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Monday, July 28th, 2025
the Week of Proper 12 / Ordinary 17
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New Life Version

1 Samuel 25:33

May thanks be given for your wisdom, and thanks be to you. You have kept me this day from being guilty of blood, and from punishing with my own hand.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Decision;   Fig;   Intercession;   Nabal;   Tact;   Wife;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Revenge;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Samuel;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Abigail;   Carmel;   Wife;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Woman;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Prayer;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Abigail;   Blessing and Cursing;   Bloodguilt;   Carmel;   Samuel, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - David;   Gift, Giving;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Abigail ;   Carmel ;   Handmaid, Handmaiden;   Nabal ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Abigail;   Nabal;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Abigail;   Advice;   Bloodguiltiness;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Abigail;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Accents in Hebrew;   Treason;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
May your discernment be blessed, and may you be blessed. Today you kept me from participating in bloodshed and avenging myself by my own hand.
Hebrew Names Version
and blessed be your discretion, and blessed be you, that have kept me this day from blood guiltiness, and from avenging myself with my own hand.
King James Version
And blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself with mine own hand.
Lexham English Bible
And blessed be your discretion, and blessed be you who have prevented me this day from bloodguilt and from delivering myself by my own hand.
English Standard Version
Blessed be your discretion, and blessed be you, who have kept me this day from bloodguilt and from working salvation with my own hand!
New Century Version
May you be blessed for your wisdom. You have kept me from killing or punishing people today.
New English Translation
Praised be your good judgment! May you yourself be rewarded for having prevented me this day from shedding blood and taking matters into my own hands!
Amplified Bible
"And blessed be your discretion and discernment, and blessed be you, who has kept me from bloodshed this day and from avenging myself by my own hand.
New American Standard Bible
and blessed be your discernment, and blessed be you, who have kept me this day from bloodshed and from avenging myself by my own hand.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And blessed be thy counsel, and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day fro comming to shed blood, and that mine hand hath not saued me.
Legacy Standard Bible
and blessed be your discernment, and blessed be you, who have kept me this day from bloodshed and from saving myself by my own hand.
Contemporary English Version
And you should also be praised. Your good sense kept me from taking revenge and killing innocent people.
Complete Jewish Bible
and blessed be your tactfulness, and blessed be yourself for having kept me today from the guilt of shedding blood and taking vengeance into my own hands.
Darby Translation
And blessed be thy discernment, and blessed be thou, who hast kept me this day from coming with bloodshed, and from avenging myself with mine own hand.
Easy-to-Read Version
God bless you for your good judgment. You kept me from killing innocent people today.
George Lamsa Translation
And blessed be your advice, and blessed be you, who have kept me this day from coming to shed blood, and spared my hands this day from shedding blood.
Good News Translation
Thank God for your good sense and for what you have done today in keeping me from the crime of murder and from taking my own revenge.
Literal Translation
And blessed is your discernment. And blessed are you in that you have kept me from coming in with blood this day, and from delivering myself with my own hand.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and blessed be thy speach, and blessed be thou, which hast kepte me backe this daye, that I am not come agaynst bloude, to auenge me with myne awne hande.
American Standard Version
and blessed be thy discretion, and blessed be thou, that hast kept me this day from bloodguiltiness, and from avenging myself with mine own hand.
Bible in Basic English
A blessing on your good sense and on you, who have kept me today from the crime of blood and from taking into my hands the punishment for my wrongs.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Blessed is thy saying, and blessed art thou which hast kept me this day from comming to shed blood, & from auengeing my selfe with myne owne hande.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
and blessed be thy discretion, and blessed be thou, that hast kept me this day from bloodguiltiness, and from finding redress for myself with mine own hand.
King James Version (1611)
And blessed bee thy aduice, and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from comming to shed blood, and from auenging my selfe with mine owne hand.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and blessed be thy conduct, and blessed be thou, who hast hindered me this very day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself.
English Revised Version
and blessed be thy wisdom, and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from bloodguiltiness, and from avenging myself with mine own hand.
Berean Standard Bible
Blessed is your discernment, and blessed are you, because today you kept me from bloodshed and from avenging myself by my own hand.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and blessid be thou, that hast forbede me, lest Y yede to blood, and vengide me with myn hond;
Young's Literal Translation
and blessed [is] thy discretion, and blessed [art] thou in that thou hast restrained me this day from coming in with blood, and to restrain my hand to myself.
Update Bible Version
and blessed be your discretion, and blessed be you, that have kept me this day from bloodguiltiness, and from avenging myself with my own hand.
Webster's Bible Translation
And blessed [be] thy advice, and blessed [be] thou, who hast kept me this day from coming to [shed] blood, and from avenging myself with my own hand.
World English Bible
and blessed be your discretion, and blessed be you, that have kept me this day from blood guiltiness, and from avenging myself with my own hand.
New King James Version
And blessed is your advice and blessed are you, because you have kept me this day from coming to bloodshed and from avenging myself with my own hand.
New Living Translation
Thank God for your good sense! Bless you for keeping me from murder and from carrying out vengeance with my own hands.
New Revised Standard
Blessed be your good sense, and blessed be you, who have kept me today from bloodguilt and from avenging myself by my own hand!
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and, blessed, be thy discreet judgment, and, blessed, be thou thyself, - who hast kept me, this day, from coming in with bloodshed, and from saving myself, with mine own hand.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And blessed be thou, who hast kept me to day from coming to blood, and revenging me with my own hand.
Revised Standard Version
Blessed be your discretion, and blessed be you, who have kept me this day from bloodguilt and from avenging myself with my own hand!
New American Standard Bible (1995)
and blessed be your discernment, and blessed be you, who have kept me this day from bloodshed and from avenging myself by my own hand.

