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B I ◄ ← 1 Sam 25:4 ↓ → ► ≡ ═ ©
Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)
OET (OET-RV) While David was in the wilderness, he heard that Naval was shearing his sheep,![]()
OET-LV And_ Dāvid _he/it_listened in_wilderness if/because_that Nāⱱāl was_shearing DOM his/its_flock_of_sheep/goats.![]()
UHB וַיִּשְׁמַ֥ע דָּוִ֖ד בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר כִּֽי־גֹזֵ֥ז נָבָ֖ל אֶת־צֹאנֽוֹ׃ ‡
(vayyishmaˊ dāvid bammidbār kiy-gozēz nāⱱāl ʼet-ʦoʼnō.)
Key: khaki:verbs.
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).
People tagged in the matching LV passage: David · Nabal
Dictionary: David
BrLXX καὶ ἤκουσε Δαυὶδ ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ, ὅτι κείρει Νάβαλ ὁ Καρμήλιος τὸ ποίμνιον αὐτοῦ.
(kai aʸkouse Dawid en taʸ eraʸmōi, hoti keirei Nabal ho Karmaʸlios to poimnion autou.)
BrTr And David heard in the wilderness, that Nabal the Carmelite was shearing his sheep.
ULT And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep.
UST One day while David and his men were in the desolate area nearby, someone told him that Nabal’s workers were cutting the wool off his sheep.
BSB While David was in the wilderness, he heard that Nabal was shearing sheep.
OEB No OEB SA1 25:4 book available
WEBBE David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep.
NET When David heard in the desert that Nabal was shearing his sheep,
LSV And David hears in the wilderness that Nabal is shearing his flock,
FBV David was in the wilderness, and he heard that Nabal was shearing sheep.
T4T One day while David and his men were in the desert, someone told him that Nabal was cutting the wool from his sheep.
LEB David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep.
BBE And David had word in the waste land that Nabal was cutting the wool of his sheep.
Moff No Moff SA1 25:4 book available
JPS And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep.
ASV And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep.
DRA And when David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep,
YLT And David heareth in the wilderness that Nabal is shearing his flock,
Drby And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep.
RV And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep.
SLT And David will hear in the desert that Nabal sheared his sheep.
Wbstr And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep.
KJB-1769 ¶ And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep.
KJB-1611 ¶ And Dauid heard in the wildernesse, that Nabal did sheare his sheepe.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)
Bshps And Dauid hearde in the wildernesse, that Nabal did sheare his sheepe.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)
Gnva And Dauid heard in the wildernesse, that Nabal did shere his sheepe.
(And David heard in the wilderness, that Nabal did shere his sheep.)
Cvdl Now whan Dauid herde in the wyldernes yt Nabal clypped his shepe,
(Now when David herd/heard in the wilderness it Nabal clipped his sheep,)
Wycl Therfor whanne Dauid hadde herde in deseert, that Nabal clippide his floc,
(Therefore when David had herd/heard in desert, that Nabal clipped his flock,)
Luth Da nun David in der Wüste hörete, daß Nabal seine Schafe beschor,
(So now David in the/of_the desert heard, that Nabal his sheep shaved,)
ClVg Cum ergo audisset David in deserto quod tonderet Nabal gregem suum,
(Since therefore would_have_heard David in/into/on in_the_desert that would_cut Nabal flock his_own,)
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
גֹזֵ֥ז נָבָ֖ל אֶת־צֹאנֽוֹ
shearing Nāⱱāl DOM his/its=flock_of_sheep/goats
Here, Nabal represents the people who worked for him. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [Nabal’s servants were shearing his sheep]