1 Samuel 25:7

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

Baru-baru ini aku mendengar bahwa engkau mengadakan pengguntingan bulu domba. Adapun gembala-gembalamu yang ada dengan kami, tidak kami ganggu dan tidak ada sesuatu yang hilang dari pada mereka selama mereka ada di Karmel.

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Baru-baru ini aku mendengar bahwa engkau mengadakan pengguntingan bulu domba. Adapun gembala-gembalamu yang ada dengan kami, tidak kami ganggu dan tidak ada sesuatu yang hilang dari pada mereka selama mereka ada di Karmel.

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Maka sekarangpun hamba sudah mendengar kabar mengatakan tuan menaruh beberapa penggunting bulu domba, maka selama segala gembala tuan adalah serta dengan kami, tiada kami mengusik akan dia, dan satupun tiada mereka itu kehilangan selamanya mereka itu di Karmel.

Contextual Overview

² And ther was a man in Maon, whose possession was in Carmel, and the man was exceeding mightie, and had three thousande sheepe & a thousand goates: And he was shearing his sheepe in Carmel. ³ The name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wyfe was Abigail, and she was a woman of a singuler wysedome, and beautifull: But the man was churlishe, and of shrewde conditions, & was of the kinred of Caleb. ⁴ And Dauid hearde in the wildernesse, that Nabal did sheare his sheepe. ⁵ 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. ⁶ And ye shal say: So mayest thou lyue, peace be to thee, peace be to thyne house, and peace be vnto all that thou hast. ⁷ Beholde I haue hearde say that thou hast shearers: Nowe, thy shepheardes were with vs, & we did them no spite, neither was there ought missing vnto them al the while they were in Carmel: ⁸ Aske thy laddes, & they will shew thee: Wherfore let these young men finde fauour in thyne eyes (for we come in a good season) & geue I pray thee whatsoeuer commeth to thyne hande vnto thy seruauntes, and to thy sonne Dauid. ⁹ And when Dauids young men came, they told Nabal all those wordes in the name of Dauid: and helde their peace. ¹⁰ And Nabal aunswered Dauids seruauntes, and said: Who is Dauid? and who is ye sonne of Isai? There is plentie of seruauntes now a dayes that breake away euery man from his maister. ¹¹ Shal I then take my bread, my water, and my fleshe that I haue killed for my shearers, and geue it vnto men whom I wot not whence they be?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

thy shepherds: In those times, and at the present day, wandering Arabs, under their several chiefs, think that they have a right to exact contributions of provisions, etc., wherever they come. But David, though he lived in the wilderness like the Arab emirs, had not adopted their manners: one of them, at the head of 600 men, would have demanded, from time to time, some provision or present from Nabal's servants, for permitting them to feed at quiet; and would have driven them away from the watering place upon any dislike. David had done nothing of this kind; but had protected them against those who would.

we hurt: Heb. we shamed, 1 Samuel 25:15, 1 Samuel 25:16, 1 Samuel 25:21, 1 Samuel 22:2, Isaiah 11:6-9, Luke 3:14, Philippians 2:15, Philippians 4:8

Reciprocal: Joshua 15:55 - Maon

Cross-References

Genesis 12:4
And so Abram departed, euen as the Lorde had spoken vnto hym, and Lot went with him: and Abram was seuentie and fiue yeres old when he departed out of Haran.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And now I have heard that thou hast shearers,.... Men employed in shearing his sheep, which was a time of feasting and gladness, and therefore David sent his young men to him at this time with his compliments upon it; and in order to obtain what he intended by this message to him, he observes the favours he and his men had done to his servants, and the advantages which they had received from them:

now thy shepherds which were with us; feeding their sheep near the wilderness of Paran, which was not far from Carmel and Maon:

we hurt them not; by taking any of their sheep and lambs from them, or by abusing, beating them, or giving them ill language; or "did not put them to shame" x, by denying them anything they asked of them, which was in their power to grant, nor mocked and scoffed at them, and jeered them on account of their occupation:

neither was there ought missing unto them; they did not steal a sheep or lamb from them, as was common for soldiers to do; nor did they suffer any of the Arabs, that dwelt in the wilderness of Paran, to rob them, who lived upon plunder, or any of the wild beasts to hurt them, as much as in them lay; so careful were they of them, and were a wall unto them by night and day, as Nabal's servants owned, 1 Samuel 25:16; and this was the case,

all the while they were in Carmel; or in the fields, 1 Samuel 25:15; which were joining to the wilderness of Paran.

x לא הכלמנום "non affecimus verccundia eos", Montanus; so some in Vatablus.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 25:7. Thy shepherds which there with us, we hurt them not — It is most evident that David had a claim upon Nabal, for very essential services performed to his herdmen at Carmel. He not only did them no hurt, and took none of their flocks for the supply of his necessities, but he protected them from the rapacity of others; they were a WALL unto us, said Nabal's servants, both by night and day. In those times, and to the present day, wandering hordes of Arabs, under their several chiefs, think they have a right to exact contributions of provisions, c., wherever they come David had done nothing of this kind, but protected them against those who would.