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Bishop's Bible

1 Samuel 25:5

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.

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;
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 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

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 Sara my maisters wyfe bare hym a sonne when she was olde, and vnto him hath he geue all that he hath.
Genesis 25:7
And these are the dayes of the yeres of Abrahams lyfe which he liued, an hundred threscore and fifteene yeres.
Genesis 25:9
And his sonnes Isahac and Ismael buryed hym in the double caue in the fielde of Ephron sonne of Soar the Hethite, before Mamre.
Genesis 25:10
Whiche fielde Abraham bought of the sonnes of Heth: there was Abraham buryed, and Sara his wyfe.
Genesis 25:12
These are the generations of Ismael Abrahams sonne, whiche Hagar the Egyptian Saraes handmayde bare vnto Abraham.
Genesis 25:21
And Isahac made intercession vnto the Lorde for his wyfe, because she was barren: and the Lord was intreated of hym, and Rebecca his wyfe conceaued.
Genesis 25:23
And the Lorde sayde vnto her: there are two maner of people in thy wombe, and two nations shalbe deuided out of thy bowelles, and the one nation shalbe mightier then the other, and the elder shalbe seruaunt vnto the younger.
Psalms 68:18
Thou wenst vp on high, thou hast led captiuitie captiue, thou hast receaued gyftes for men: yea euen [for] those that be disobedient, that God the Lorde myght dwell [among them,]
Matthew 11:27
All thinges are geuen vnto me of my father: And no man knoweth the sonne but the father, neither knoweth any man the father saue the sonne, and he to whomsoeuer the sonne wyll open him.
Matthew 28:18
And Iesus came, and spake vnto the, saying: All power is geuen 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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