or have eaten my morsel alone, and the orphan has not eaten from it—
1 Samuel 25:11 - New Revised Standard Version Shall I take my bread and my water and the meat that I have butchered for my shearers, and give it to men who come from I do not know where?” Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men, whom I know not whence they be? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Shall I then take my bread and my water, and my meat that I have killed for my shearers, and give it to men when I do not know where they belong? American Standard Version (1901) Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men of whom I know not whence they are? Common English Bible Why should I take my bread, my water, and the meat I’ve butchered for my shearers and give it to people who came here from who knows where?” Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, shall I take my bread, and my water, and the meat of the cattle that I have slain for my shearers, and give it to men, when I do not know where they are from?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and the flesh of my cattle, which I have killed for my shearers, and give to men whom I know not whence they are? |
or have eaten my morsel alone, and the orphan has not eaten from it—
as unknown, and yet are well known; as dying, and see—we are alive; as punished, and yet not killed;
So then, whenever we have an opportunity, let us work for the good of all, and especially for those of the family of faith.
Do not say to yourself, “My power and the might of my own hand have gotten me this wealth.”
Then he came to the people of Succoth, and said, “Here are Zebah and Zalmunna, about whom you taunted me, saying, ‘Do you already have in your possession the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna, that we should give bread to your troops who are exhausted?’ ”
But the officials of Succoth said, “Do you already have in your possession the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna, that we should give bread to your army?”
From there he went up to Penuel, and made the same request of them; and the people of Penuel answered him as the people of Succoth had answered.
As the ancient proverb says, ‘Out of the wicked comes forth wickedness’; but my hand shall not be against you.
So David's young men turned away, and came back and told him all this.
Now the name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife Abigail. The woman was clever and beautiful, but the man was surly and mean; he was a Calebite.
I hear that you have shearers; now your shepherds have been with us, and we did them no harm, and they missed nothing, all the time they were in Carmel.