1 Samuel 25:15
But the men were very good unto us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we any thing, as long as we were conversant with them, when we were in the fields:
1 Samuel 25:15 in other translations
| BSB | Yet these men were very good to us. When we were in the field, we were not harassed, and nothing of ours went missing the whole time we lived among them. |
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| WEB | But the men were very good to us, and we were not harmed, and we didn’t miss anything as long as we went with them, when we were in the fields. |
| ASV | But the men were very good unto us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we anything, as long as we went with them, when we were in the fields: |
| YLT | and the men are very good to us, and have not put us to shame, and we have not looked after anything all the days we have gone up and down with them, in our being in the field; |
| DARBY | And the men were very good to us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we anything, as long as we companied with them, when we were in the fields. |
| BBE | But these men have been very good to us; they did us no wrong and nothing of ours was touched while we were with them in the fields: |
| Webster | But the men were very good to us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we any thing, as long as we were conversant with them, when we were in the fields: |
What does 1 Samuel 25:15 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Samuel 25:14-18
14-18. Then Abigail made haste--The prudence and address of Nabal's wife were the means of saving him and family from utter destruction. She acknowledged the demand of her formidable neighbors; but justly considering, that to atone for the insolence of her husband, a greater degree of liberality had become necessary, she collected a large amount of food, accompanying it with the most valued products of the country…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Samuel 25:12-17
God is kind to the evil and unthankful, and why may not we be so? David determined to destroy Nabal, and all that belonged to him. Is this thy voice, O David? Has he been so long in the school of affliction, where he should have learned patience, and yet is so passionate? He at other times was calm and considerate, but is put into such a heat by a few hard words, that he seeks to destroy a whole family. What are the…
1 Samuel 25:15 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 1 Samuel 25:15
- 1 Samuel 25:7
And now I have heard that thou hast shearers: now thy shepherds which were with us, we hurt them not, neither was there ought missing unto them, all the while they were in Carmel.
- 1 Samuel 25:21
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.
- Philippians 2:15
That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
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Context
- 1 Samuel 25:14
But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal’s wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master; and he railed on them.
- 1 Samuel 25:15
But the men were very good unto us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we any thing, as long as we were conversant with them, when we were in the fields:
- 1 Samuel 25:16
They were a wall unto us both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.
1 Samuel 25:15 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Mas aquellos hombres nos han sido muy buenos, y nunca nos han hecho fuerza, ni ninguna cosa nos ha faltado en todo el tiempo que hemos conversado con ellos, mientras hemos estado en el campo. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et les hommes ont été très bons pour nous, et nous n’avons pas été molestés, et il n’a rien manqué de ce qui était à nous, tout le temps que nous avons marché avec eux pendant que nous étions aux champs. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und doch sind die Männer sehr gut gegen uns gewesen; und es ist uns nichts zuleide geschehen, und wir haben nicht das Geringste vermißt alle die Tage, die wir mit ihnen umhergezogen sind, als wir auf dem Felde waren. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Homines isti boni satis fuerant nobis, et non molesti: nec quidquam aliquando periit omni tempore quo fuimus conversati cum eis in deserto: |