10 Nabal asked them, “Who is David?(A) Who is Jesse’s son? Many slaves these days are running away from their masters.

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10 Nabal answered David’s servants, “Who(A) is this David? Who is this son of Jesse? Many servants are breaking away from their masters these days.

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Otherwise, I might have too much(A)
and deny you,(B) saying, “Who is the Lord?” (C)
or I might have nothing and steal,(D)
profaning[a] the name of my God.(E)

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  1. 30:9 Lit grabbing

Otherwise, I may have too much and disown(A) you
    and say, ‘Who is the Lord?’(B)
Or I may become poor and steal,
    and so dishonor the name of my God.(C)

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You live in a world of deception.[a](A)
In their deception they refuse to know me.(B)
This is the Lord’s declaration.

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Footnotes

  1. 9:6 LXX reads Oppression on oppression, deceit on deceit

You[a] live in the midst of deception;(A)
    in their deceit they refuse to acknowledge me,”
declares the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 9:6 That is, Jeremiah (the Hebrew is singular)