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 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

20So it was, as she rode on the donkey, that she went down under cover of the hill; and there were David and his men, coming down toward her, and she met them. 21Now David had said, “Surely in vain I have protected all that this fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that belongs to him. And he has repaid me evil for good. 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.” 23Now when Abigail saw David, she dismounted quickly from the donkey, fell on her face before David, and bowed down to the ground. 24So she fell at his feet and said: “On me, my lord, on me let this iniquity be! And please let your maidservant speak in your ears, and hear the words of your maidservant.

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: “Blessed is the Lord God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me!
• 1 Samuel 3:17And he said, “What is the word that the Lord spoke to you? Please do not hide it from me. God do so to you, and more also, if you hide anything from me of all the things that He said to you.”
• 1 Samuel 14:44Saul answered, “God do so and more also; for you shall surely die, Jonathan.”
• 1 Samuel 20:13may the Lord do so and much more to Jonathan. But if it pleases my father to do you evil, then I will report it to you and send you away, that you may go in safety. And the Lord be with you as He has been with my father.
• Ruth 1:17Where you die, I will die, And there will I be buried. The Lord do so to me, and more also, If anything but death parts you and me.”
• 1 Samuel 25:34For indeed, as the Lord God of Israel lives, who has kept me back from hurting you, unless you had hurried and come to meet me, surely by morning light no males would have been left to Nabal!”
• 1 Kings 14:10therefore behold! I will bring disaster on the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam every male in Israel, bond and free; I will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as one takes away refuse until it is all gone.
• 1 Kings 16:11Then it came to pass, when he began to reign, as soon as he was seated on his throne, that he killed all the household of Baasha; he did not leave him one male, neither of his relatives nor of his friends.
• 1 Kings 21:21‘Behold, I will bring calamity on you. I will take away your posterity, and will cut off from Ahab every male in Israel, both bond and free.
• 2 Kings 9:8For the whole house of Ahab shall perish; and I will cut off from Ahab all the males in Israel, both bond and 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
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In the dictionaries

• David
• God
• Abigail
• Conversant
• Covert
• Die
• Miss
• Nabal
• Requite
• Sure

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