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1 Samuel 25:27-29
Holman Christian Standard Bible
1 Samuel 25:27-29
Holman Christian Standard Bible
27 Accept this gift(A) your servant has brought to my lord, and let it be given to the young men who follow my lord. 28 Please forgive your servant’s offense,(B) for the Lord is certain to make a lasting dynasty for my lord(C) because he fights the Lord’s battles.(D) Throughout your life, may evil[a] not be found in you.(E)
29 “When someone pursues you and attempts to take your life, my lord’s life will be tucked safely in the place[b] where the Lord your God protects the living. However, He will fling away your enemies’ lives like stones from a sling.(F)
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- 1 Samuel 25:28 Or trouble
- 1 Samuel 25:29 Lit bundle
1 Samuel 25:27-29
New International Version
1 Samuel 25:27-29
New International Version
27 And let this gift,(A) which your servant has brought to my lord, be given to the men who follow you.
28 “Please forgive(B) your servant’s presumption. The Lord your God will certainly make a lasting(C) dynasty for my lord, because you fight the Lord’s battles,(D) and no wrongdoing(E) will be found in you as long as you live. 29 Even though someone is pursuing you to take your life,(F) the life of my lord will be bound securely in the bundle of the living by the Lord your God, but the lives of your enemies he will hurl(G) away as from the pocket of a sling.(H)
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