1 Samuel 25:20

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

And so it was, as she was riding on her ass, and descending within the covert of the hill, lo! David and his men, descending over against her, - so she met them.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
As she rode the donkey down a mountain pass hidden from view, she saw David and his men coming toward her and met them.

Hebrew Names Version
It was so, as she rode on her donkey, and came down by the covert of the mountain, that behold, David and his men came down toward her; and she met them.

King James Version
And it was so, as she rode on the ass, that she came down by the covert on the hill, and, behold, David and his men came down against her; and she met them.

Lexham English Bible
And then, as she was riding on the donkey and was going down the ravine of the mountain, David and his men were coming down to meet her, and she met them.

English Standard Version
And as she rode on the donkey and came down under cover of the mountain, behold, David and his men came down toward her, and she met them.

New Century Version
Abigail rode her donkey and came down toward the mountain hideout. There she met David and his men coming down toward her.

New English Translation
Riding on her donkey, she went down under cover of the mountain. David and his men were coming down to meet her, and she encountered them.

Amplified Bible
It happened that as she was riding on her donkey and coming down by [way of] the hidden part of the mountain, that suddenly David and his men were coming down toward her, and she met them.

New American Standard Bible
And it happened as she was riding on her donkey and coming down by the hidden part of the mountain, that behold, David and his men were coming down toward her; so she met them.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And as shee rode on her asse, shee came downe by a secret place of the mountaine, and beholde, Dauid and his men came downe against her, and she met them.

Legacy Standard Bible
So it was happening, as she was riding on her donkey and coming down by the hidden part of the mountain, that behold, David and his men were coming down toward her; and she met them.

Contemporary English Version
Abigail was riding her donkey on the path that led around the hillside, when suddenly she met David and his men heading straight at her.

Complete Jewish Bible
She was riding her donkey down past the hiding-place in the mountain, when David and his men descended toward her, and she met them.

Darby Translation
And as she was riding on the ass, and coming down by the covert of the hill, behold, David and his men came down opposite to her; and she met them.

Easy-to-Read Version
Abigail rode her donkey down to the other side of the mountain. She met David and his men coming from the other direction.

George Lamsa Translation
And as she was riding on the ass and coming down by the covert of the mountain, behold, David and his men were coming up in her direction; and she met them.

Good News Translation
She was riding her donkey around a bend on a hillside when suddenly she met David and his men coming toward her.

Literal Translation
And it happened she was riding on the ass and coming down by the cover of the mountain. And, behold, David and his men were coming down to meet her; and she met them.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And as she rode vpo the asse, and wente downe in the shadowe of ye hill, beholde, Dauid & his me met hir downe, so that she came vpon them.

American Standard Version
And 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.

Bible in Basic English
Now while she was going down under cover of the mountain on her ass, David and his men came down against her, and suddenly she came face to face with them.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And as she rode on her asse, she came priuylie downe the syde of the hill, and behold Dauid and his men came downe against her, and she met them.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And 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 towards her; and she met them.--

King James Version (1611)
And it was so as she rode on the asse, that she came downe by the couert of the hill, and behold, Dauid and his men came downe against her, and she met them.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And it came to pass when she had mounted her ass and was going down by the covert of the mountain, behold, David and his men came down to meet her, and she met them.

English Revised Version
And 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 against her; and she met them.

Berean Standard Bible
As Abigail came riding her donkey into a mountain ravine, she saw David and his men coming down toward her, and she met them.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor whanne sche hadde stied on the asse, and cam doun `at the roote of the hil, and Dauid and hise men camen doun in to the comyng `of hir; whiche also sche mette.

Young's Literal Translation
and it hath come to pass, she is riding on the ass and is coming down in the secret part of the hill-country, and lo, David and his men are coming down to meet her, and she meeteth them.

Update Bible Version
And it was so, as she rode on her donkey, and came down by the covert of the mountain, that, look, David and his men came down toward her; and she met them.

Webster's Bible Translation
And it was [so], [as] she rode on the ass, that she came down by the covert of the hill, and behold, David and his men came down over against her; and she met them.

World English Bible
It was so, as she rode on her donkey, and came down by the covert of the mountain, that behold, David and his men came down toward her; and she met them.

New King James Version
So it was, as she rode on the donkey, that she went down under cover of the hill; and there were David and his men, coming down toward her, and she met them.

New Living Translation
As she was riding her donkey into a mountain ravine, she saw David and his men coming toward her.

New Life Bible
As she went on her donkey and came down hidden by the mountain, David and his men came down toward her, and she met them.

New Revised Standard
As she rode on the donkey and came down under cover of the mountain, David and his men came down toward her; and she met them.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when she had gotten upon an ass, and was coming down to the foot of the mountain, David and his men came down over against her, and she met them.

