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1 Samuel 25:29

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29“And should anyone rise up to pursue you and to seek your 1life, then the 2life of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of the living with Yahweh your God; but the 3lives of your enemies aHe will sling out 4as from the hollow of a sling.

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Footnotes

  1. 1Lit soul
  2. 2Lit soul
  3. 3Lit soul
  4. 4Lit in the midst

Cross references

  1. aJer 10:18

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

If men rise up to pursue you and to seek your life, the life of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of the living in the care of the Lord your God. And the lives of your enemies he shall sling out as from the hollow of a sling.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Even though someone is pursuing you to take your life, 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 away as from the pocket of a sling.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“Someone is pursuing you and intends to take your life. My lord’s life is tucked safely in the place where the Lord your God protects the living, but he is flinging away your enemies’ lives like stones from a sling.

NLTNew Living Translation

“Even when you are chased by those who seek to kill you, your life is safe in the care of the Lord your God, secure in his treasure pouch! But the lives of your enemies will disappear like stones shot from a sling!

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Should a man arise to pursue you and to seek your life, may the life of my lord be wrapped in the pouch of the living with Yahweh your God. But as for the life of your enemy, he will sling it from within the pocket of the sling!

KJV 1900King James Version

Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the Lord thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as out of the middle of a sling.