Catholic Public Domain Version
"These men were good enough to us, and were not troublesome. Neither did we ever lose anything, during the entire time that we conversed with them in the desert. "
— 1 Samuel 25:15, Catholic Public Domain Version
“But the men were very good unto us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we any thing, as long as we were conversant with them, when we were in the fields:”
“But the men were very good unto us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we anything, as long as we went with them, when we were in the fields: ”
“But the men were very good to us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we anything, as long as we went with them, when we were in the fields.”
“These men were very good to us. They did not insult us, nor did we sustain any loss during the entire time we were together in the field.”
“These men were very good to us, and gave us no trouble: Neither did we ever lose any thing all the time that we conversed with them in the desert.”
“But these men have been very good to us; they did us no wrong and nothing of ours was touched while we were with them in the fields:”
“But the men were very good unto us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we any thing, as long as we were conversant with them, when we were in the fields:”
And so the servants of David traveled back along their way. And returning, they went and reported to him all the words that he had said.
Then David said to his servants, “Let each one gird his sword.” And each one girded his sword. And David also girded his sword. And about four hundred men followed David. But two hundred remained behind with the supplies.
Then it was reported to Abigail, the wife of Nabal, by one of his servants, saying: “Behold, David has sent messengers from the desert, so that they might speak kindly to our lord. But he turned them away.
These men were good enough to us, and were not troublesome. Neither did we ever lose anything, during the entire time that we conversed with them in the desert.
They were a wall to us, as much in the night as in the day, during all the days that we were with them, pasturing the sheep.
For this reason, consider and realize what you should do. For evil has been decided against your husband and against your house. And he is a son of Belial, so that no one is able to speak to him.”
And so Abigail hurried, and she took two hundred loaves, and two vessels of wine, and five cooked sheep, and five measures of cooked grain, and one hundred clusters of dried grapes, and two hundred masses of dried figs, and she set them upon donkeys.