World English Bible
"David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep."
— 1 Samuel 25:4, World English Bible
“And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep.”
“And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep. ”
“When David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep,”
“And when David heard in the wilderness, that Nabal was shearing his sheep,”
“And David had word in the waste land that Nabal was cutting the wool of his sheep.”
“And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep.”
Samuel died; and all Israel gathered themselves together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran.
There was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.
Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail; and the woman was of good understanding, and of a beautiful face: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb.
David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep.
David sent ten young men, and David said to the young men, "Go up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name.
You shall tell him, 'Long life to you! Peace be to you, and peace be to your house, and peace be to all that you have.
Now I have heard that you have shearers. Your shepherds have now been with us, and we did them no hurt, neither was there anything missing to them, all the while they were in Carmel.