1SA 25:8 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) Ask your servants and they’ll confirm this. May these young men enjoy your favour because harvesting the wool is a prosperous time, so I request a gift for your servants and for your ‘son’, David.’ ”

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).

BrLXX Ἐρώτησον τὰ παιδάριά σου, καὶ ἀπαγγελοῦσί σοι· καὶ εὑρέτωσαν τὰ παιδάριά σου χάριν ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς σου, ὅτι ἐφʼ ἡμέραν ἀγαθὴν ἥκομεν· δὸς δὴ ὃ ἐὰν εὕρῃ ἡ χείρ σου τῷ υἱῷ σου τῷ Δαυίδ.
(Erōtaʸson ta paidaria sou, kai apangelousi soi; kai heuretōsan ta paidaria sou ⱪarin en ofthalmois sou, hoti efʼ haʸmeran agathaʸn haʸkomen; dos daʸ ho ean heuraʸ haʸ ⱪeir sou tōi huiōi sou tōi Dawid. )

BrTr Ask thy servants, and they will tell thee. Let then thy servants find grace in thine eyes, for we are come on a good day; give, we pray thee, whatsoever thy hand may find, to thy son David.

ULT Ask your young men and they will tell you. And let the young men find favor in your eyes, for we have come on a good day. Please give whatever your hand finds to your servants and to your son, to David.’ ”

UST You can ask your servants if this is true, and they will tell you that it is true. We have come here at a time when you are celebrating, so I ask you to please be kind to us and give these men whatever extra food you have, for me, David, and my men to eat.’ ”

BSB Ask your young men, and they will tell you. So let my young men find favor with you, for we have come on the day of a feast. Please give whatever you can afford to your servants and to your son David.’ ”

OEB Ask your young men and they will tell you. Therefore let the young men find favour in your eyes, for we have come on a feast day. Give, therefore, whatever you have at hand to your servants and to your son David.” ’

WEBBE Ask your young men, and they will tell you. Therefore let the young men find favour in your eyes, for we come on a good day. Please give whatever comes to your hand to your servants and to your son David.’ ”

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Ask your own servants; they can tell you! May my servants find favor in your sight, for we have come at the time of a holiday. Please provide us – your servants and your son David – with whatever you can spare.”

LSV Ask your young men, and they declare [it] to you, and the young men find grace in your eyes, for we have come on a good day; please give that which your hand finds to your servants and to your son, to David.”

FBV Check with your men and they'll confirm it. Please be kind to my men, especially since we've come on this day of celebration. Please give whatever food you can to us and to your good friend David.’ ”

T4T You can ask your servants if this is true, and they will tell you that it is true. We have come here at a time when you are celebrating, so I ask you to please be kind to us and give these men whatever extra food you have, for me, David, and my men to eat.’ ”

LEB Ask your servants[fn] and they will tell you! Let the young men[fn] find favor in your eyes because we have come on a feast day. Please give whatever you have on hand[fn] for your servants and for your son David.”

25:8 Or “young men”

25:8 Or “the servants”; “young men” is used here to connect with v. 5

25:8 Literally “what your hand finds”

BBE If your young men are questioned they will say the same thing. So now, let my young men have grace in your eyes, for we are come at a good time; please give anything you may have by you to your servants and to your son David.

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JPS Ask thy young men, and they will tell thee; wherefore let the young men find favour in thine eyes; for we come on a good day; give, I pray thee, whatsoever cometh to thy hand, unto thy servants, and to thy son David.'

ASV Ask thy young men, and they will tell thee: wherefore let the young men find favor in thine eyes; for we come in a good day: give, I pray thee, whatsoever cometh to thy hand, unto thy servants, and to thy son David.

DRA Ask thy servants, and they will tell thee. Now therefore let thy servants find favour in thy eyes: for we are come in a good day, whatsoever thy hand shall find give to thy servants, and to thy son David.

YLT 'Ask thy young men, and they declare to thee, and the young men find grace in thine eyes, for on a good day we have come; give, I pray thee, that which thy hand findeth, to thy servants, and to thy son, to David.'

Drby Ask thy young men, and they will tell thee. Therefore let the young men find favour in thine eyes; for we come in a good day: give, I pray thee, what thy hand may find to thy servants, and to thy son David.

RV Ask thy young men, and they will tell thee: wherefore let the young men find favour in thine eyes; for we come in a good day: give, I pray thee, whatsoever cometh to thine hand, unto thy servants, and to thy son David.

