1 Samuel 25:22
May God punish David, and ever so severely, if I let one of Nabal’s men survive until morning.”
Note Some LXX manuscripts; MT David’s enemies
So and more also do God unto the enemies of David, if I leave of all that pertain to him by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.
God do so to the enemies of David, and more also, if I leave of all that belongs to him by the morning light so much as one who urinates on a wall.”
Note or, male.
God do so unto the enemies of David, and more also, if I leave of all that pertain to him by the morning light so much as one man-child.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- So and more
- Nothing can justify this conduct of David, which was rash, unjust, and cruel in the extreme. David himself condemns it, and thanks God for being prevented from executing this evil. (ver. 32-34.)
- 1 Samuel 3:17; 1 Samuel 14:44; 1 Samuel 20:13, 16; Ruth 1:17
- if I leave
- 1 Samuel 25:34
- 1 Samuel 25:22
- any that pisseth, etc. This seems to have been a proverbial expression among the Israelites; and may with the utmost propriety be read "any male."
- 1 Kings 14:10; 1 Kings 16:11; 1 Kings 21:21; 2 Kings 9:8