1st Samuel Chapter 25 verse 7 Holy Bible
And now I have heard that thou hast shearers: thy shepherds have now been with us, and we did them no hurt, neither was there aught missing unto them, all the while they were in Carmel.
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I have had word that you have wool-cutters: now the keepers of your sheep have been with us, and we have done them no evil, and taken nothing of theirs while they were in Carmel.
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And now I have heard that thou hast shearers; now thy shepherds who were with us, we hurt them not, neither was there aught missed by them, all the while they were in Carmel.
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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.
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And now I have heard that thou hast shearers: now thy shepherds who were with us, we hurt them not, neither was there aught missing to them, all the while they were in Carmel.
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Now I have heard that you have shearers: your shepherds have now been with us, and we did them no hurt, neither was there anything missing to them, all the while they were in Carmel.
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and, now, I have heard that thou hast shearers; now, the shepherds whom thou hast have been with us, we have not put them to shame, nor hath anything been looked after by them, all the days of their being in Carmel.
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Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(7) Neither was there ought missing unto them.--These words doubtless refer to the protection which David's armed band had afforded to the herdsmen against the frequent raids of the neighbouring people--the Philistines and other more savage and unscrupulous tribes who dwelt on the borders of Palestine. The request was certainly a fair one, for, as Lange and Ewald remark, "apart from the Eastern custom of giving largely at such great merry-makings, according to which such a request would seem in no way strange, David had a certain right to ask a gift from Nabal's wealth. He had indirectly no small share in the festal joy of Nabal and his house. Without some part of the superfluity of the inhabitants whom he protected, he could not have maintained himself and his army."Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewNowוְעַתָּ֣ה (wə·‘at·tāh)Conjunctive waw | AdverbStrong's 6258: At this timeI hearשָׁמַ֔עְתִּי (šā·ma‘·tî)Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singularStrong's 8085: To hear intelligentlythatכִּ֥י (kî)ConjunctionStrong's 3588: A relative conjunctionit is time for shearing.גֹזְזִ֖ים (ḡō·zə·zîm)Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine pluralStrong's 1494: To cut off, to shear a, flock, shave the hair, to destroy an enemyWhen your shepherdsהָרֹעִ֤ים (hā·rō·‘îm)Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine pluralStrong's 7462: To tend a, flock, pasture it, in, to graze, to rule, to associate withwereהָי֣וּ (hā·yū)Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common pluralStrong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, bewith us,עִמָּ֔נוּ (‘im·mā·nū)Preposition | first person common pluralStrong's 5973: With, equally withwe did notלֹ֣א (lō)Adverb - Negative particleStrong's 3808: Not, noharass them,הֶכְלַמְנ֗וּם (heḵ·lam·nūm)Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common plural | third person masculine pluralStrong's 3637: To wound, to taunt, insultand nothingוְלֹֽא־ (wə·lō-)Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particleStrong's 3808: Not, noof theirs was missingנִפְקַ֤ד (nip̄·qaḏ)Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 6485: To visit, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, depositthe wholeכָּל־ (kāl-)Noun - masculine singular constructStrong's 3605: The whole, all, any, everytimeיְמֵ֖י (yə·mê)Noun - masculine plural constructStrong's 3117: A daythey wereהֱיוֹתָ֥ם (hĕ·yō·w·ṯām)Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine pluralStrong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, bein Carmel.בַּכַּרְמֶֽל׃ (bak·kar·mel)Preposition-b, Article | Noun - proper - feminine singularStrong's 3760: Carmel -- a mountain promontory on the Mediterranean, also a city near HebronJump to PreviousAught Carmel Evil Harm Hear Heard Hurt Insulted Keepers Missed Missing Mistreat Ought Shame Shearers Sheep Shepherds Theirs Time Whole Wool-Cutters Word