Wbstr Ask thy young men, and they will show thee. Wherefore let the young men find favor in thy eyes: for we come in a good day: give, I pray thee, whatever cometh to thy hand, to thy servants, and to thy son David.

KJB-1769 Ask thy young men, and they will shew thee. Wherefore let the young men find favour in thine eyes: for we come in a good day: give, I pray thee, whatsoever cometh to thine hand unto thy servants, and to thy son David.
(Ask thy/your young men, and they will show thee/you. Wherefore let the young men find favour in thine/your eyes: for we come in a good day: give, I pray thee/you, whatsoever cometh/comes to thine/your hand unto thy/your servants, and to thy/your son David. )

KJB-1611 Aske thy yong men, and they will shew thee: wherefore let the yong men finde fauour in thine eyes: (for we come in a good day) giue, I pray thee, whatsoeuer commeth to thine hand, vnto thy seruants, and to thy sonne Dauid.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

Bshps Aske thy laddes, & they will shew thee: Wherfore let these young men finde fauour in thyne eyes (for we come in a good season) & geue I pray thee whatsoeuer commeth to thyne hande vnto thy seruauntes, and to thy sonne Dauid.
(Ask thy/your laddes, and they will show thee/you: Wherefore let these young men find favour in thine/your eyes (for we come in a good season) and give I pray thee/you whatsoever cometh/comes to thine/your hand unto thy/your servants, and to thy/your son David.)

Gnva Aske thy seruants and they wil shew thee. Wherefore let these yong men finde fauour in thine eyes: (for we come in a good season) giue, I pray thee, whatsoeuer commeth to thine hand vnto thy seruants, and to thy sonne Dauid.
(Ask thy/your servants and they will show thee/you. Wherefore let these young men find favour in thine/your eyes: (for we come in a good season) give, I pray thee/you, whatsoever cometh/comes to thine/your hand unto thy/your servants, and to thy/your son David. )

Cvdl Axe thy yonge men, they shal tell the, and let thy yonge men fynde fauoure in yi sighte: for we are come in a good daye, geue thy seruauntes & thy sonne Dauid what thy hande fyndeth.
(Axe thy/your young men, they shall tell them, and let thy/your young men find favour in yi sighte: for we are come in a good day, give thy/your servants and thy/your son David what thy/your hand fyndeth.)

Wycl axe thi children, and thei schulen schewe to thee. Now therfor thi children fynde grace in thin iyen; for in a good dai we camen to thee; what euer thing thin hond fyndith, yyue to thi seruauntis, and to thi sone Dauid.
(axe thy/your children, and they should show to thee/you. Now therefore thy/your children find grace in thin eyes; for in a good day we came to thee/you; what ever thing thin hand fyndith, give to thy/your servants, and to thy/your son David.)

Luth Frage deine Jünglinge darum, die werden‘s dir sagen; und laß die Jünglinge Gnade finden vor deinen Augen, denn wir sind auf einen guten Tag kommen. Gib deinen Knechten und deinem Sohn David, was deine Hand findet.
(Frage your Yünglinge darum, the become‘s you/to_you say; and let the Yünglinge Gnade finden before/in_front_of deinen Augen, because we/us are on a guten Tag come. Give deinen servants and your son David, what/which your hand findet.)

ClVg Interroga pueros tuos, et indicabunt tibi. Nunc ergo inveniant pueri tui gratiam in oculis tuis: in die enim bona venimus: quodcumque invenerit manus tua, da servis tuis, et filio tuo David.
(Interroga pueros tuos, and indicabunt tibi. Nunc therefore inveniant pueri yours gratiam in oculis tuis: in day because good venimus: quodcumque invenerit hands tua, da servis tuis, and filio tuo David. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) let my young men find favor in your eyes

(Some words not found in UHB: ask DOM young_men,your and,tell to/for=you(fs) and,find the,young_men graciousness/kindness/favour/beauty in/on/at/with,eyes,your that/for/because/then/when on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in day good they_had_built give, please DOM which/who find hand,you to,servants,your and,to,son,your to,David )

Here the eyes represent seeing, and seeing represents thoughts or judgment. Alternate translation: “may you be pleased with my young men” or “may you consider my young men favorably”

(Occurrence 0) to your servants

David was expressing respect toward Nabal by calling his men Nabal’s servants.

(Occurrence 0) your son David

David spoke as if he were Nabal’s son to show that he respected Nabal, who was an older man.

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