1 Samuel 25:23
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“When Abigail saw David, she quickly got off the donkey, fell facedown, and bowed before him.”
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“When Abigail saw David, she quickly got off the donkey, fell facedown, and bowed before him.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and lighted off the ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground,”
King James Version · Public Domain“And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and alighted from her ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And Abigail seeth David, and hasteth and cometh down from off the ass, and falleth before David on her face, and boweth herself to the earth,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Samuel 25:23 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Joshua 15:18One day Acsah came to Othniel and urged him to ask her father for a field. When she got off her donkey, Caleb asked her, “What do you desire?”
- Judges 1:14One day Acsah came to Othniel and urged him to ask her father for a field. When she got off her donkey, Caleb asked her, “What do you desire?”
- Ruth 2:10At this, she fell on her face, bowing low to the ground, and said to him, “Why have I found such favor in your eyes that you should take notice of me, even though I am a foreigner?”
- 1 Samuel 20:41When the young man had gone, David got up from the south side of the stone, fell facedown, and bowed three times. Then he and Jonathan kissed each other and wept together—though David wept more.
- 1 Samuel 24:8After that, David got up, went out of the cave, and called out to Saul, “My lord the king!” When Saul looked behind him, David bowed facedown in reverence
- 1 Samuel 25:41She arose, then bowed facedown and said, “Here is your maidservant, ready to serve and to wash the feet of my lord’s servants.”
- 1 Chronicles 21:21David came to Ornan, and when Ornan looked out and saw David, he left the threshing floor and bowed facedown before David.
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