1 Samuel 25:9

1 Samuel 25:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And when David’s young men came, they spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased.
• New International Version (NIV)When David’s men arrived, they gave Nabal this message in David’s name. Then they waited.
• English Standard Version (ESV)When David's young men came, they said all this to Nabal in the name of David, and then they waited.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So when David’s young men came, they spoke to Nabal according to all these words in the name of David, and waited.

Context of 1 Samuel 25:9

7Now I hear that they are shearing sheep for you. When your shepherds were with us, we neither insulted them nor harmed them the whole time they were in Carmel. 8Ask your own servants; they can tell you! May my servants find favor in your sight, for we have come at the time of a holiday. Please provide us – your servants and your son David – with whatever you can spare.” So David’s servants went and spoke all these words to Nabal in David’s name. Then they paused. 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!”

1 Samuel 25:9 word by word

וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ נַעֲרֵ֣י דָוִ֔ד וַיְדַבְּר֧וּ אֶל־נָבָ֛ל כְּכָל־הַדְּבָרִ֥ים הָאֵ֖לֶּה בְּשֵׁ֣ם דָּוִ֑ד וַיָּנֽוּחוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And when David’sדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• young menנַ֫עַרna‛ar · youthH5288
• cameבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• they spakeדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
• to Nabalנָבָלnâbâl · NabalH5037
• according to all those wordsדָּבָרdâbâr · word: thingH1697
• in the nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
• and ceasedנוּחַnûach · to restH5117

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 25:9

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 2-11Verses 2-11 We should not have heard of Nabal, if nothing had passed between him and David. Observe his name, Nabal, "A fool;" so it signifies. Riches make men look great in the eye of the world; but to one that takes right views, Nabal looked very mean. He had no honour or honesty; he was churlish, cross, and ill-humoured; evil in his doings, hard and oppressive; a man that cared not what fraud and violence he used in getting and saving. What little…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. 4-94-9. Nabal did shear his sheep, and David sent out ten young men, &c.--David and his men lurked in these deserts, associating with the herdsmen and shepherds of Nabal and others and doing them good offices, probably in return for information and supplies obtained through them. Hence when Nabal held his annual sheep-shearing in Carmel, David felt himself entitled to share in the festival and sent a message, recounting his own services and asking for a…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Samuel 25:9

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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