Revised Standard Version
And as she rode on the ass, and came down under cover of the mountain, behold, David and his men came down toward her; and she met them.

THE MESSAGE
As she was riding her donkey, descending into a ravine, David and his men were descending from the other end, so they met there on the road. David had just said, "That sure was a waste, guarding everything this man had out in the wild so that nothing he had was lost—and now he rewards me with insults. A real slap in the face! May God do his worst to me if Nabal and every cur in his misbegotten brood aren't dead meat by morning!"

New American Standard Bible (1995)
It came about as she was riding on her donkey and coming down by the hidden part of the mountain, that behold, David and his men were coming down toward her; so she met them.

Contextual Overview

¹⁸ Then Abigail hastened - and took two hundred loaves, and two skins of wine, and five sheep made ready, and five measures of parched corn, and a hundred cakes of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, - and put them on the asses. ¹⁹ And she said to her young men - Pass on before me, behold me coming after you; but, to her husband, Nabal, told she nothing. ²⁰ And so it was, as she was riding on her ass, and descending within the covert of the hill, lo! David and his men, descending over against her, - so she met them. ²¹ Now, David, had said - Surely, in vain, did I guard all that pertained to this man in the wilderness, so that there was, nothing, missed of all that he had, - seeing he hath returned to me evil for good. ²² So may God do to David and so may he add, if I leave remaining, of all that he hath, until the morning, - so much as a little boy. ²³ And, when Abigail saw David, she hastened, and alighted from off her ass, - and fell down before David upon her face, and prostrated herself on the ground; ²⁴ yea she fell at his feet, and said - On me, even me, my lord, be the transgression, - But, I pray thee, let thy handmaid speak in thine ears, and hear thou the words of thy handmaid. ²⁵ Let it not be, I pray thee, that my lord regard this abandoned man - Nabal; For, as his name is, so, is he. Nabal, is his name, and, baseness, is with him, - But, I, thy handmaid, saw not the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send. ²⁶ Now, therefore, my lord - By the life of Yahweh, and by the life of thine own soul, - seeing Yahweh hath withholden thee from coming in with bloodshed, and from saving thyself, with thine own hand, now, therefore, like Nabal, be thine enemies, and they who are making search for my lord, wrongfully. ²⁷ Now, therefore, this blessing which thy maid-servant hath brought to my lord, let it even be given unto the young men who are going to and fro at the feet of my lord.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

rode: 2 Kings 4:24

she came down: David was coming down mount Paran; Abigail was coming down from Carmel.

Cross-References

Genesis 22:23
And, Bethuel, hath begotten Rebekah, - These eight, hath Milcah borne to Nahor brother of Abraham.

Genesis 24:67
And Isaac brought her into the tent of Sarah his mother; thus he took Rebekah and she became his wife and he loved her, - and Isaac consoled himself, for the loss of his mother.

Genesis 25:5
And Abraham gave all that he had to Isaac;

Genesis 25:6
but, to the sons of the concubines whom Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, - and then sent them away from Isaac his son while he himself yet lived, eastward unto the land of the east.

Genesis 31:18
and drave away all his herds and all his goods which he had gathered, the gains he had gained, which he had gathered in Padan-aram; that he might go in unto Isaac his father unto the land of Canaan.

Genesis 31:20
Thus Jacob stole away unawares to Laban, the Syrian, - in that he had not told him that he was about to flee.

Genesis 31:24
And God went in unto Laban the Syrian in a dream of the night, - and said to him Take heed to thyself that thou speak not with Jacob either good or bad.

Genesis 35:9
And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came in from Padan-aram, - and blessed him.

Deuteronomy 26:5
And thou shalt respond and say before Yahweh thy God - A Syrian ready to perish, was my father, so he went down to Egypt, and became a sojourner there with men only few; but he became there a nation great, mighty and numerous;

Luke 4:27
And, many lepers, were in Israel, in the time of Elisha the prophet, and, not one of them, was cleansed, save Naaman the Syrian.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And it was [so, as] she rode on the ass,.... After her servants:

that she came down, by the covert of the hill; by the side of it, which was covered with bushes, and she rode among them, in a way that led through them, and so was not seen by David and his men; or by the shadow of the hill, toward the bottom of it, where by reason of that, and the opposite hill, it was darkish, and they could not see each other:

and, behold, David and his men came down against her; came down a hill opposite to that she came down:

and she met them; in the valley between two hills.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The covert of the hill - Probably a defile or glen, literally a “secret place,” as in 1 Samuel 19:2. She was riding down into this glen from one side, while David and his men were descending the opposite hill. It is perhaps mentioned that she came by this “secret place,” because she chose this path to escape the observation of her husband or of anyone else.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 25:20. She came down - and David - came down — David was coming down Mount Paran; Abigail was coming down from Carmel. - Calmet.