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


In Context

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

2 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 face: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb.

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

5 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.

6 You shall tell him, 'Long life to you! Peace be to you, and peace be to your house, and peace be to all that you have.

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 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 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,