22 (A)God do so to the enemies of David[a] and more also, if by morning I leave so much as one male of all who belong to him.”

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  1. 1 Samuel 25:22 Septuagint to David

22 May God deal with David,[a] be it ever so severely,(A) if by morning I leave alive one male(B) of all who belong to him!”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 25:22 Some Septuagint manuscripts; Hebrew with David’s enemies

32 And David said to Abigail, (A)“Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me! 33 Blessed be your discretion, and blessed be you, (B)who have kept me this day from bloodguilt (C)and from working salvation with my own hand! 34 For as surely (D)as the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, (E)who has restrained me from hurting you, unless you had hurried and come to meet me, truly by morning there had not been left to Nabal so much as one male.”

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32 David said to Abigail, “Praise(A) be to the Lord, the God of Israel, who has sent you today to meet me. 33 May you be blessed for your good judgment and for keeping me from bloodshed(B) this day and from avenging myself with my own hands. 34 Otherwise, as surely as the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, who has kept me from harming you, if you had not come quickly to meet me, not one male belonging to Nabal(C) would have been left alive by daybreak.”

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(A)in whose eyes a vile person is despised,
    but who honors those who fear the Lord;
who (B)swears to his own hurt and does not change;

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who despises a vile person
    but honors(A) those who fear the Lord;
who keeps an oath(B) even when it hurts,
    and does not change their mind;

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