1 Samuel 25:4

In 11 translations

BSB

While David was in the wilderness, he heard that Nabal was shearing sheep.

KJV

¶ And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep.

WEB

David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep.

ASV

And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep.

LSV

And David hears in the wilderness that Nabal is shearing his flock,

YLT

And David heareth in the wilderness that Nabal is shearing his flock,

DBY

And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep.

DRC

And when David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep,

GNV

And Dauid heard in the wildernesse, that Nabal did shere his sheepe.

JPS

And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep.

LXXE

And David heard in the wilderness, that Nabal the Carmelite was shearing his sheep.

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Original-language editions

WLC

וַיִּשְׁמַ֥ע דָּוִ֖ד בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר כִּֽי־גֹזֵ֥ז נָבָ֖ל אֶת־צֹאנֽוֹ׃

LXX-Br

καὶ ἤκουσε Δαυὶδ ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ, ὅτι κείρει Νάβαλ ὁ Καρμήλιος τὸ ποίμνιον αὐτοῦ.

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Cross-references most cited first

• 2 Samuel 13:23Two years later, when Absalom’s sheepshearers were at Baal-hazor near Ephraim, he invited all the sons of the king.
• Genesis 38:13When Tamar was told, “Your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep,”

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