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Abigail Intercedes for Nabal

1 Samuel 25:38

In 11 translations

BSB
About ten days later, the LORD struck Nabal dead.
KJV
And it came to pass about ten days after, that the LORD smote Nabal, that he died.
WEB
About ten days later, Yahweh struck Nabal, so that he died.
ASV
And it came to pass about ten days after, that Jehovah smote Nabal, so that he died.
LSV
And it comes to pass [in] about ten days, that YHWH strikes Nabal and he dies,
YLT
And it cometh to pass, [in] about ten days, that Jehovah smiteth Nabal, and he dieth,
DBY
And it came to pass in about ten days that Jehovah smote Nabal, and he died.
DRC
And after ten days had passed, the Lord struck Nabal, and he died.
GNV
And about ten dayes after, the Lord smote Nabal, that he dyed.
JPS
And it came to pass about ten days after, that the LORD smote Nabal, so that he died.
LXXE
And it came to pass after about ten days, that the Lord smote Nabal, and he died.Gr. there were about ten days, etc.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
וַיְהִ֖י כַּעֲשֶׂ֣רֶת הַיָּמִ֑ים וַיִּגֹּ֧ף יְהוָ֛ה אֶת־נָבָ֖ל וַיָּמֹֽת׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἐγένετο ὡσεὶ δέκα ἡμέραι, καὶ ἐπάταξε Κύριος τὸν Νάβαλ, καὶ ἀπέθανε.

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👤 God👤 Nabal◆ Reign of Saul

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 1 Samuel 25:33Blessed is your discernment, and blessed are you, because today you kept me from bloodshed and from avenging myself by my own hand.
  • 2 Chronicles 10:15So the king did not listen to the people, and indeed this turn of events was from God, in order that the LORD might fulfill the word that He had spoken through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.
  • 1 Samuel 26:10David added, “As surely as the LORD lives, the LORD Himself will strike him down; either his day will come and he will die, or he will go into battle and perish.
  • Exodus 12:29Now at midnight the LORD struck down every firstborn male in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on his throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner in the dungeon, as well as all the firstborn among…
  • Acts 12:23Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.
  • 2 Samuel 6:7And the anger of the LORD burned against Uzzah, and God struck him down on the spot for his irreverence, and he died there beside the ark of God.
  • 2 Kings 19:35And that very night the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!
  • 1 Samuel 6:9but keep watching it. If it goes up the road to its homeland, toward Beth-shemesh, it is the LORD who has brought on us this great disaster. But if it does not, then we will know that it was not His hand that punished…
  • 2 Kings 15:5And the LORD afflicted the king with leprosy until the day he died, so that he lived in a separate house while his son Jotham had charge of the palace and governed the people of the land.

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