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OET (OET-RV) And now, my master, as Yahweh lives and as your spirit lives, it’s Yahweh who’s prevented you from spilling blood and taking his punishment into your own hands. And now may your enemies and anyone who makes plans against my master be like Nabal.
OET-LV And_now my_master [by]_the_life of_YHWH and_lives soul_your that restrained_you YHWH from_shedding in/on/at/with_bloodshed and_avenging hand_your_own to/for_you(fs) and_now may_they_be like_Nāⱱāl enemies_your and_the_seek against my_master evil.
UHB וְעַתָּ֣ה אֲדֹנִ֗י חַי־יְהוָ֤ה וְחֵֽי־נַפְשְׁךָ֙ אֲשֶׁ֨ר מְנָעֲךָ֤ יְהוָה֙ מִבּ֣וֹא בְדָמִ֔ים וְהוֹשֵׁ֥עַ יָדְךָ֖ לָ֑ךְ וְעַתָּ֗ה יִֽהְי֤וּ כְנָבָל֙ אֹיְבֶ֔יךָ וְהַֽמְבַקְשִׁ֥ים אֶל־אֲדֹנִ֖י רָעָֽה׃ ‡
(vəˊattāh ʼₐdoniy ḩay-yhwh vəḩēy-nafshəkā ʼₐsher mənāˊₐkā yhwh mibōʼ ⱱədāmim vəhōshēˊa yādəkā lāk vəˊattāh yihyū kənāⱱāl ʼoyⱱeykā vəhaməⱱaqshim ʼel-ʼₐdoniy rāˊāh.)
Key: khaki:verbs, green:YHWH.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
BrLXX Καὶ νῦν κύριέ μου, ζῇ Κύριος καὶ ζῇ ἡ ψυχή σου, καθὼς ἐκώλυσέ σε Κύριος τοῦ μὴ ἐλθεῖν εἰς αἷμα ἀθῶον, καὶ σώζειν τὴν χεῖρά σου σοί· καὶ νῦν γένοιντο ὡς Νάβαλ οἱ ἐχθροί σου καὶ οἱ ζητοῦντες τῷ κυρίῳ μου κακά.
(Kai nun kurie mou, zaʸ Kurios kai zaʸ haʸ psuⱪaʸ sou, kathōs ekōluse se Kurios tou maʸ elthein eis haima athōon, kai sōzein taʸn ⱪeira sou soi; kai nun genointo hōs Nabal hoi eⱪthroi sou kai hoi zaʸtountes tōi kuriōi mou kaka. )
BrTr And now, my lord, as the Lord lives, and thy soul lives, as the Lord has kept thee from coming against innocent blood, and [fn]from executing vengeance for thyself, now therefore let thine enemies, and those that seek evil against my lord, become as Nabal.
25:26 Gr. saving thy hand for thyself.
ULT And now, my master, as Yahweh is alive, and as your spirit is alive, it is Yahweh who has witheld you from entering into bloodshed and your hand saving for yourself. And now may your enemies and the ones who seek evil against my master be like Nabal.
UST Yahweh has prevented you from getting revenge on anyone and killing anyone. I hope that just as surely as Yahweh lives and as surely as you live, your enemies will be cursed like Nabal is.
BSB § Now, my lord, as surely as the LORD lives and you yourself live, the LORD has held you back from coming to bloodshed and avenging yourself with your own hand. May your enemies and those who seek harm for my lord be like Nabal.
OEB Now my lord, as the Lord lives and as you live, since the Lord has kept you from committing an act of bloodshed and from delivering yourself by your own hand – and may your enemies and those who seek to do evil to my lord be as Nabal –
WEBBE Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD lives and as your soul lives, since the LORD has withheld you from blood guiltiness and from avenging yourself with your own hand, now therefore let your enemies and those who seek evil to my lord be as Nabal.
WMBB (Same as above)
NET “Now, my lord, as surely as the Lord lives and as surely as you live, it is the Lord who has kept you from shedding blood and taking matters into your own hands. Now may your enemies and those who seek to harm my lord be like Nabal.
LSV and now, my lord, YHWH lives, and your soul lives, in that YHWH has withheld you from coming in with blood, and to save your hand from yourself—now let your enemies be as Nabal, even those seeking evil toward my lord.
