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


In Context

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!

7 " 'Now I hear that it is sheep-shearing time. When your shepherds were with us, we did not mistreat them, and the whole time they were at Carmel nothing of theirs was missing.

1st Samuel 25:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

25:5And 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:

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

25:5He sent ten young men, and said to them: Go up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and salute him in my name with peace.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

25:5And 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:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:5Then 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

25:5And 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:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:5And 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:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:5David 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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

25:5and 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,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

25:5And David sent out ten young men, and David said to the young men, Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name: