1 Samuel 25:8 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Ask thy young men, and they will shew thee. Wherefore let the young men find favour in thine eyes: for we come in a good day: give, I pray thee, whatsoever cometh to thine hand unto thy servants, and to thy son David.”
1 Samuel 25:8 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
1 Samuel 25:8 in 6 Bible Translations
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1 Samuel 25:8 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Ask your young men, and they will tell you. Therefore let the young men find favor in your eyes, for we come on a good day. Please give whatever comes to your hand to your servants and to your son David.’””
1 Samuel 25:8 — World English Bible
1 Samuel 25:8 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Ask thy young men, and they will tell thee: wherefore let the young men find favor in thine eyes; for we come in a good day: give, I pray thee, whatsoever cometh to thy hand, unto thy servants, and to thy son David. ”
1 Samuel 25:8 — American Standard Version
1 Samuel 25:8 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“`Ask thy young men, and they declare to thee, and the young men find grace in thine eyes, for on a good day we have come; give, I pray thee, that which thy hand findeth, to thy servants, and to thy son, to David.'”
1 Samuel 25:8 — Young's Literal Translation
1 Samuel 25:8 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Ask thy young men, and they will tell thee. Therefore let the young men find favour in thine eyes; for we come in a good day: give, I pray thee, what thy hand may find to thy servants, and to thy son David. ”
1 Samuel 25:8 — Darby Translation
1 Samuel 25:8 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Aske thy seruants and they wil shew thee. Wherefore let these yong men finde fauour in thine eyes: (for we come in a good season) giue, I pray thee, whatsoeuer commeth to thine hand vnto thy seruants, and to thy sonne Dauid.”
1 Samuel 25:8 — Geneva Bible
1 Samuel 25:8 in Context — 1 Samuel 25
6 And thus shall ye say to him that liveth in prosperity, Peace be both to thee, and peace be to thine house, and peace be unto all that thou hast.
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.
8 Ask thy young men, and they will shew thee. Wherefore let the young men find favour in thine eyes: for we come in a good day: give, I pray thee, whatsoever cometh to thine hand unto thy servants, and to thy son David.
9 And when David’s young men came, they spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased.
10 And Nabal answered David’s servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that break away every man from his master.
What Does 1 Samuel 25:8 Mean?
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