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1 Samuel 25:7

in 1 Samuel 25

Now I hear that it is time for shearing. When your shepherds were with us, we did not harass them, and nothing of theirs was missing the whole time they were in Carmel.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And now I have heard that thou hast shearers: thy shepherds have now been with us, and we did them no hurt, neither was there aught missing unto them, all the while they were in Carmel.

KJV

And now I have heard that thou hast shearers: now thy shepherds which were with us, we hurt them not, neither was there ought missing unto them, all the while they were in Carmel.

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This verse in 1 Samuel 25

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

Thy shepherds which were with us, we hurt them not - It is most evident that David had a claim upon Nabal, for very essential services performed to his herdmen at Carmel. He not only did them no hurt, and took none of their flocks for the supply of his necessities, but he protected them from the rapacity of others; they were a Wall unto us, said Nabal’s servants, both by night and day.

This site's exposition

we hurt them not

on 1 Samuel 25:7-8

David's servants state a genuine claim rather than a threat, for his men guarded Nabal's shepherds by night and day and took nothing, and the request for whatever comes to hand at shearing time follows a real custom of the region, where those who protected a flockmaster's herds could expect a share of shearing-time provision. Jamieson Fausset and Brown note that withholding such support broke an established usage of the district, so Nabal's coming refusal is not mere rudeness to strangers but the breaking of a debt his own servants knew was owed.

The record, by era

The Medieval Church1 voice

A commentator

Bede

Commentary on Samuel · Written before 735.

proposed

I heard that your shepherds are shearing, etc. And the Lord spoke these things through his apostles to the chiefs of the Jews, "I heard that your disciples are teaching the people, who used the same pastures of sacred Scripture as we did. We were …

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And now I have heard that thou hast shearers,....

The words behind it

21 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְעַתָּ֣הand now

    veatahH6258 →433 times

  • שָׁמַ֔עְתִּיI have heard

    shama'tiH8085 →1159 times

  • כִּ֥יthat

    kiH3588 →4482 times

  • גֹזְזִ֖יםshearers

    gozezimH1494 →15 times

  • לָ֑ךְ[belong] to <the> you

    lakh

  • עַתָּ֗הnow

    ʾatahH6258 →433 times

  • הָרֹעִ֤יםthe shepherds

    haroimH7462 →177 times

  • אֲשֶׁר־who

    ʾasher-H834 →5497 times

  • לְךָ֙[belong] to <the> you

    lekha

  • הָי֣וּthey have been

    hayuH1961 →3559 times

  • עִמָּ֔נוּwith us

    ʾimanuH5973 →1050 times

  • לֹ֣אnot

    lo'H3808 →5168 times

  • הֶכְלַמְנ֗וּםwe have humiliated them

    hekhlamnumH3637 →38 times

  • וְלֹֽא־and not

    velo'-H3808 →5168 times

  • נִפְקַ֤דit has been missing

    nifkadH6485 →303 times

  • לָהֶם֙to <the> them

    lahem

  • מְא֔וּמָהanything

    meumahH3972 →32 times

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • יְמֵ֖י[the] days of

    yemeiH3117 →2304 times

  • הֱיוֹתָ֥םbeing they

    heyotamH1961 →3559 times

  • בַּכַּרְמֶֽל׃in <the> Carmel

    bakarmelH3760 →22 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

9 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

1 Samuel 25:15Yet these men were very good to us. When we were in the field, we were not harassed, and nothing of ours went missing the whole time we lived among them.5 works1 Samuel 25:21Now David had just finished saying, “In vain I have protected all that belonged to this man in the wilderness. Nothing that belongs to him has gone missing, yet he has paid me back evil for good.4 works1 Samuel 22:2And all who were distressed or indebted or discontented rallied around him, and he became their leader. About four hundred men were with him.2 worksLuke 3:14Then some soldiers asked him, “And what should we do?” “Do not take money by force or false accusation,” he said. “Be content with your wages.”2 worksIsaiah 11:6–9The wolf will live with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the goat; the calf and young lion and fatling will be together, and a little child will lead them.2 worksPhilippians 4:8Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think on these things.2 works
The other 3 cross-references, with their words ▾
Philippians 2:15so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as lights in the world2 works2 Samuel 13:23Two years later, when Absalom’s sheepshearers were at Baal-hazor near Ephraim, he invited all the sons of the king.2 worksJoshua 15:55Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah,2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Luke 3:14

    Then some soldiers asked him, “And what should we do?” “Do not take money by force or false accusation,” he said. “Be content with your wages.”

    it leads to

    • Hebrews 13:5–6

      Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”

    • Exodus 20:16

      You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

    • 1 Timothy 6:8–10

      But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with these.

    • Philippians 4:11

      I am not saying this out of need, for I have learned to be content regardless of my circumstances.

    • Exodus 23:1

      “You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness.

  • Through

    1 Samuel 22:2

    And all who were distressed or indebted or discontented rallied around him, and he became their leader. About four hundred men were with him.

    it leads to

    • Matthew 11:28

      Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

    • Psalms 72:12–14

      For he will deliver the needy who cry out and the afflicted who have no helper.

  • Through

    1 Samuel 25:21

    Now David had just finished saying, “In vain I have protected all that belonged to this man in the wilderness. Nothing that belongs to him has gone missing, yet he has paid me back…

    it leads to

    • Proverbs 17:13

      If anyone returns evil for good, evil will never leave his house.

Where this verse is studied

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About 1 Samuel

David Slays Goliath, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
David Slays Goliath, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
1 Samuel: the study guide →Read 1 Samuel 25 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Bede, Commentary on Samuel; Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).

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