1 Samuel 25:4 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

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

Catholic Public Domain Version

Therefore, when David, in the desert, had heard that Nabal was shearing his sheep,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And when David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep,

1 Samuel 25:4 Cross References

Genesis 38:13

When Tamar was told, “Your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep,”

2 Samuel 13:23

After two full years Absalom had sheepshearers at Baal-hazor, which is near Ephraim, and Absalom invited all the king’s sons.

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.

1 Samuel 25:5

So 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.