38And it came to pass in about ten days that Jehovah smote Nabal, and he died.


In Context

35 So David received of her hand what she had brought him, and said to her, Go up in peace to thy house; see, I have hearkened to thy voice, and have accepted thy person.

36 And Abigail came to Nabal; and behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was drunken to excess; so she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.

37 And it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, that his wife told him these things; and his heart died within him, and he became as a stone.

38 And it came to pass in about ten days that Jehovah smote Nabal, and he died.

39 And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be Jehovah, who has pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and has kept back his servant from evil; but Jehovah has returned Nabal's evil upon his own head. And David sent and communed with Abigail, to take her as his wife.

40 And the servants of David came to Abigail to Carmel, and spoke to her, saying, David has sent us to thee, to take thee as his wife.

1 Samuel 25:38 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

25:38About ten days later, the Lord struck Nabal and he died.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

25:38And it came to pass about ten days [after,] that the LORD smote Nabal, that he died.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

25:38And it came to pass about ten days after, that Jehovah smote Nabal, so that he died.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

25:38And it cometh to pass, in about ten days, that Jehovah smiteth Nabal, and he dieth,

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

25:38And after ten days had passed, the Lord struck Nabal, and he died.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

25:38And it came to pass about ten days after, that the LORD smote Nabal, that he died.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:38And it came to pass about ten days after, that the LORD smote Nabal, that he died.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:38It happened about ten days after, that Yahweh struck Nabal, so that he died.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

25:38And it came to pass about ten days after, that the LORD smote Nabal, that he died.