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1 Samuel 25:28-30
Holman Christian Standard Bible
1 Samuel 25:28-30
Holman Christian Standard Bible
28 Please forgive your servant’s offense,(A) for the Lord is certain to make a lasting dynasty for my lord(B) because he fights the Lord’s battles.(C) Throughout your life, may evil[a] not be found in you.(D)
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.(E) 30 When the Lord does for my lord all the good He promised and appoints you ruler over Israel,(F)
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- 1 Samuel 25:28 Or trouble
- 1 Samuel 25:29 Lit bundle
1 Samuel 25:28-30
New International Version
1 Samuel 25:28-30
New International Version
28 “Please forgive(A) your servant’s presumption. The Lord your God will certainly make a lasting(B) dynasty for my lord, because you fight the Lord’s battles,(C) and no wrongdoing(D) will be found in you as long as you live. 29 Even though someone is pursuing you to take your life,(E) 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(F) away as from the pocket of a sling.(G) 30 When the Lord has fulfilled for my lord every good thing he promised concerning him and has appointed him ruler(H) over Israel,
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