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1 Samuel 25:21

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Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him: and he hath returned me evil for good.

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1 Samuel 25:21 in other translations

Now David had said, “Surely in vain I have kept all that this fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained to him. He has returned me evil for good.

1 Samuel 25:21 · World English Bible

1 Samuel 25:21 in context

  1. 19And she said unto her young men, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told not her husband Nabal.
  2. 20And it was so, as she rode on her ass, and came down by the covert of the mountain, that, behold, David and his men came down toward her; and she met them.
  3. 21Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him: and he hath returned me evil for good.
  4. 22God do so unto the enemies of David, and more also, if I leave of all that pertain to him by the morning light so much as one man-child.
  5. 23And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and alighted from her ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground.