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.
• 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.”
• New Living Translation (NLT)May God strike me and kill me if even one man of his household is still alive tomorrow morning!”

Context of 1 Samuel 25:22

20As she came riding her donkey into a mountain ravine, there were David and his men descending toward her, and she met them. 21David had just said, “It’s been useless—all my watching over this fellow’s property in the wilderness so that nothing of his was missing. He has paid me back evil for good. May God deal with David, be it ever so severely, if by morning I leave alive one male of all who belong to him!” 23When Abigail saw David, she quickly got off her donkey and bowed down before David with her face to the ground. 24She fell at his feet and said: “Pardon your servant, my lord, and let me speak to you; hear what your servant has to say.

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, “Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, who has sent you today to meet me.
• 1 Samuel 3:17“What was it he said to you?” Eli asked. “Do not hide it from me. May God deal with you, be it ever so severely, if you hide from me anything he told you.”
• 1 Samuel 14:44Saul said, “May God deal with me, be it ever so severely, if you do not die, Jonathan.”
• 1 Samuel 20:13But if my father intends to harm you, may the Lord deal with Jonathan, be it ever so severely, if I do not let you know and send you away in peace. May the Lord be with you as he has been with my father.
• Ruth 1:17Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord deal with me, be it ever so severely, if even death separates you and me.”
• 1 Samuel 25:34Otherwise, as surely as the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, who has kept me from harming you, if you had not come quickly to meet me, not one male belonging to Nabal would have been left alive by daybreak.”
• 1 Kings 14:10“ ‘Because of this, I am going to bring disaster on the house of Jeroboam. I will cut off from Jeroboam every last male in Israel—slave or free. I will burn up the house of Jeroboam as one burns dung, until it is all gone.
• 1 Kings 16:11As soon as he began to reign and was seated on the throne, he killed off Baasha’s whole family. He did not spare a single male, whether relative or friend.
• 1 Kings 21:21He says, ‘I am going to bring disaster on you. I will wipe out your descendants and cut off from Ahab every last male in Israel—slave or free.
• 2 Kings 9:8The whole house of Ahab will perish. I will cut off from Ahab every last male in Israel—slave or free.

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