1 Samuel 25:14 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal’s wife, “David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master, and he shouted insults at them.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

But 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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

American Standard Version (1901)

But 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.

Common English Bible

One of Nabal’s servants told his wife Abigail, “David sent messengers from the wilderness to greet our master, but he just yelled at them.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Then it was reported to Abigail, the wife of Nabal, by one of his servants, saying: "Behold, David has sent messengers from the desert, so that they might speak kindly to our lord. But he turned them away.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

But 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.

1 Samuel 25:14 Cross References

Mark 15:29

Those who passed by derided him, shaking their heads and saying, “Aha! You who would destroy the temple and build it in three days,

1 Samuel 13:10

As soon as he had finished offering the burnt offering, Samuel arrived, and Saul went out to meet him and salute him.

1 Samuel 15:13

When Samuel came to Saul, Saul said to him, “May you be blessed by the Lord; I have carried out the command of the Lord.”

1 Samuel 25:3

Now the name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife was Abigail. The woman was clever and beautiful, but the man was surly and mean; he was a Calebite.