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New Life Version

1 Samuel 25:5

So David sent ten young men, saying to them, "Go up to Carmel. Visit Nabal and greet him for me.

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;
Geneva Bible (1587)
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.
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 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 There was a man in Maon who worked in Carmel. The man was very rich. He had 3,000 sheep and 1,000 goats. He was cutting the wool from his sheep in Carmel. 3 The man's name was Nabal, and his wife's name was Abigail. The woman was of good understanding and beautiful. But the man was bad and sinful in his ways. He was a Calebite. 4 David heard in the desert that Nabal was cutting the wool from his sheep. 5 So David sent ten young men, saying to them, "Go up to Carmel. Visit Nabal and greet him for me. 6 Say to him, ‘Have a long life. Peace be to you. Peace be to your family. And peace be to all that you have. 7 I have heard that you have men who cut the wool from your sheep. Now your shepherds have been with us, and we have not done them any wrong. And they have not missed anything all the time they were in Carmel. 8 Ask your young men and they will tell you. So let my young men find favor in your eyes, for we have come on a special day. I ask you to give whatever you have ready to your servants and to your son David.'" 9 When David's young men came, they said all this to Nabal in David's name. Then they waited. 10 But Nabal answered David's servants, "Who is David? Who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants these days who are leaving their owners. 11 Should I take my bread and my water and my meat that I have killed for my wool cutters, and give it to men when I do not know where they came from?"

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
My boss's wife Sarah gave birth to my boss's son when she was very old. And he has given him all he has.
Genesis 25:7
Abraham lived 175 years.
Genesis 25:9
His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the grave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, east of Mamre.
Genesis 25:10
This was the field that Abraham bought from the sons of Heth. Abraham was buried there with his wife Sarah.
Genesis 25:12
These are the children and their children's children of Abraham's son Ishmael, who was born to Abraham and Hagar, who was Sarah's woman servant.
Genesis 25:21
Isaac prayed to the Lord for his wife, because she could not give birth and the Lord answered him. Rebekah was able to give birth.
Genesis 25:23
The Lord said to her, "Two nations are within you. Two peoples will be divided from your body. One will be stronger than the other. And the older will serve the younger."
Psalms 68:18
You have gone up on high. You have taken those who were held with You. You have received gifts of men, even among those who fought against You. So the Lord God may live there with them.
Matthew 11:27
"Everything has been given to Me by My Father. No one knows the Son but the Father. No one knows the Father but the Son, and those to whom the Son wants to make the Father known.
Matthew 28:18
Jesus came and said to them, "All power has been given to Me in heaven and on 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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