1 Samuel 25:4 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

⁴ And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep.

Common English Bible

⁴ While in the wilderness, David heard that Nabal was shearing his sheep.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ Therefore, when David, in the desert, had heard that Nabal was shearing his sheep,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴ And when David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep,

1 Samuel 25:4 Cross References

Genesis 38:13

And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold, thy father-in-law goeth up to Timnath to shear his sheep.

2 Samuel 13:23

And it came to pass after two full years, that Ab´salom had sheepshearers in Ba´al–ha´zor, which is beside E´phra-im: and Ab´salom invited all the king's sons.

1 Samuel 25:3

Now the name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife Ab´igail; and she was a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb.

1 Samuel 25:5

And David sent out ten young men, and David said unto the young men, Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name: