1 Samuel 25:19
What does 1 Samuel 25:19 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Samuel 25:19 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And she said unto her young men, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told not her husband Nabal.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And she said unto her servants, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told not her husband Nabal.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And she said unto her young men, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told not her husband Nabal.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And she said to her young men, Go on in front of me and I will come after you. But she said nothing to her husband Nabal.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And she saith to her young men, `Pass over before me; lo, after you I am coming;' and to her husband Nabal she hath not declared <FI>it<Fi> ;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And she said to her servants: Go before me: behold, I will follow after you: but she told not her husband, Nabal.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And she said to her young men, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she did not tell her husband Nabal.
Context
v.18Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched grain, and a hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses.
v.19This passage
v.20And it was so, as she rode on her ass, and came down by the covert of the mountain, that, behold, David and his men came down toward her; and she met them.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Proverbs 31:11
The heart of her husband trusteth in her, And he shall have no lack of gain.
- Genesis 32:16
And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by itself, and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove.
- Proverbs 31:27
She looketh well to the ways of her household, And eateth not the bread of idleness.
- Genesis 32:20
and ye shall say, Moreover, behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept me.
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