1 Samuel 25:34 - The Scriptures 1998

³⁴ “Nevertheless, as יהוה  Elohim of Yisra’ĕ

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁴ For in very deed, as the LORD God of Israel liveth, which hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁴ For as the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, Who has prevented me from hurting you, if you had not hurried and come to meet me, surely by morning there would not have been left so much as one male to Nabal.

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁴ For in very deed, as Jehovah, the God of Israel, liveth, who hath withholden me from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light so much as one man-child.

Common English Bible

³⁴ Otherwise, as surely as the LORD God of Israel lives—the one who kept me from hurting you—if you hadn’t come quickly and met up with me, there wouldn’t be one single one who urinates on a wall left come morning.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁴ But instead, as the Lord God of Israel lives, he has prevented me from doing evil to you. But if you had not come quickly to meet me, there would not have been left to Nabal by the morning light, anything that urinates against a wall."

1 Samuel 25:34 Cross References

Genesis 20:6

And Elohim said to him in a dream, “Yea, I know that you did this in the integrity of your heart, and so I kept you from sinning against Me. For this reason I did not let you touch her.

Joshua 10:6

And the men of Giḇ

Joshua 10:9

So then Yehoshua came upon them suddenly, having gone up all night from Gilgal.

1 Samuel 11:11

And it came to be, on the next day, that Sha’ul put the people in three companies. And they came into the midst of the camp in the morning watch and smote Ammon until the heat of the day. And it came to be that those left were scattered, so that no two of them were left together.

1 Samuel 25:18

Then Aḇ

1 Samuel 25:22

“Let Elohim do so, and more also, to the enemies of Dawiḏ

1 Samuel 25:26

“And now my master, as יהוה  lives and as your being lives, since יהוה  has withheld you from coming to bloodshed and from avenging yourself with your own hand, now then, let your enemies be as Naḇ

1 Samuel 25:39

And Dawiḏ