Contextual Overview

32 Then David said to Abigail, "Thanks be to the Lord God of Israel, Who sent you this day to meet me. 33 May thanks be given for your wisdom, and thanks be to you. You have kept me this day from being guilty of blood, and from punishing with my own hand. 34 The Lord God of Israel has kept me from hurting you. And as the Lord lives, if you had not been quick to come to meet me, for sure not one male would have been left to Nabal until the morning." 35 So David received what she had brought him. He said to her, "Go up to your house in peace. See, I have listened to you and have done what you asked."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

blessed: Psalms 141:5, Proverbs 9:9, Proverbs 17:10, Proverbs 25:12, Proverbs 27:21, Proverbs 28:23

which hast: 1 Samuel 25:26

avenging: 1 Samuel 25:26, 1 Samuel 25:31, 1 Samuel 24:19, 1 Samuel 26:9, 1 Samuel 26:10

Reciprocal: Joshua 22:30 - it pleased them Joshua 22:33 - blessed 1 Samuel 24:7 - suffered 1 Samuel 25:38 - the Lord 2 Samuel 2:5 - Blessed 2 Samuel 20:16 - General Psalms 131:2 - quieted Proverbs 1:5 - a man Proverbs 11:16 - gracious Proverbs 12:3 - the root Proverbs 15:23 - how Proverbs 23:34 - thou Isaiah 33:18 - heart Romans 12:19 - avenge 1 Corinthians 13:4 - vaunteth not itself

Cross-References

Genesis 14:22
But Abram said to the king of Sodom, "I have promised the Lord God Most High, Maker of heaven and earth,
Genesis 24:3
and I will have you promise by the Lord, the God of heaven and earth. Promise that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, who live around me.
Genesis 25:6
But while he was still living, Abraham gave gifts to the sons of the women he kept who acted as his wives. And he sent them to the land of the East, away from his son Isaac.
Genesis 25:7
Abraham lived 175 years.
Genesis 27:36
Then Esau said, "Was it not right that he was given the name Jacob? Two times now he has taken what should have been mine. He took away my right as a first-born. And now he has taken away the good that was to come to me." Then he said, "Can you not pray that good will come to me also?"
Mark 6:23
Then he made a promise to her, "Whatever you ask for, I will give it to you. I will give you even half of my nation."
Hebrews 6:16
When men make a promise, they use a name greater than themselves. They do this to make sure they will do what they promise. In this way, no one argues about it.
Hebrews 12:16
None of you should fall into sex sins or forget God like Esau did. He had a right to get all Isaac had because he was the oldest son. But for one plate of food he sold this right to his brother.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And blessed [be] thy advice,.... Thanks be to God, and to thee for it, being wise, good, and seasonable; or "thy taste" g, thy good sense, knowledge, as the Targum, discretion, prudence, and understanding:

and blessed [be] thou which hast kept me this day from coming to [shed] blood; he came out with a full resolution to shed the blood of Nabal, and of all the males in his house, but was stopped by Abigail; who by her arguments so prevailed upon him as to cause him to desist from his design, and thankful he was to God for it; for though he had vowed he would destroy Nabal and his family, yet being a rash sinful vow, he saw it was better to break it than to keep it:

and from avenging myself with mine own hand; which to do would have been sinful, vengeance only belonging to God; and now he leaves it to him, and is very thankful that he was prevented doing it himself.

g טעמך "sapor tuus", Piscator; "discretio tua", Montanus.


 
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