1 Samuel 25:37
But it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, and his wife had told him these things, that his heart died within him, and he became as a stone.
1 Samuel 25:37 in other translations
| BSB | In the morning when Nabal was sober, his wife told him about these events, and his heart failed within him and he became like a stone. |
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| WEB | In the morning, when the wine had gone out of Nabal, his wife told him these things; and his heart died within him, and he became as a stone. |
| ASV | And it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, that his wife told him these things, and his heart died within him, and he became as a stone. |
| YLT | And it cometh to pass in the morning, when the wine is gone out from Nabal, that his wife declareth to him these things, and his heart dieth within him, and he hath been as a stone. |
| DARBY | And it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, that his wife told him these things; and his heart died within him, and he became as a stone. |
| BBE | And in the morning, when the effect of the wine was gone, Nabal's wife gave him an account of all these things, and all the heart went out of him, and he became like stone. |
| Webster | But it came to pass in the morning, when the wine had left Nabal, and his wife had told him these things, that his heart died within him, and he became as a stone. |
What does 1 Samuel 25:37 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Samuel 25:37-38
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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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 25:37 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 1 Samuel 25:37
- Job 15:21-22
A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him. He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.
- Proverbs 23:29-35
Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine. Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. …
- 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 25:22
So and more also do God unto the enemies of David, if I leave of all that pertain to him by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.
- Deuteronomy 28:28
The Lord shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart:
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Context
- 1 Samuel 25:36
And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal’s heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.
- 1 Samuel 25:37
But it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, and his wife had told him these things, that his heart died within him, and he became as a stone.
- 1 Samuel 25:38
And it came to pass about ten days after, that the Lord smote Nabal, that he died.
1 Samuel 25:37 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Pero á la mañana, cuando el vino había salido de Nabal, refirióle su mujer aquestas cosas; y se le amorteció el corazón, y quedóse como una piedra. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et il arriva le matin, quand le vin de Nabal eut passé, que sa femme lui rapporta ces choses; et son cœur mourut au-dedans de lui, et il devint comme une pierre. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und es geschah am Morgen, als der Weinrausch von Nabal gegangen war, da berichtete ihm sein Weib diese Dinge; und sein Herz erstarb in seinem Innern, und er wurde wie ein Stein. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Diluculo autem cum digessisset vinum Nabal, indicavit ei uxor sua verba hæc: et emortuum est cor ejus intrinsecus, et factus est quasi lapis. |