4And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep.


In Context

1 And Samuel died; and all Israel gathered themselves together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran.

2 And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.

3 Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: and the woman was of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb.

4 And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep.

5 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:

6 and thus shall ye say to him that liveth in prosperity, Peace be both unto thee, and peace be to thine house, and peace be unto all that thou hast.

1 Samuel 25:4 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

25:4While David was in the desert, he heard that Nabal was shearing sheep.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

25:4And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

25:4And when David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

25:4And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:4And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:4And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:4David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

25:4And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

25:4And David heareth in the wilderness that Nabal is shearing his flock,