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1 Samuel 25:34

Otherwise, as surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, who has restrained me from harming you, if you had not come quickly to meet me, then surely no male belonging to Nabal would have been left alive by morning light.”

BSB

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ASV

For in very deed, as Jehovah, the God of Israel, liveth, who hath withholden me from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light so much as one man-child.

KJV

For in very deed, as the Lord God of Israel liveth, which hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.

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Original language & word study

23 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְאוּלָ֗םve.'u.Lamand butH199
חַי־chai-[by] [the] lifeH2416
יְהוָה֙Yah.wehof YahwehH3068
אֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.Hei[the] God ofH430
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhoH834
מְנָעַ֔נִיme.na.'A.nihe has restrained meH4513
מֵהָרַ֖עme.ha.Ra'from doing harm toH7489
אֹתָ֑ךְ'o.Takh<obj.> youH853
כִּ֣י׀kiifH3588
לוּלֵ֣יlu.Leiif notH3884
מִהַ֗רְתְּmi.Hartyou had made hasteH4116
וַתָּבֹאת֙va.ta.vo.tiand you had comeH935
לִקְרָאתִ֔יlik.ra.Tito meet meH7122
כִּ֣יkithatH3588
אִם־'im-exceptH518
נוֹתַ֧רno.Tarhe has been leftH3498
לְנָבָ֛לle.na.Valto NabalH5037
עַד־'ad-untilH5704
א֥וֹר'or[the] light ofH216
הַבֹּ֖קֶרha.Bo.kerthe morningH1242
מַשְׁתִּ֥יןmash.Tin[one who] urinatesH8366
בְּקִֽיר׃be.Kiron a wallH7023

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About 1 Samuel

David Slays Goliath — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
David Slays Goliath — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain