your land? Now decide what I should tell the one who sent me.”
• Isaiah 36:21They were silent and did not respond, for the king had ordered, “Don’t respond to him.”
• Hebrews 13:17Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they keep watch over your souls and will give an account for their work. Let them do this with joy and not with complaints, for this would be no advantage for you.

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 25:12

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-17Verses 12-17 God is kind to the evil and unthankful, and why may not we be so? David determined to destroy Nabal, and all that belonged to him. Is this thy voice, O David? Has he been so long in the school of affliction, where he should have learned patience, and yet is so passionate? He at other times was calm and considerate, but is put into such a heat by a few hard words, that he seeks to destroy a whole family. What are the best of men, when God…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. 10-1210-12. Nabal answered David's servants, ... Who is David? &c.--Nabal's answer seems to indicate that the country was at the time in a loose and disorderly state. David's own good conduct, however, as well as the important services rendered by him and his men, were readily attested by Nabal's servants. The preparations of David to chastise his insolent language and ungrateful requital are exactly what would be done in the present day by Arab chiefs, who…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Samuel 25:12

• Decision
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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