1 Samuel 25:27
What does 1 Samuel 25:27 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Samuel 25:27 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And now this present which thy servant hath brought unto my lord, let it be given unto the young men that follow my lord.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And now this blessing which thine handmaid hath brought unto my lord, let it even be given unto the young men that follow my lord.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And now this present which thy servant hath brought unto my lord, let it be given unto the young men that follow my lord.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And let this offering, which your servant gives to my lord, be given to the young men who are with my lord.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`And, now, this blessing which thy maid-servant hath brought to my lord--it hath been given to the young men who are going up and down at the feet of my lord.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Wherefore receive this blessing, which thy handmaid hath brought to thee, my lord: and give it to the young men that follow thee, my lord.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And now this blessing which thy bondmaid has brought to my lord, let it be given to the young men that follow my lord.
Context
v.26Now therefore, my lord, as Jehovah liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing Jehovah hath withholden thee from bloodguiltiness, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now therefore let thine enemies, and them that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.
v.27This passage
v.28Forgive, I pray thee, the trespass of thy handmaid: for Jehovah will certainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord fighteth the battles of Jehovah; and evil shall not be found in thee all thy days.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Samuel 30:26
And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto the elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying, Behold, a present for you of the spoil of the enemies of Jehovah:
- Judges 4:10
And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali together to Kedesh; and there went up ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him.
- 2 Kings 5:15
And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and stood before him; and he said, Behold now, I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel: now therefore, I pray thee, take a present of thy servant.
- 1 Samuel 25:42
And Abigail hasted, and arose, and rode upon an ass, with five damsels of hers that followed her; and she went after the messengers of David, and became his wife.
- 2 Corinthians 9:5
I thought it necessary therefore to entreat the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your aforepromised bounty, that the same might be ready as a matter of bounty, and not of extortion.
- 2 Samuel 16:2
And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And Ziba said, The asses are for the king’s household to ride on; and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that such as are faint in the wilderness may drink.
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