1 Samuel 25:27
And now this blessing which thine handmaid hath brought unto my lord, let it even be given unto the young men that follow my lord.
1 Samuel 25:27 in other translations
| BSB | Now let this gift your servant has brought to my lord be given to the young men who follow you. |
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| WEB | Now this present which your servant has brought to my lord, let it be given to the young men who follow my lord. |
| ASV | And now this present which thy servant hath brought unto my lord, let it be given unto the young men that follow my lord. |
| YLT | ‘And, now, this blessing which thy maid-servant hath brought to my lord--it hath been given to the young men who are going up and down at the feet of my lord. |
| DARBY | And now this blessing which thy bondmaid has brought to my lord, let it be given to the young men that follow my lord. |
| BBE | And let this offering, which your servant gives to my lord, be given to the young men who are with my lord. |
| Webster | And now this blessing which thy handmaid hath brought to my lord, let it even be given to the young men that follow my lord. |
What does 1 Samuel 25:27 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Samuel 25:18-31
By a present Abigail atoned for Nabal's denial of David's request. Her behaviour was very submissive. Yielding pacifies great offences. She puts herself in the place of a penitent, and of a petitioner. She could not excuse her husband's conduct. She depends not upon her own reasonings, but on God's grace, to soften David, and expects that grace would work powerfully. She says that it was below him to take vengeance…
1 Samuel 25:27 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 1 Samuel 25:27
- 1 Samuel 30:26
And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto the elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying, Behold a present for you of the spoil of the enemies of the Lord;
- Genesis 33:11
Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to thee; because God hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. And he urged him, and he took it.
- 2 Kings 5:15
And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and stood before him: and he said, Behold, now I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel: now therefore, I pray thee, take a blessing of thy servant.
- 2 Samuel 16:2
And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And Ziba said, The asses be for the king’s household to ride on; and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that such as be faint in the wilderness may drink.
- 2 Corinthians 9:5
Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your bounty, whereof ye had notice before, that the same might be ready, as a matter of bounty, and not as of covetousness.
- 1 Samuel 25:42
And Abigail hasted, and arose, and rode upon an ass, with five damsels of hers that went after her; and she went after the messengers of David, and became his wife.
- Judges 4:10
And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and he went up with ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him.
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Context
- 1 Samuel 25:26
Now therefore, my lord, as the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing the Lord hath withholden thee from coming to shed blood, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now let thine enemies, and they that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.
- 1 Samuel 25:27
And now this blessing which thine handmaid hath brought unto my lord, let it even be given unto the young men that follow my lord.
- 1 Samuel 25:28
I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thine handmaid: for the Lord will certainly make my lord a sure house; because my lord fighteth the battles of the Lord, and evil hath not been found in thee all thy days.
1 Samuel 25:27 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y ahora esta bendición que tu sierva ha traído á mi señor, dése á los criados que siguen á mi señor. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et maintenant, voici ce présent que ton esclave a apporté à mon seigneur pour qu’on le donne aux jeunes hommes qui marchent à la suite de mon seigneur. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und nun, dieses Geschenk, das deine Magd meinem Herrn gebracht hat, es werde den Knaben gegeben, die im Gefolge meines Herrn ziehen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Quapropter suscipe benedictionem hanc, quam attulit ancilla tua tibi domino meo, et da pueris qui sequuntur te dominum meum. |