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


In Context

1 Now Samuel died, and all Israel assembled and mourned for him; and they buried him at his home in Ramah. Then David moved down into the Desert of Maon.

2 A certain man in Maon, who had property there at Carmel, was very wealthy. He had a thousand goats and three thousand sheep, which he was shearing in Carmel.

3 His name was Nabal and his wife's name was Abigail. She was an intelligent and beautiful woman, but her husband, a Calebite, was surly and mean in his dealings.

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

5 So he sent ten young men and said to them, "Go up to Nabal at Carmel and greet him in my name.

6 Say to him: 'Long life to you! Good health to you and your household! And good health to all that is yours!

1st Samuel 25:4 in Other Translations

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 English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

25:4And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear 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,