Parallel Verses
Amplified
She said to her young men (servants), “Go on ahead of me; behold, I am coming after you.” But she did not tell her husband Nabal.
New American Standard Bible
She said to her young men, “
King James Version
And she said unto her servants, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told not her husband Nabal.
Holman Bible
Then she said to her male servants, “Go ahead of me. I will be right behind you.”
International Standard Version
She told her young men, "Go ahead of me, I'll be coming right behind you." But she said nothing to her husband Nabal.
A Conservative Version
And she said to her young men, Go on before me, behold, I come after you. But she did not tell her husband Nabal.
American Standard Version
And she said unto her young men, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told not her husband Nabal.
Bible in Basic English
And she said to her young men, Go on in front of me and I will come after you. But she said nothing to her husband Nabal.
Darby Translation
And she said to her young men, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she did not tell her husband Nabal.
Julia Smith Translation
And she will say to her boys, Pass over before me; behold me coming after you. And she announced not to her husband Nabal.
King James 2000
And she said unto her servants, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told not her husband Nabal.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Then she said to her servants, "Go ahead before me; look, I am coming after you," but she did not tell her husband Nabal.
Modern King James verseion
And she said to her servants, Go on before me. Behold, I am coming after you. But she did not tell her husband Nabal.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
and said unto her young men, "Go before me, and see I come after you," and told her husband Nabal nothing thereof.
NET Bible
and said to her servants, "Go on ahead of me. I will come after you." But she did not tell her husband Nabal.
New Heart English Bible
She said to her young men, "Go on before me. Behold, I come after you." But she did not tell her husband, Nabal.
The Emphasized Bible
And she said to her young men - Pass on before me, behold me coming after you; but, to her husband, Nabal, told she nothing.
Webster
And she said to her servants, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told not her husband Nabal.
World English Bible
She said to her young men, "Go on before me. Behold, I come after you." But she didn't tell her husband, Nabal.
Youngs Literal Translation
And she saith to her young men, 'Pass over before me; lo, after you I am coming;' and to her husband Nabal she hath not declared it;
Themes
Decision » Instances of » Abigail
Fig » Cakes of, sent by abigail to david
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul
Prudence » Instances of » Abigail, in averting david's anger
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Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Samuel 25:19
Verse Info
Context Readings
David And Abigail
18 Then Abigail hurried and took two hundred loaves of bread, two jugs of wine, five sheep already prepared [for roasting], five measures of roasted grain, a hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and loaded them on donkeys. 19 She said to her young men (servants), “Go on ahead of me; behold, I am coming after you.” But she did not tell her husband Nabal. 20 It happened that as she was riding on her donkey and coming down by [way of] the hidden part of the mountain, that suddenly David and his men were coming down toward her, and she met them.
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Cross References
Genesis 32:20
and you shall say, ‘Look, your servant Jacob is behind us.’” For he said [to himself], “I will try to appease him with the gift that is going ahead of me. Then afterward I will see him; perhaps he will accept and forgive me.”
Genesis 32:16
He put them into the care of his servants, every herd by itself, and said to his servants, “Go on ahead of me, and put an interval [of space] between the individual herds.”
Proverbs 31:11-12
The heart of her husband trusts in her [with secure confidence],
And he will have no lack of gain.
Proverbs 31:27
She looks well to how things go in her household,
And does not eat the bread of idleness.