1 Samuel 25:12
So David’s young men turned their way, and went again, and came and told him all those sayings.
1 Samuel 25:12 in other translations
| BSB | So David’s men turned around and went back, and they relayed to him all these words. |
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| WEB | So David’s young men turned on their way and went back, and came and told him all these words. |
| ASV | So David’s young men turned on their way, and went back, and came and told him according to all these words. |
| YLT | And the young men of David turn on their way, and turn back, and come in, and declare to him according to all these words. |
| DARBY | And David's young men turned their way, and went back, and came and reported to him according to all those words. |
| BBE | So David's young men, turning away, went back and gave him an account of everything he had said. |
| Webster | So David's young men turned their way, and went again, and came and told him all these sayings. |
What does 1 Samuel 25:12 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Samuel 25:10-12
10-12. Nabal answered David's servants, ... Who is David? &c.--Nabal's answer seems to indicate that the country was at the time in a loose and disorderly state. David's own good conduct, however, as well as the important services rendered by him and his men, were readily attested by Nabal's servants. The preparations of David to chastise his insolent language and ungrateful requital are exactly what would be done…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Samuel 25:12-17
Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain
1 Samuel 25:12 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 1 Samuel 25:12
- 2 Samuel 24:13
So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months before thine enemies, while they pursue thee? or that there be three days’ pestilence in thy land? now advise, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me.
- Hebrews 13:17
Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
- Isaiah 36:21-22
But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king’s commandment was, saying, Answer him not. Then came Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, that was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.
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Context
- 1 Samuel 25:11
Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men, whom I know not whence they be?
- 1 Samuel 25:12
So David’s young men turned their way, and went again, and came and told him all those sayings.
- 1 Samuel 25:13
And David said unto his men, Gird ye on every man his sword. And they girded on every man his sword; and David also girded on his sword: and there went up after David about four hundred men; and two hundred abode by the stuff.
1 Samuel 25:12 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y tornándose los criados de David, volviéronse por su camino, y vinieron y dijeron á David todas estas palabras. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et les jeunes hommes de David rebroussèrent chemin et s’en retournèrent; et ils vinrent et lui racontèrent selon toutes ces paroles. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und die Knaben Davids wandten sich auf ihren Weg; und sie kehrten zurück und kamen und berichteten ihm nach allen diesen Worten. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Regressi sunt itaque pueri David per viam suam, et reversi venerunt, et nuntiaverunt ei omnia verba quæ dixerat. |