23When Abigail saw David, she hurried, and alighted from her donkey, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground.


In Context

20 It was so, as she rode on her donkey, and came down by the covert of the mountain, that behold, David and his men came down toward her; and she met them.

21 Now David had said, |Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained to him. He has returned me evil for good.

22 God do so to the enemies of David, and more also, if I leave of all that belongs to him by the morning light so much as one who urinates on a wall.|

23 When Abigail saw David, she hurried, and alighted from her donkey, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground.

24 She fell at his feet, and said, |On me, my lord, on me be the iniquity; and please let your handmaid speak in your ears. Hear the words of your handmaid.

25 Please don't let my lord regard this worthless fellow, even Nabal; for as his name is, so is he. Nabal is his name, and folly is with him; but I, your handmaid, didn't see the young men of my lord, whom you sent.

1 Samuel 25:23 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

25:23When Abigail saw David, she quickly got off her donkey and bowed down before David with her face to the ground.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

25:23And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and lighted off the ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground,

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

25:23And when Abigail saw David she made haste and lighted off the ass, and fell before David, on her face, and adored upon the ground.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

25:23And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and alighted from her ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:23And when Abigail saw David, she hasted and lighted off the ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

25:23And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and lighted off her ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:23And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and lighted off the ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

25:23And Abigail seeth David, and hasteth and cometh down from off the ass, and falleth before David on her face, and boweth herself to the earth,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

25:23And when Abigail saw David, she hurried, and lighted off the ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground,