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

20Riding on her donkey, she went down under cover of the mountain. David and his men were coming down to meet her, and she encountered them. 21Now David had been thinking, “In vain I guarded everything that belonged to this man in the desert. I didn’t take anything from him. But he has repaid my good with evil. God will severely punish David, if I leave alive until morning even one male from all those who belong to him!” 23When Abigail saw David, she got down quickly from the donkey, threw herself down before David, and bowed to the ground. 24Falling at his feet, she said, “My lord, I accept all the guilt! But please let your female servant speak with my lord! Please listen to the words of your servant!

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 25:32Then David said to Abigail, “Praised be the Lord, the God of Israel, who has sent you this day to meet me!
• 1 Samuel 3:17Eli said, “What message did he speak to you? Don’t conceal it from me. God will judge you severely if you conceal from me anything that he said to you!”
• 1 Samuel 14:44Saul said, “God will punish me severely if Jonathan doesn’t die!”
• 1 Samuel 20:13But if my father intends to do you harm, may the Lord do all this and more to Jonathan, if I don’t let you know and send word to you so you can go safely on your way. May the Lord be with you, as he was with my father.
• Ruth 1:17Wherever you die, I will die – and there I will be buried. May the Lord punish me severely if I do not keep my promise! Only death will be able to separate me from you!”
• 1 Samuel 25:34Otherwise, as surely as the Lord, the God of Israel, lives – he who has prevented me from harming you – if you had not come so quickly to meet me, by morning’s light not even one male belonging to Nabal would have remained alive!”
• 1 Kings 14:10So I am ready to bring disaster on the dynasty of Jeroboam. I will cut off every last male belonging to Jeroboam in Israel, including even the weak and incapacitated. I will burn up the dynasty of Jeroboam, just as one burns manure until it is completely consumed.
• 1 Kings 16:11When he became king and occupied the throne, he killed Baasha’s entire family. He did not spare any male belonging to him; he killed his relatives and his friends.
• 1 Kings 21:21The Lord says, ‘Look, I am ready to bring disaster on you. I will destroy you and cut off every last male belonging to Ahab in Israel, including even the weak and incapacitated.
• 2 Kings 9:8Ahab’s entire family will die. I will cut off every last male belonging to Ahab in Israel, including even the weak and incapacitated.

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