1 Samuel 25:32

32 David said to Abigail, “Praise be to the LORD, the God of Israel, who has sent you today to meet me.

1 Samuel 25:32 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
32 And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me:
English Standard Version (ESV)
32 And David said to Abigail, "Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me!
New Living Translation (NLT)
32 David replied to Abigail, “Praise the LORD, the God of Israel, who has sent you to meet me today!
The Message Bible (MSG)
32 And David said, "Blessed be God, the God of Israel. He sent you to meet me!
American Standard Version (ASV)
32 And David said to Abigail, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, who sent thee this day to meet me:
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
32 David said to Abigail, "Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who sent you today to meet me.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
32 Then David said to Abigail, "Praise to the Lord God of Israel, who sent you to meet me today!
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
32 David said to Abigail, "Give praise to the Lord. He is the God of Israel. He has sent you today to find me.

1 Samuel 25:32 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 25:32

And David said to Abigail
Having heard her out, and being overcome with her rhetoric and powerful arguments:

blessed [be] the Lord God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet
me;
who put it into her heart to come out and meet him, and endeavour to avert him from his bad design, which his heart was set upon; he saw plainly the hand of God in it, and in the first place acknowledges the goodness of divine Providence, in directing her to take the step she did.

1 Samuel 25:32 In-Context

30 When the LORD has fulfilled for my lord every good thing he promised concerning him and has appointed him ruler over Israel,
31 my lord will not have on his conscience the staggering burden of needless bloodshed or of having avenged himself. And when the LORD your God has brought my lord success, remember your servant.”
32 David said to Abigail, “Praise 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 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 would have been left alive by daybreak.”

Cross References 1

  • 1. S Genesis 24:27; Exodus 18:10; Luke 1:68
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