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1 Samuel 25:11

and I have taken my bread, and my water, and my flesh, which I slaughtered for my shearers, and have given [it] to men whom I have not known whence they [are]!'

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men, whom I know not whence they be?

In Context

10And Nabal answereth the servants of David and saith, 'Who [is] David, and who the son of Jesse? to-day have servants been multiplied who are breaking away each from his master;

12And the young men of David turn on their way, and turn back, and come in, and declare to him according to all these words.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 8:17and thou hast said in thy heart, My power, and the might of my hand, hath made for me this wealth:

Judges 8:8And he goeth up thence [to] Penuel, and speaketh unto them thus; and the men of Penuel answer him as the men of Succoth answered.

1 Samuel 25:3And the name of the man [is] Nabal, and the name of his wife Abigail, and the woman [is] of good understanding, and of fair form, and the man [is] hard and evil [in] doings; and he [is] a Calebite.

Job 31:17And I do eat my morsel by myself, And the orphan hath not eat of it,

Ecclesiastes 11:1Send forth thy bread on the face of the waters, For in the multitude of the days thou dost find it.

2 Corinthians 6:9as unknown, and recognized; as dying, and lo, we live; as chastened, and not put to death;

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 25:3-12

The Death of Samuel. ( b. c. 1057.) 1 And Samuel died; and all the Israelites were gathered together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran. We have here a short account of Samuel's death and burial. 1. Though he was a great man, and one that was admirably well qualified for public service, yet he spent the latter end of his days in retirement and obscurity, not because he was superannuated (for he knew how to preside in a college of the… Read the whole commentary →

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