1 Samuel 25:15

What does 1 Samuel 25:15 mean?

A plain-English look at 1 Samuel 25:15 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

But the men were very good unto us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we anything, as long as we went with them, when we were in the fields:

KJV

King James Version · 1611

But the men were very good unto us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we any thing, as long as we were conversant with them, when we were in the fields:

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

But the men were very good unto us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we anything, as long as we went with them, when we were in the fields:

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

But these men have been very good to us; they did us no wrong and nothing of ours was touched while we were with them in the fields:

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

and the men <FI>are<Fi> very good to us, and have not put us to shame, and we have not looked after anything all the days we have gone up and down with them, in our being in the field;

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

These men were very good to us, and gave us no trouble: Neither did we ever lose any thing all the time that we conversed with them in the desert.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And the men were very good to us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we anything, as long as we companied with them, when we were in the fields.

Context

v.14But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal’s wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master; and he railed at them.

v.15This passage

v.16they were a wall unto us both by night and by day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 1 Samuel 25:7

    And now I have heard that thou hast shearers: thy shepherds have now been with us, and we did them no hurt, neither was there aught missing unto them, all the while they were in Carmel.

  • 1 Samuel 25:21

    Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him: and he hath returned me evil for good.

  • Philippians 2:15

    that ye may become blameless and harmless, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom ye are seen as lights in the world,

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