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1 Samuel 25:28

Please forgive your servant’s offense, for the LORD will surely make a lasting dynasty for my lord, because he fights the LORD’s battles. May no evil be found in you as long as you live.

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ASV

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.

KJV

I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thine handmaid: for the Lord will certainly make my lord a sure house; because my lord fighteth the battles of the Lord, and evil hath not been found in thee all thy days.

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21 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
שָׂ֥אsa'forgiveH5375 →
נָ֖אna'pleaseH4994 →
לְפֶ֣שַׁעle.Fe.sha'to [the] transgression ofH6588 →
אֲמָתֶ֑ךָ'a.ma.Te.khamaidservant yourH519 →
כִּ֣יkiforH3588 →
עָשֹֽׂה־'a.soh-certainly <to make>H6213 →
יַעֲשֶׂה֩ya.'a.Sehhe will makeH6213 →
יְהוָ֨הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
לַֽאדֹנִ֜יla.do.Nifor lord myH113 →
בַּ֣יִתBa.yita houseH1004 →
נֶאֱמָ֗ןne.'e.ManenduringH539 →
כִּי־ki-forH3588 →
מִלְחֲמ֤וֹתmil.cha.Mot[the] battles ofH4421 →
יְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahwehH3068 →
אֲדֹנִ֣י'a.do.Nilord myH113 →
נִלְחָ֔םnil.Cham[is] fightingH3898 →
וְרָעָ֛הve.ra.'Ahand evilH7451 →
לֹא־lo'-notH3808 →
תִמָּצֵ֥אti.ma.Tze'it will be foundH4672 →
בְךָ֖ve.Khain <the> you
מִיָּמֶֽיךָ׃mi.ya.Mei.khafrom days yourH3117 →

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1 Samuel 18:17Then Saul said to David, “Here is my older daughter Merab. I will give her to you in marriage. Only be valiant for me and fight the LORD’s battles.” But Saul was thinking, “I need not raise my hand against him; let the hand of the Philistines be against him.”2 Samuel 7:11and have done since the day I appointed judges over My people Israel. I will give you rest from all your enemies. The LORD declares to you that He Himself will establish a house for you.1 Samuel 2:35Then I will raise up for Myself a faithful priest. He will do whatever is in My heart and mind. And I will build for him an enduring house, and he will walk before My anointed one for all time.1 Chronicles 17:25For You, my God, have revealed to Your servant that You will build a house for him. Therefore Your servant has found the courage to pray before You.1 Samuel 24:11See, my father, look at the corner of your robe in my hand. For I cut it off, but I did not kill you. See and know that there is no evil or rebellion in my hands. I have not sinned against you, even though you are hunting me down to take my life.Exodus 1:21And because the midwives feared God, He gave them families of their own.1 Chronicles 22:18“Is not the LORD your God with you, and has He not granted you rest on every side? For He has given the inhabitants of the land into my hand, and the land has been subdued before the LORD and His people.1 Kings 9:5then I will establish your royal throne over Israel forever, as I promised your father David when I said, ‘You will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.’2 Samuel 7:16Your house and kingdom will endure forever before Me, and your throne will be established forever.”1 Chronicles 17:10and have done since the day I appointed judges over My people Israel. And I will subdue all your enemies. Moreover, I declare to you that the LORD will build a house for you.1 Samuel 24:6–7So he said to his men, “The LORD forbid that I should do such a thing to my master, the LORD’s anointed. May I never lift my hand against him, since he is the LORD’s anointed.”1 Samuel 17:47And all those assembled here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the LORD saves; for the battle is the LORD’s, and He will give all of you into our hands.”Psalms 119:1–3Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the Law of the LORD.1 Samuel 15:28So Samuel said to him, “The LORD has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today and has given it to your neighbor who is better than you.2 Samuel 5:2Even in times past, while Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them back. And to you the LORD said, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be ruler over them.’”1 Kings 15:5For David had done what was right in the eyes of the LORD and had not turned aside from anything the LORD commanded all the days of his life, except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.1 Samuel 25:24She fell at his feet and said, “My lord, may the blame be on me alone, but please let your servant speak to you; hear the words of your servant.1 Samuel 24:17and said to David, “You are more righteous than I, for you have rewarded me with good, though I have rewarded you with evil.

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