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Geneva Bible

1 Samuel 25:5

Therefore Dauid sent tenne yong men, & Dauid said vnto the yong men, Go vp to Carmel, and go to Nabal, & aske him in my name how he doeth.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Decision;   Nabal;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Armies of Israel, the;   Ingratitude;   Salutations;   Travellers;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Nabal;   Samuel;   Sheep;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Abigail;   Carmel;   Name;   Wife;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Prayer;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Carmel;   Sheep;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Carmel;   Greeting;   Samuel, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - David;   Gift, Giving;   Nabal;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Invitation;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Carmel ;   Nabal ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Abigail;   Nabal;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Carmel;   Nabal;   Sheep;   Shepherd;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Car'mel;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Greeting;   Sheep;   Young Men;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
so David sent ten young men instructing them, “Go up to Carmel, and when you come to Nabal, greet him in my name.
Hebrew Names Version
David sent ten young men, and David said to the young men, Go up to Karmel, and go to Naval, and greet him in my name:
King James Version
And David sent out ten young men, and David said unto the young men, Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name:
Lexham English Bible
So David sent ten young men, and David said to the young men, "Go up to Carmel and go to Nabal; you will greet him in my name.
English Standard Version
So David sent ten young men. And David said to the young men, "Go up to Carmel, and go to Nabal and greet him in my name.
New Century Version
So he sent ten young men and told them, "Go to Nabal at Carmel, and greet him for me.
New English Translation
he sent ten servants, saying to them, "Go up to Carmel to see Nabal and give him greetings in my name.
Amplified Bible
So David sent ten young men; and David said to the young men, "Go up to Carmel and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name;
New American Standard Bible
So David sent ten young men; and David said to the young men, "Go up to Carmel and visit Nabal, and greet him in my name;
Legacy Standard Bible
So David sent ten young men; and David said to the young men, "Go up to Carmel, come to Nabal, and greet him in my name;
Contemporary English Version
So he sent ten men to Carmel with this message for Nabal: I hope that you and your family are healthy and that all is going well for you.
Complete Jewish Bible
David sent off ten young men with these orders: "Go up to Naval in Karmel, and bring him greetings from me.
Darby Translation
Then David sent out ten young men; and David said to the young men, Go up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name.
Easy-to-Read Version
David sent ten young men to talk to Nabal. He told them, "Go to Carmel. Find Nabal and tell him ‘Hello' for me."
George Lamsa Translation
And David sent out ten young men, and said to the young men, Go up to Carmel, and go to Nabal and greet him in my name;
Good News Translation
so he sent ten young men with orders to go to Carmel, find Nabal, and give him his greetings.
Literal Translation
And David sent ten young men, and David said to the young men, Go up to Carmel, and you shall come to Nabal and ask him of his welfare in my name.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
he sent out ten yonge men, & saide vnto them: Go vp vnto Carmel, & whan ye come to Nabal, salute him frendly on my behalfe,
American Standard Version
And David sent ten young men, and David said unto the young men, Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name:
Bible in Basic English
And David sent ten young men, and said to them, Go up to Carmel and go to Nabal, and say kind words to him in my name;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Dauid sent out ten young men, and sayd vnto them: Get you vp to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greete him in my name.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And David sent ten young men, and David said unto the young men: 'Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name;
King James Version (1611)
And Dauid sent out ten yong men, and Dauid said vnto the young men, Get you vp to Carmel, and goe to Nabal, and greete him in my name;
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And David sent ten young men, and he said to the young men, Go up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and ask him in my name how he is.
English Revised Version
And David sent ten young men, and David said unto the young men, Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name:
Berean Standard Bible
So David sent ten young men and instructed them, "Go up to Nabal at Carmel. Greet him in my name
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
he sente ten yonge men, and seide to hem, Stie ye in to Carmele, and ye schulen come to Nabal, and ye schulen grete hym of my name pesibli;
Young's Literal Translation
and David sendeth ten young men, and David saith to the young men, `Go ye up to Carmel, and ye have come in unto Nabal, and asked of him in my name of welfare,
Update Bible Version
And David sent ten young men, and David said to the young men, Go up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name:
Webster's Bible Translation
And David sent ten young men, and David said to the young men, Go up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name:
World English Bible
David sent ten young men, and David said to the young men, Go up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name:
New King James Version
David sent ten young men; and David said to the young men, "Go up to Carmel, go to Nabal, and greet him in my name.
New Living Translation
he sent ten of his young men to Carmel with this message for Nabal:
New Life Bible
So David sent ten young men, saying to them, "Go up to Carmel. Visit Nabal and greet him for me.
New Revised Standard
So David sent ten young men; and David said to the young men, "Go up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
David, therefore, sent ten young men, - and David said unto the young men, - Go up to Carmel, and enter in unto Nabal, and ye shall ask him, in my name, of his welfare;
Douay-Rheims Bible
He sent ten young men, and said to them: Go up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and salute him in my name with peace.
Revised Standard Version
So David sent ten young men; and David said to the young men, "Go up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
So David sent ten young men; and David said to the young men, "Go up to Carmel, visit Nabal and greet him in my name;

Contextual Overview

2 Now in Maon was a man, who had his possessio in Carmel, & the man was exceeding mightie & had three thousand sheepe, and a thousand goates: and he was shering his sheepe in Carmel. 3 The name also of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife Abigail, & she was a woman of singular wisdome, and beautifull, but the man was churlish, and euil conditioned, and was of the familie of Caleb. 4 And Dauid heard in the wildernesse, that Nabal did shere his sheepe. 5 Therefore Dauid sent tenne yong men, & Dauid said vnto the yong men, Go vp to Carmel, and go to Nabal, & aske him in my name how he doeth. 6 And thus shal ye say for salutation, Both thou, and thine house, and all that thou hast, be in peace, wealth and prosperitie. 7 Behold, I haue heard, that thou hast sherers: now thy shepherds were with vs, and we did the no hurt, neyther did they misse any thing all the while they were in Carmel. 8 Aske thy seruants and they wil shew thee. Wherefore let these yong men finde fauour in thine eyes: (for we come in a good season) giue, I pray thee, whatsoeuer commeth to thine hand vnto thy seruants, and to thy sonne Dauid. 9 And when Dauids yong men came, they tolde Nabal all those wordes in the name of Dauid, and helde their peace. 10 Then Nabal answered Dauids seruantes, & sayd, Who is Dauid? and who is the sonne of Ishai? there be many seruantes nowe a dayes, that breake away euery man from his master. 11 Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I haue killed for my sherers, and giue it vnto men, whom I know not whence they be?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

greet him: etc. Heb. ask him in my name of peace, 1 Samuel 17:22, Genesis 43:23

Reciprocal: Genesis 29:6 - Is he well Genesis 43:27 - welfare Jeremiah 15:5 - how thou doest

Cross-References

Genesis 24:36
And Sarah my masters wife hath borne a sonne to my master, when she was olde, and vnto him hath he giuen all that he hath.
Genesis 25:7
And this is the age of Abrahams life, which he liued, an hundreth seuentie & fiue yeere.
Genesis 25:9
And his sonnes, Izhak and Ishmael buryed him in the caue of Machpelah, in the fielde of Ephron sonne of Zohar the Hittite, before Mamre.
Genesis 25:10
Which fielde Abraham bought of the Hittites, where Abraham was buryed with Sarah his wife.
Genesis 25:12
Nowe these are the generations of Ishmael Abrahams sonne, whome Hagar the Egyptian Sarahs handmayde bare vnto Abraham.
Genesis 25:21
And Izhak prayed vuto the Lorde for his wife, because she was barren: and the Lord was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceiued,
Genesis 25:23
And the Lord sayd to her, Two nations are in thy wombe, and two maner of people shalbe diuided out of thy bowels, and the one people shall be mightier then the other, and the elder shall serue the yonger.
Psalms 68:18
Thou art gone vp on high: thou hast led captiuitie captiue, and receiued giftes for men: yea, euen the rebellious hast thou led, that the Lorde God might dwell there.
Matthew 11:27
All things are giuen vnto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Sonne, but ye Father: neither knoweth any man ye Father, but the Sonne, and he to whom ye Sonne will reueile him.
Matthew 28:18
And Iesus came, and spake vnto them, saying, All power is giuen vnto me, in heauen, and in earth.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And David sent out ten young men,.... Such persons, and such a number of them, he sent to show honour and reverence to Nabal:

and David said, unto the young men, get ye up to Carmel; which lay higher than the wilderness, in which he was:

and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name; ask him of his peace and welfare, as the Targum; wish all health and happiness in my name, present my service and best respects to him.


 
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