1 Samuel 25:33
And blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself with mine own hand.
1 Samuel 25:33 in other translations
| BSB | Blessed is your discernment, and blessed are you, because today you kept me from bloodshed and from avenging myself by my own hand. |
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| WEB | Blessed is your discretion, and blessed are you, who have kept me today from blood guiltiness, and from avenging myself with my own hand. |
| ASV | and blessed be thy discretion, and blessed be thou, that hast kept me this day from bloodguiltiness, and from avenging myself with mine own hand. |
| YLT | and blessed is thy discretion, and blessed art thou in that thou hast restrained me this day from coming in with blood, and to restrain my hand to myself. |
| DARBY | And blessed be thy discernment, and blessed be thou, who hast kept me this day from coming with bloodshed, and from avenging myself with mine own hand. |
| BBE | A blessing on your good sense and on you, who have kept me today from the crime of blood and from taking into my hands the punishment for my wrongs. |
| Webster | And blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, who hast kept me this day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself with my own hand. |
What does 1 Samuel 25:33 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Samuel 25:32-35
32-35. David said to Abigail, Blessed be the Lord--Transported by passion and blinded by revenge, he was on the eve of perpetrating a great injury. Doubtless, the timely appearance and prudent address of Abigail were greatly instrumental in changing his purpose. At all events, it was the means of opening his eyes to the moral character of the course on which he had been impetuously rushing; and in accepting her…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Samuel 25:32-44
David gives God thanks for sending him this happy check in a sinful way. Whoever meet us with counsel, direction, comfort, caution, or seasonable reproof, we must see God sending them. We ought to be very thankful for those happy providences which are the means of keeping us from sinning. Most people think it enough, if they take reproof patiently; but few will take it thankfully, and commend those who give it, and…
1 Samuel 25:33 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 1 Samuel 25:33
- 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.
- Proverbs 28:23
He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.
- Proverbs 27:21
As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.
- Proverbs 9:9
Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
- Proverbs 17:10
A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
- Proverbs 25:12
As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
- Psalms 141:5
Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.
- 1 Samuel 24:19
For if a man find his enemy, will he let him go well away? wherefore the Lord reward thee good for that thou hast done unto me this day.
- 1 Samuel 25:31
That this shall be no grief unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my lord, either that thou hast shed blood causeless, or that my lord hath avenged himself: but when the Lord shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thine handmaid.
- 1 Samuel 26:9-10
And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch forth his hand against the Lord’s anointed, and be guiltless? David said furthermore, As the Lord liveth, the Lord shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and perish.
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- 1 Samuel 25:32
And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me:
- 1 Samuel 25:33
And blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself with mine own hand.
- 1 Samuel 25:34
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.
1 Samuel 25:33 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y bendito sea tu razonamiento, y bendita tú, que me has estorbado hoy el ir á derramar sangre, y á vengarme por mi propia mano: |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et bénie soit ta sagesse, et bénie sois-tu, toi qui en ce jour m’as empêché d’en venir au sang et de me faire justice par ma main! |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und gesegnet sei dein Verstand, und gesegnet seiest du, daß du mich heute davon zurückgehalten hast, in Blutschuld zu kommen und mir mit meiner Hand Hülfe zu schaffen! |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | et benedicta tu, quæ prohibuisti me hodie ne irem ad sanguinem, et ulciscerer me manu mea. |