33 and blessed be your discernment, and blessed be you, (A)who have kept me this day from [a]bloodshed and from [b]avenging myself by my own hand. 34 Nevertheless, as the Lord God of Israel lives, (B)who has restrained me from harming you, unless you had come quickly to meet me, surely there would not have been left to Nabal until the morning light as much as one [c]male.” 35 So David received from her hand what she had brought him and said to her, “(C)Go up to your house in peace. See, I have listened to [d]you and [e](D)granted your request.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 25:33 Lit coming in with blood
  2. 1 Samuel 25:33 Lit saving
  3. 1 Samuel 25:34 Lit who urinates against the wall
  4. 1 Samuel 25:35 Lit your voice
  5. 1 Samuel 25:35 Lit lifted up your face

33 May you be blessed for your good judgment and for keeping me from bloodshed(A) this day and from avenging myself with my own hands. 34 Otherwise, as surely as the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, who has kept me from harming you, if you had not come quickly to meet me, not one male belonging to Nabal(B) would have been left alive by daybreak.”

35 Then David accepted from her hand what she had brought him and said, “Go home in peace. I have heard your words and granted(C) your request.”

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