1 Samuel 25:40 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴⁰ And 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴⁰ And when the servants of David had come to Abigail at Carmel, they said to her, David sent us to you to take you to him to be his wife.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴⁰ And 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.

Common English Bible

⁴⁰ When David’s servants reached Abigail at Carmel, they said to her, “David has sent us to you so you can become his wife.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴⁰ And David's servants went to Abigail at Carmel, and they spoke to her, saying, "David has sent us to you, so that he might take you to himself as wife."

1 Samuel 25:40 Cross References

Genesis 24:51

1 Behold Rebecca is before thee, take her and go thy way, and let her be the wife of thy master's son, as the Lord hath spoken.

Proverbs 11:16

3 The desire of the just is all good: the expectation of the wicked is indignation.

1 Samuel 25:39

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

1 Samuel 25:41

And Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having with him three thousand chosen men of Israel, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.