FBV Now, sir, as the Lord lives and as you live, the Lord has kept you from shedding blood and from taking your own revenge. Sir, may your enemies and those who want to do you harm be like Nabal.
T4T Yahweh has prevented you from getting revenge on anyone and killing anyone. I hope/desire that as surely as Yahweh lives and as surely as you live, your enemies will be cursed like Nabal will be.
LEB So then, my lord, as Yahweh lives and as your soul lives,[fn] since Yahweh restrained you from bloodguilt by taking matters into your own hand,[fn] so then, may your enemies be like Nabal, even those who seek to do my lord harm.[fn]
25:26 Literally “the life of Yahweh and the life of your soul”
25:26 Literally “saving your hand for you”
25:26 Literally “the seeking to my lord evil”
BBE So now, my lord, by the living God and by your living soul, seeing that the Lord has kept you from the crime of blood and from taking into your hands the punishment for your wrongs, may all your haters, and those who would do evil to my lord, be like Nabal.
Moff No Moff 1SA book available
JPS Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing the LORD hath withholden thee from bloodguiltiness, and from finding redress for thyself with thine own hand, now therefore let thine enemies, and them that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.
ASV Now therefore, my lord, as Jehovah liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing Jehovah hath withholden thee from bloodguiltiness, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now therefore let thine enemies, and them that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.
DRA Now therefore, my lord, the Lord liveth, and thy soul liveth, who hath withholden thee from coming to blood, and hath saved thy hand to thee: and now let thy enemies be as Nabal, and all they that seek evil to my lord.
YLT and now, my lord, Jehovah liveth, and thy soul liveth, in that Jehovah hath withheld thee from coming in with blood, and to save thy hand to thee — now let thine enemies be as Nabal, even those seeking evil unto my lord.
Drby And now, my lord, [as] Jehovah liveth, and [as] thy soul liveth, seeing Jehovah has restrained thee from coming with bloodshed, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now let thine enemies, and they that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.
RV Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing the LORD hath withholden thee from bloodguiltiness, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now therefore let thine enemies, and them that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.
Wbstr Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing the LORD hath withheld thee from coming to shed blood, and from avenging thyself with thy own hand, now let thy enemies, and they that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.
KJB-1769 Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing the LORD hath withholden thee from coming to shed blood, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now let thine enemies, and they that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.[fn]
(Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD liveth/lives, and as thy/your soul liveth/lives, seeing the LORD hath/has withholden thee/you from coming to shed blood, and from avenging thyself/yourself with thine/your own hand, now let thine/your enemies, and they that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal. )
25.26 avenging…: Heb. saving thyself
KJB-1611 [fn]Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD liueth, and as thy soule liueth, seeing the LORD hath withholden thee from comming to shed blood, and from auenging thy selfe with thine owne hand: now let thine enemies and they that secke euill to my lord, bee as Nabal.
(Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD liveth/lives, and as thy/your soul liveth/lives, seeing the LORD hath/has withholden thee/you from coming to shed blood, and from auenging thyself/yourself with thine/your own hand: now let thine/your enemies and they that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.)
25:26 Hebr. sauing thy selfe.
Bshps Now therefore my lorde, as the Lord lyueth, and as thy soule liueth, euen the Lorde that hath withholden thee from comming to shed blood, and saued thee thyne hand: So nowe, I pray God that thyne enemies, & they that intende to do my lorde euyll, may be as Nabal.
(Now therefore my lord, as the Lord liveth/lives, and as thy/your soul liveth/lives, even the Lord that hath/has withholden thee/you from coming to shed blood, and saved thee/you thine/your hand: So nowe, I pray God that thine/your enemies, and they that intende to do my lord evil, may be as Nabal.)
Gnva Now therefore my lord, as the Lord liueth, and as thy soule liueth (the Lord, I say, that hath withholden thee from comming to shedde blood, and that thine hand should not saue thee) so now thine enemies shall be as Nabal, and they that intend to doe my lord euill.
(Now therefore my lord, as the Lord liveth/lives, and as thy/your soul liveth/lives (the Lord, I say, that hath/has withholden thee/you from coming to shedde blood, and that thine/your hand should not save thee/you) so now thine/your enemies shall be as Nabal, and they that intend to do my lord evil. )
Cvdl But now my lorde, as truly as the LORDE lyueth, and as truly as thy soule lyueth, the LORDE hath kepte the backe, yt thou shuldest not come agaynst bloude, and he hath delyuered thine hande. Thine enemyes be now as Nabal, and so be they that wolde my lorde euell.
(But now my lord, as truly as the LORD liveth/lives, and as truly as thy/your soul liveth/lives, the LORD hath/has kept the back, it thou/you shuldest not come against blood, and he hath/has delivered thine/your hand. Thine enemies be now as Nabal, and so be they that would my lord evil.)
Wycl Now therfor, my lord, the Lord lyueth, and thi soule lyueth, which Lord forbeed thee, lest thou schuldist come in to blood, and he sauede thi soule to thee; and now thin enemyes, and thei that seken yuel to my lord, be maad as Nabal.
(Now therefore, my lord, the Lord liveth/lives, and thy/your soul liveth/lives, which Lord forbid thee/you, lest thou/you should come in to blood, and he savede thy/your soul to thee/you; and now thine/your enemies, and they that seek evil to my lord, be made as Nabal.)
Luth Nun aber, mein Herr, so wahr der HErr lebet, und so wahr deine SeeLE lebet, der HErr hat dich verhindert, daß du nicht kämest wider das Blut, und hat dir deine Hand erlöset. So müssen nun werden wie Nabal deine Feinde, und die meinem Herrn übel wollen.
(Now but, my Lord, so wahr the/of_the LORD lives, and so wahr your SeeLE lives, the/of_the LORD has you/yourself verhindert, that you not kämest against the blood, and has you/to_you your hand redeemed. So müssen now become like Nabal your Feinde, and the my Lord bad/evil wollen.)
ClVg Nunc ergo, domine mi, vivit Dominus, et vivit anima tua, qui prohibuit te ne venires in sanguinem, et salvavit manum tuam tibi: et nunc fiant sicut Nabal inimici tui, et qui quærunt domino meo malum.
(Nunc therefore, domine mi, vivit Master, and vivit anima tua, who prohibuit you(sg) not venires in sanguinem, and he_saved hand tuam to_you: and now fiant like Nabal inimici tui, and who quærunt domino mine malum. )
25:26 Abigail began and ended (25:31) her plea by declaring that God had kept you from murdering and taking vengeance: David could have killed Nabal (and Saul), but he didn’t.
Connecting Statement:
Abigail continues to advise David not to take revenge.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / pronouns
(Occurrence 0) my master … my master
(Some words not found in UHB: and=now my=master he/it_lived YHWH and,lives soul,your which/who restrained,you YHWH from,shedding in/on/at/with,bloodshed and,avenging hand,your_own to/for=you(fs) and=now be like,Nabal enemies,your and,the,seek to/towards my=master harm )
Abigail speaks of David as if he is another person to show that she respects David. Alternate translation: “David … you”
(Occurrence 0) bloodshed
(Some words not found in UHB: and=now my=master he/it_lived YHWH and,lives soul,your which/who restrained,you YHWH from,shedding in/on/at/with,bloodshed and,avenging hand,your_own to/for=you(fs) and=now be like,Nabal enemies,your and,the,seek to/towards my=master harm )
murder
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
(Occurrence 0) avenging yourself with your own hand
(Some words not found in UHB: and=now my=master he/it_lived YHWH and,lives soul,your which/who restrained,you YHWH from,shedding in/on/at/with,bloodshed and,avenging hand,your_own to/for=you(fs) and=now be like,Nabal enemies,your and,the,seek to/towards my=master harm )
The hand is a metonym for what a person does with the hand. Abigail assumes that David should allow Yahweh to take vengeance for him. Alternate translation: “taking vengeance yourself instead of letting Yahweh do it” (See also: figs-explicit)
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
(Occurrence 0) let your enemies … be like Nabal
(Some words not found in UHB: and=now my=master he/it_lived YHWH and,lives soul,your which/who restrained,you YHWH from,shedding in/on/at/with,bloodshed and,avenging hand,your_own to/for=you(fs) and=now be like,Nabal enemies,your and,the,seek to/towards my=master harm )
Abigail speaks as if Yahweh has already punished Nabal. Alternate translation: “I hope that Yahweh will punish your enemies … as he will punish Nabal” (See also: figs-pastforfuture)