40And the servants of David come in unto Abigail at Carmel, and speak unto her, saying, 'David hath sent us unto thee to take thee to him for a wife.'


In Context

37 And it cometh to pass in the morning, when the wine is gone out from Nabal, that his wife declareth to him these things, and his heart dieth within him, and he hath been as a stone.

38 And it cometh to pass, in about ten days, that Jehovah smiteth Nabal, and he dieth,

39 and David heareth that Nabal is dead, and saith, 'Blessed is Jehovah who hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and His servant hath kept back from evil, and the wickedness of Nabal hath Jehovah turned back on his own head;' and David sendeth and speaketh with Abigail, to take her to him for a wife.

40 And the servants of David come in unto Abigail at Carmel, and speak unto her, saying, 'David hath sent us unto thee to take thee to him for a wife.'

41 And she riseth and boweth herself — face to the earth — and saith, 'Lo, thy handmaid is for a maid-servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.'

42 And Abigail hasteth and riseth, and rideth on the ass; and five of her young women who are going at her feet; and she goeth after the messengers of David, and is to him for a wife.

1 Samuel 25:40 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

25:40His servants went to Carmel and said to Abigail, "David has sent us to you to take you to become his wife."

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

25:40And when the servants of David were come to Abigail to Carmel, they spake unto her, saying, David sent us unto thee to take thee to him to wife.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

25:40And David's servants came to Abigail to Carmel, and spoke to her, saying: David hath sent us to thee, to take thee to himself for a wife.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

25:40And when the servants of David were come to Abigail to Carmel, they spake unto her, saying, David hath sent us unto thee, to take thee to him to wife.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:40And the servants of David came to Abigail to Carmel, and spoke to her, saying, David has sent us to thee, to take thee as his wife.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

25:40And when the servants of David were come to Abigail to Carmel, they spake unto her, saying, David hath sent us unto thee, to take thee to him to wife.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:40And when the servants of David had come to Abigail to Carmel, they spoke to her, saying, David hath sent us to thee, to take thee to him for a wife.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:40When the servants of David had come to Abigail to Carmel, they spoke to her, saying, |David has sent us to you, to take you to him as wife.|

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

25:40And when the servants of David were come to Abigail to Carmel, they spoke to her, saying, David sent us to you, to take you to him to wife.