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1 Samuel 25:26

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 26 And now, my lord, as surely as Jehovah is living and as you are* living, it is Jehovah who has held you back+ from incurring bloodguilt+ and from taking revenge* with your own hand. May your enemies and those seeking injury to my lord become like Naʹbal.

1 Samuel 25:26

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 26 And now, my lord, as surely as Jehovah is living and as you are* living, it is Jehovah who has held you back+ from incurring bloodguilt+ and from taking revenge* with your own hand. May your enemies and those seeking injury to my lord become like Naʹbal.

1 Samuel 25:26

The Bible in Living English
- 26 And now, sir, by Jehovah and by your life, Jehovah has restrained you from getting into bloodguilt and from letting your own hands relieve you: now may your enemies, and those who wish my lord ill, be as Nabal is.

1 Samuel 25:26

American Standard Version
- 26 Now therefore, my lord, as Jehovah liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing Jehovah hath withholden thee from bloodguiltiness, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now therefore let thine enemies, and them that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.

1 Samuel 25:26

The Emphasized Bible
- 26 Now, therefore, my lord—By the life of Yahweh, and By the life of thine own soul,—Seeing Yahweh hath withholden thee from coming in with bloodshed, and from saving thyself with thine own hand, Now, therefore, like Nabal be thine enemies, and they who are making search for my lord wrongfully.

1 Samuel 25:26

King James Version
- 26 Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing the LORD hath withholden thee from coming to shed blood, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now let thine enemies, and they that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.