After they had left the city, Joseph said to his servant, “Go and follow the men. Stop them and say to them, ‘We were good to you! So why have you been bad to us? Why did you steal my master’s silver cup?
1 Samuel 25:21 - Easy To Read Version {Before David met Abigail,} David was saying, “I protected Nabal’s property in the desert. I made sure none of his sheep were missing. I did all that for nothing! I did good things to him, but he has been bad to me. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him: and he hath requited me evil for good. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Now David had said, Surely in vain have I protected all that this fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that belonged to him; and he has repaid me evil for good. American Standard Version (1901) Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him: and he hath returned me evil for good. Common English Bible David had just been saying, “What a waste of time—guarding all this man’s stuff in the wilderness so that nothing of his went missing! He has repaid me evil instead of good! Catholic Public Domain Version And David said: "Truly, in vain have I preserved all that was his in the wilderness, so that nothing perished out of all that belonged to him. And he has repaid evil to me for good. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And David said: Truly in vain have I kept all that belonged to this man in the wilderness, and nothing was lost of all that pertained unto him: and he hath returned me evil for good. |
After they had left the city, Joseph said to his servant, “Go and follow the men. Stop them and say to them, ‘We were good to you! So why have you been bad to us? Why did you steal my master’s silver cup?
They are a group of worthless people\par with no names who were forced\par to leave their country!\par
I have done only good things.\par But those people will do bad things to me.\par \{Lord,\} give me the good things I deserve.\par
Don’t be angry! Don’t get mad!\par Don’t become so upset\par that you also want to do bad things.\par
My enemies do bad things to me,\par and I did only good things to them.\par I tried to do only good things,\par but those people turned against me.\par
Don’t do bad things to people who do good things to you. If you do, then you will have trouble for the rest of your life.
I have been good to the people of Judah.\par But now they are paying me back with evil.\par They are trying to trap me and kill me.\par
When you become angry, don’t let that anger make you sin. And don’t continue to be angry all day.
Be sure that no person pays back wrong for wrong. But always try to do what is good for each other and for all people.
It is better to suffer for doing good than for doing wrong. Yes, it is better if that is what God wants.
Don’t do wrong to a person to pay him back for doing wrong to you. Or don’t say something bad to a person to pay him back for saying something bad to you. But \{ask God to\} bless that person. Do this, because you yourselves were called to receive a blessing.
Then David said to his men, “Put on your swords!” So David and his men put on their swords. About 400 men went with David. And 200 men stayed with the supplies.
These men were very good to us. We were out in the fields with the sheep. David’s men were with us the whole time. And they never did anything wrong to us! They did not steal anything from us the whole time!
Abigail rode her donkey and came down to the other side of the mountain. She met David and his men coming from the other direction.
I heard that you are cutting wool from your sheep. Your shepherds were with us for a while. And we did nothing wrong to them. We never took anything from your shepherds while they were at Carmel.