Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
and blessed be your discernment, and blessed be you,
King James Version
And blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself with mine own hand.
Holman Bible
Your discernment is blessed, and you are blessed. Today you kept me from participating in bloodshed and avenging myself by my own hand.
International Standard Version
Blessed be your good judgment, and blessed be you, who today stopped me from shedding blood and delivering myself by my own actions.
A Conservative Version
and blessed be thy discretion, and blessed be thou, who have kept me this day from blood guiltiness, and from avenging myself with my own hand.
American Standard Version
and blessed be thy discretion, and blessed be thou, that hast kept me this day from bloodguiltiness, and from avenging myself with mine own hand.
Amplified
And blessed be your discretion and discernment, and blessed be you, who has kept me from bloodshed this day and from avenging myself by my own hand.
Bible in Basic English
A blessing on your good sense and on you, who have kept me today from the crime of blood and from taking into my hands the punishment for my wrongs.
Darby Translation
And blessed be thy discernment, and blessed be thou, who hast kept me this day from coming with bloodshed, and from avenging myself with mine own hand.
Julia Smith Translation
And blessed thy discernment, and blessed thou who finished me this day from coming for bloods, and my hand saving for me.
King James 2000
And blessed be your advice, and blessed be you, who has kept me this day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself with my own hand.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And blessed be your discretion, and blessed be you who have prevented me this day from bloodguilt and [from] delivering myself by my own hand.
Modern King James verseion
And blessed is your advice, and blessed are you who have kept me from coming to shed blood today, and from delivering myself with my own hand.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And blessed be thy behaviour, and blessed be thou which hath kept me this day from coming to shed blood and from avenging myself with mine own hand.
NET Bible
Praised be your good judgment! May you yourself be rewarded for having prevented me this day from shedding blood and taking matters into my own hands!
New Heart English Bible
Blessed is your discretion, and blessed are you, that have kept me this day from blood guiltiness, and from avenging myself with my own hand.
The Emphasized Bible
and, blessed, be thy discreet judgment, and, blessed, be thou thyself, - who hast kept me, this day, from coming in with bloodshed, and from saving myself, with mine own hand.
Webster
And blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, who hast kept me this day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself with my own hand.
World English Bible
Blessed is your discretion, and blessed are you, that have kept me this day from blood guiltiness, and from avenging myself with my own hand.
Youngs Literal Translation
and blessed is thy discretion, and blessed art thou in that thou hast restrained me this day from coming in with blood, and to restrain my hand to myself.
Themes
Decision » Instances of » Abigail
Fig » Cakes of, sent by abigail to david
intercession » Instances of » Abigail for nabal
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul
Interlinear
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Yowm
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Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Samuel 25:33
Verse Info
Context Readings
Abigail Intercedes For Nabal
32
Then David said to Abigail, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel who sent thee this day to meet me;
33 and blessed be your discernment, and blessed be you,
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:26
Now, therefore, my lord, as the LORD lives and as thy soul lives, seeing the LORD has withheld thee from coming to shed blood and from avenging thyself with thy own hand, now let thy enemies and those that seek evil to my lord be as Nabal.
1 Samuel 24:19
For if a man finds his enemy, will he let him go away safe and sound? The LORD reward thee with good for that which thou hast done unto me this day.
1 Samuel 25:31
that this shall be no stumblingblock unto thee nor grief of heart unto my lord, either that thou hast shed blood causeless or that my lord has avenged himself; but when the LORD shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thy handmaid.
1 Samuel 26:9-10
And David said to Abishai, Do not destroy him, for who has stretched forth his hand against the LORD's anointed, and remained innocent?
Psalm 141:5
Let the righteous smite me in mercy, and let him reprove me: and let not a flattering evil prince anoint my head, for my prayer shall ever be against his evil.
Proverbs 9:9
Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser; teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
Proverbs 17:10
Reproof is of more benefit to a wise man than a hundred stripes to a fool.
Proverbs 25:12
As an earring of gold and an ornament of fine gold, so is he who reproves a wise man who has a docile ear.
Proverbs 27:21
As the fining pot tries the silver and the furnace the gold; so the man is tried by the mouth of whoever praises him.
Proverbs 28:23
He that rebukes a man, afterwards shall find more favour than he that flatters with the tongue.