1 Samuel 25:39
Holman Christian Standard Bible
39 When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Praise the Lord who championed my cause against Nabal’s insults(A) and restrained His servant from doing evil.(B) The Lord brought Nabal’s evil deeds back on his own head.”(C)
Then David sent messengers to speak to Abigail about marrying him.
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1 Samuel 25:39
New International Version
39 When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Praise be to the Lord, who has upheld my cause against Nabal for treating me with contempt. He has kept his servant from doing wrong and has brought Nabal’s wrongdoing down on his own head.”
Then David sent word to Abigail, asking her to become his wife.
1 Samuel 25:39
King James Version
39 And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the Lord, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil: for the Lord hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and communed with Abigail, to take her to him to wife.
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1 Kings 2:33
Holman Christian Standard Bible
33 Their blood will come back on Joab’s head and on the head of his descendants forever, but for David, his descendants, his dynasty, and his throne, there will be peace from the Lord forever.”(A)
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1 Kings 2:33
New International Version
33 May the guilt of their blood rest on the head of Joab and his descendants forever. But on David and his descendants, his house and his throne, may there be the Lord’s peace forever.”
1 Kings 2:33
King James Version
33 Their blood shall therefore return upon the head of Joab, and upon the head of his seed for ever: but upon David, and upon his seed, and upon his house, and upon his throne, shall there be peace for ever from the Lord.
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Esther 9:25
Holman Christian Standard Bible
25 But when the matter was brought before the king,(A) he commanded by letter that the evil plan Haman had devised against the Jews return on his own head(B) and that he should be hanged with his sons on the gallows.(C)
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Esther 9:25
New International Version
25 But when the plot came to the king’s attention,[a] he issued written orders that the evil scheme Haman had devised against the Jews should come back onto his own head,(A) and that he and his sons should be impaled(B) on poles.(C)
Footnotes
- Esther 9:25 Or when Esther came before the king
Esther 9:25
King James Version
25 But when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
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