American Standard Version
"And now this present which thy servant hath brought unto my lord, let it be given unto the young men that follow my lord. "
— 1 Samuel 25:27, American Standard Version
“And now this blessing which thine handmaid hath brought unto my lord, let it even be given unto the young men that follow my lord.”
“Now this present which your servant has brought to my lord, let it be given to the young men who follow my lord.”
“Now let this present that your servant has brought to my lord be given to the servants who follow my lord.”
“Wherefore receive this blessing, which thy handmaid hath brought to thee, my lord: and give it to the young men that follow thee, my lord.”
“And let this offering, which your servant gives to my lord, be given to the young men who are with my lord.”
“And now this blessing which thine handmaid hath brought unto my lord, let it even be given unto the young men that follow my lord.”
And she fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, upon me be the iniquity; and let thy handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine ears, and hear thou the words of thy handmaid.
Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this worthless fellow, even Nabal; for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him: but I thy handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send.
Now therefore, my lord, as Jehovah liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing Jehovah hath withholden thee from bloodguiltiness, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now therefore let thine enemies, and them that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.
And now this present which thy servant hath brought unto my lord, let it be given unto the young men that follow my lord.
Forgive, I pray thee, the trespass of thy handmaid: for Jehovah will certainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord fighteth the battles of Jehovah; and evil shall not be found in thee all thy days.
And though men be risen up to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul, yet the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with Jehovah thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as from the hollow of a sling.
And it shall come to pass, when Jehovah shall have done to my lord according to all the good that he hath spoken concerning thee, and shall have appointed thee prince over Israel,