1 Samuel 25:39 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

³⁹ 4 But Saul gave Michol his daughter, David's wife, to Phalti, the son of Lais, who was of Gallium.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁹ And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the LORD, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil: for the LORD hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and communed with Abigail, to take her to him to wife.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁹ When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the Lord, Who has pleaded the cause of my reproach at the hand of Nabal, and kept His servant from evil. For the Lord has returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and communed with Abigail, to take her to him as his wife.

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁹ And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be Jehovah, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept back his servant from evil: and the evil-doing of Nabal hath Jehovah returned upon his own head. And David sent and spake concerning Abigail, to take her to him to wife.

Common English Bible

³⁹ When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Bless the LORD, who has rendered a verdict regarding Nabal’s insult to me and who kept me, his servant, from doing something evil! The LORD has brought Nabal’s evil down on his own head.” Then David sent word to Abigail, saying that he would take her as his wife.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁹ And when David had heard that Nabal was dead, he said: "Blessed is the Lord, who has judged the case of my reproach at the hand of Nabal, and who has preserved his servant from evil. And the Lord has repaid the malice of Nabal upon his own head." Then David sent and he spoke with Abigail, so that he might take her to himself as wife.

1 Samuel 25:39 Cross References

2 Samuel 1:16

1 Ye mountains of Gelboe, let neither dew, nor rain come upon you, neither be they fields of firstfruits: for there was cast away the shield of the valiant, the shield of Saul as though he had not been anointed with oil.

1 Kings 2:44

And Solomon loved the Lord, walking in the precepts of David his father, only he sacrificed in the high places: and burnt incense.

Esther 7:10

And said: If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and my request be not disagreeable to him, I beseech thee, that the former letters of Aman the traitor and enemy of the Jews, by which he commanded that they should be destroyed in all the king's provinces, may be reversed by new letters.

Esther 9:25

0 And they sent to all the Jews that were in the hundred and twenty-seven provinces of king Assuerus, that they should have peace, and receive truth,

Psalm 7:16

and hast set him over the works of thy hands.

Psalm 9:5

2 For requiring their blood he hath remembered the: he hath not forgotten the cry of the poor.

Proverbs 18:22

A false witness shall not be unpunished: and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.

Proverbs 19:14

1 There are many thoughts in the heart of a man: but the will of the Lord shall stand firm.

Proverbs 22:23

When thou shalt sit to eat with a prince, consider diligently what is set before thy face.

Proverbs 31:10

7 She hath girded her loins with strength, and hath strengthened her arm.

Proverbs 31:30

Maketh his round by the south, and turneth again to the north: the spirit goeth forward surveying all places round about, and returneth to his circuits.

Song of Solomon 8:8

Hear, O ye heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the Lord hath spoken. I have brought up children, and exalted them: but they have despised me.

Micah 7:9

7 They shall lick the dust like serpents, as the creeping things of the earth, they shall be disturbed in their houses: they shall dread the Lord our God, and shall fear thee.

2 Corinthians 13:7

And all the brethren who are with me, to the churches of Galatia.

1 Thessalonians 5:23

So that we ourselves also glory in you in the churches of God, for your patience and faith, and in all your persecutions and tribulations, which you endure,

2 Timothy 4:18

For this cause I left thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and shouldest ordain priests in every city, as I also appointed thee:

Judges 5:2

The valiant men ceased, and rested in Israel: until Debbora arose, a mother arose in Israel.

1 Samuel 24:15

0 And now as I know that thou shalt surely be king, and have the kingdom of Israel in thy hand:

1 Samuel 25:26

1 This shall not be an occasion of grief to thee, and a scruple of heart to my lord, that thou hast shed innocent blood, or hast revenged thyself: and when the Lord shall have done well by my lord, thou shalt remember thy handmaid.

1 Samuel 25:32

7 But early in the morning when Nabal had digested his wine, his wife told him these words, and his heart died within him, and he became as a stone.

1 Samuel 25:34

9 And when David had heard that Nabal was dead, he said: Blessed be the Lord, who hath judged the cause of my reproach at the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil, and the Lord hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his head. The n David sent and treated with Abigail, that he might take her to himself for a wife.

1 Samuel 25:40

And the men of Ziph came to Saul in Gabaa, saying: Behold David is hid in the hill of Hachila, which is over against the wilderness.

1 Samuel 26:10

5 And David said to Abner: Art not thou a man? and who is like thee in Israel? why then hast thou not kept thy lord the king? for there came one of the people in to kill the king thy lord.