Parallel Verses
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 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.
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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Kala'
Yowm
Dam
Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Samuel 25:33
Verse Info
Context Readings
Abigail Intercedes For Nabal
32 Then David said to Abigail, "Praised be the Lord, the God of Israel, who has sent you this day to meet me! 33 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! 34 Otherwise, as surely as the Lord, the God of Israel, lives -- he who has prevented me from harming you -- if you had not come so quickly to meet me, by morning's light not even one male belonging to Nabal would have remained alive!"
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:26
"Now, my lord, as surely as the Lord lives and as surely as you live, it is the Lord who has kept you from shedding blood and taking matters into your own hands. Now may your enemies and those who seek to harm my lord be like Nabal.
1 Samuel 24:19
Now if a man finds his enemy, does he send him on his way in good shape? May the Lord repay you with good this day for what you have done to me.
1 Samuel 25:31
Your conscience will not be overwhelmed with guilt for having poured out innocent blood and for having taken matters into your own hands. When the Lord has granted my lord success, please remember your servant."
1 Samuel 26:9-10
But David said to Abishai, "Don't kill him! Who can extend his hand against the Lord's chosen one and remain guiltless?"
Psalm 141:5
May the godly strike me in love and correct me! May my head not refuse choice oil! Indeed, my prayer is a witness against their evil deeds.
Proverbs 9:9
Give instruction to a wise person, and he will become wiser still; teach a righteous person and he will add to his learning.
Proverbs 17:10
A rebuke makes a greater impression on a discerning person than a hundred blows on a fool.
Proverbs 25:12
Like an earring of gold and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover to the ear of the one who listens.
Proverbs 27:21
As the crucible is for silver and the furnace is for gold, so a person is proved by the praise he receives.
Proverbs 28:23
The one who reproves another will in the end find more favor than the one who flatters with the tongue.