14But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, |Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to Greet our master; and he railed at them.


In Context

11 Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my meat that I have killed for my shearers, and give it to men who I don't know where they come from?|

12 So David's young men turned on their way, and went back, and came and told him according to all these words.

13 David said to his men, |Every man put on his sword!| Every man put on his sword. David also put on his sword. About four hundred men followed David; and two hundred stayed by the baggage.

14 But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, |Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to Greet our master; and he railed at them.

15 But the men were very good to us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we anything, as long as we went with them, when we were in the fields.

16 They were a wall to us both by night and by day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.

1 Samuel 25:14 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

25:14One of the servants told Nabal's wife Abigail: "David sent messengers from the desert to give our master his greetings, but he hurled insults at them.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

25:14But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal’s wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master; and he railed on them.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

25:14But one of the servants told Abigail the wife of Nabal, saying: Behold David sent messengers out of the wilderness, to salute our master: and he rejected them.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

25:14But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master; and he railed at them.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:14And one of Nabal's young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to bless our master; and he has insulted them.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

25:14But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master; and he flew upon them.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:14But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers from the wilderness to salute our master; and he railed at them.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

25:14And to Abigail wife of Nabal hath one young man of the youths declared, saying, 'Lo, David hath sent messengers out of the wilderness to bless our lord, and he flieth upon them;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

25:14But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master; and he railed on them.