1 Samuel 25:21

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him: and he hath returned me evil for good.

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him: and he hath returned me evil for good.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

Now David had just finished saying, “In vain I have protected all that belonged to this man in the wilderness. Nothing that belongs to him has gone missing, yet he has paid me back evil for good.

Bible in Basic English ☆

Now David had said, What was the use of my taking care of this man's goods in the waste land, so that there was no loss of anything which was his? he has only given me back evil for good.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

And David said, Perhaps I have kept all his possessions in the wilderness that he should wrong me, and we did not order the taking any thing of all his goods; yet he has rewarded me evil for good.

Darby Translation ☆

Now David had said, Surely, in vain have I kept all that this [man] had in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that was his; and he has requited me evil for good.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

And David said: Truly in vain have I kept all that belonged to this man in the wilderness, and nothing was lost of all that pertained unto him: and he hath returned me evil for good.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

And Dauid said, In deede I haue kept all in vaine that this fellow had in the wildernesse, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained vnto him: for he hath requited me euill for good.

Leeser Tanakh ☆

Now David had said, Yea, for naught only have I guarded all that belongeth to this fellow in the wilderness, so that not the least was missed of all that pertained unto him; and he hath requited me evil instead of good.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

Now David had said: 'Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him; and he hath returned me evil for good.

King James Version ☆

Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him: and he hath requited me evil for good.

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him: and he hath requited me evil for good.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him: and he hath requited me evil for good.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

And David said, Perhaps I have kept all his possessions in the wilderness that he should wrong me, and we did not order the taking anything of all his goods; yet he has rewarded me evil for good.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

And David said, Perhaps I have kept all his possessions in the wilderness that he should wrong me, and we did not order the taking anything of all his goods; yet he has rewarded me evil for good.

Majority Standard BIble ☆

Now David had just said, “In vain I have protected all that belonged to this man in the wilderness. Nothing that belongs to him has gone missing, yet he has paid me back evil for good.

Webster Bible ☆

(Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this man hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained to him: and he hath requited me evil for good.

Revised Version ☆

Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him: and he hath returned me evil for good.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

And David said, Perhaps I have kept all his possessions in the wilderness that he should wrong me, and we did not order the taking anything of all his goods; yet he has rewarded me evil for good.

World English Bible ☆

Now David had said, “Surely in vain I have kept all that this fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained to him. He has returned me evil for good.

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

Now David had said, “Surely in vain I have kept all that this fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained to him. He has returned me evil for good.

World English Bible British Edition ☆

Now David had said, “Surely in vain I have kept all that this fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained to him. He has returned me evil for good.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

Now David had said, “Surely in vain I have kept all that this fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained to him. He has returned me evil for good.

World English Bible Classic ☆

Now David had said, “Surely in vain I have kept all that this fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained to him. He has returned me evil for good.

World English Bible Updated ☆

Now David had said, “Surely in vain I have kept all that this fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained to him. He has returned me evil for good.

World Messianic Bible ☆

Now David had said, “Surely in vain I have kept all that this fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained to him. He has returned me evil for good.

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

Now David had said, “Surely in vain I have kept all that this fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained to him. He has returned me evil for good.

Young's Literal Translation ☆

And David said, 'Only, in vain I have kept all that this [one] hath in the wilderness, and nothing hath been looked after of all that he hath, and he turneth back to me evil for good;

The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible ☆

Now Dovid had said, Surely for sheker have I been shomer over all that this one hath in the midbar, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him; and he hath requited me ra'ah for tovah.

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

وَقَالَ دَاوُدُ: «إِنَّمَا بَاطِلًا حَفِظْتُ كُلَّ مَا لِهَذَا فِي ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ، فَلَمْ يُفْقَدْ مِنْ كُلِّ مَا لَهُ شَيْءٌ، فَكَافَأَنِي شَرًّا بَدَلَ خَيْرٍ.

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

ထို​သို့​မ​ဆုံ​မိ​ခင်​ဒါ​ဝိဒ်​က ဤ​သို့​ဆို​၏။ ``အ​ဘယ် ကြောင့်​တော​ကန္တာ​ရ​တွင် ထို​လူ​၏​ပစ္စည်း​ဥစ္စာ​များ ကို​ငါ​စောင့်​ထိန်း​ပေး​ခဲ့​မိ​ပါ​သ​နည်း။ ယင်း​သို့ သူ့​အား​ကူ​ညီ​စောင့်​ရှောက်​ခဲ့​သ​ဖြင့် ဤ​သို့​ငါ့ အား​ကျေး​ဇူး​ကန်း​လေ​ပြီ​တ​ကား။-

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

ထိုသို့မတွေ့မှီ ဒါဝိဒ် က၊ အကယ် စင်စစ်ထိုသူ ၏ ဥစ္စာ တစုံတခုကိုမျှ မ ပျောက် စေခြင်းငှါ ၊ တော ၌ သူပိုင်သမျှ တို့ကို ငါသည် အချည်းနှီး စောင့် ပါပြီတကား။ ငါ ကောင်း သော အမှုအတွက် ၊ မကောင်း သော အမှုကို သူပြု ပါပြီတကား။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

David mah, Hae kami ih hmuen maeto doeh anghmat han ai ah, anih ih hmuenmaenawk to taw ah azom ah ni ka toep o; ka sak o ih kahoih hmuen to kasae hmuen hoiah ang pathok.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Te vaengah David loh , “Khosoek khuikah aka om boeih he a hong lamni ka hung coeng. Anih hut boeih tah pakhat khaw talae van pawt dae ta. Te lalah kai taengah a then yueng la a thae neh n'thuung.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Te vaengah David loh, “Khosoek khuikah aka om boeih he a hong lamni ka hung coeng. Anih hut boeih tah pakhat khaw talae van pawt dae ta. Te lalah kai taengah a then yueng la a thae neh n'thuung.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

大卫曾说：「我在旷野为那人看守所有的，以致他一样不失落，实在是徒然了！他向我以恶报善。

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

大衛曾說：「我在曠野為那人看守所有的，以致他一樣不失落，實在是徒然了！他向我以惡報善。

World Chinese Bible ☆

大卫曾说：“我在旷野保护这人所有的一切，使他所有的没有一样失落，实在是徒然了；他竟以恶报善。

Croatian Bible ☆

A David je upravo mislio: “Uzalud sam, dakle, zaštićivao u pustinji sve što je taj čovjek imao i ništa mu nije nestalo od svega što je posjedovao! Sada mi vraća zlo za dobro!

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

(David pak byl řekl: Jistě nadarmo jsem ostříhal všeho, což on měl na poušti, tak že nic nezahynulo ze všeho, což má; nebo mi se odplatil zlým za dobré.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

Men David havde sagt: “Det er slet ingen Nytte til, at jeg i Ørkenen har værnet om alt, hvad den Mand ejede, så intet deraf gik tabt; han har gengældt mig godt med ondt.

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

David nu had gezegd: Trouwens ik heb te vergeefs bewaard al wat deze in de woestijn heeft, alzo dat er niets van alles, wat hij heeft, gemist is; en hij heeft mij kwaad voor goed vergolden.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

David dacht juist: Dus heb ik voor niets op alles gepast, wat dien kerel in de woestijn toebehoort! Van al zijn eigendom is er niet het minste vermist, en nu gaat hij mij goed met kwaad vergelden!

Esperanto Bible ☆

Dume David estis dirinta: Nur vane mi gardis la apartenaĵon de tiu homo en la dezerto, ke nenio perdiĝis el lia havo; li repagis al mi malbonon pro bono;

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

Et David avait dit : Certainement c’est en vain que j’ai gardé tout ce que cet [homme] avait au désert, et que rien n’a manqué de tout ce qui était à lui : il m’a rendu le mal pour le bien.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Or, David avait dit: C'est bien en vain que j'ai gardé tout ce que cet homme avait dans le désert, de sorte qu'il ne s'est rien perdu de tout ce qui était à lui; il m'a rendu le mal pour le bien.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

David avait dit: C’est bien en vain que j’ai gardé tout ce que cet homme a dans le désert, et que rien n’a été enlevé de tout ce qu’il possède; il m’a rendu le mal pour le bien.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Or David avait dit : « C’est bien en vain que j’ai gardé tout ce que cet homme possède dans le désert, de sorte que rien n’a manqué de tout ce qui lui appartient. Il m’a rendu le mal pour le bien.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

David aber hatte gesagt: Fürwahr, umsonst habe ich alles behütet, was diesem Menschen in der Wüste gehörte, so daß nicht das Geringste vermißt wurde von allem, was sein ist; und er hat mir Böses für Gutes vergolten!

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

David aber hatte geredet: Wohlan, ich habe umsonst behütet alles, was dieser hat in der Wüste, daß nichts gefehlt hat an allem, was er hat; und er bezahlt mir Gutes mit Bösem.

German Textbibel ☆

David aber hatte erwogen: Rein umsonst habe ich dem seine gesamte Habe in der Wüste behütet, so daß nie etwas von seiner gesamten Habe vermißt wurde: er aber hat mir Gutes mit Bösem vergolten!

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

David aber sprach: Wohlan, ich habe alles, was dieser in der Wüste hat, umsonst behütet, so daß da nichts gefehlt hat an allem, was sein ist; und er bezahlt mir Gutes mit Bösem!

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

καὶ Δαυὶδ εἶπεν· ἴσως εἰς ἄδικον πεφύλακα πάντα τὰ αὐτοῦ ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ καὶ οὐκ ἐνετειλάμεθα λαβεῖν ἐκ πάντων τῶν αὐτοῦ οὐθέν, καὶ ἀνταπέδωκέ μοι πονηρὰ ἀντὶ ἀγαθῶν·

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Καὶ Δαυὶδ εἶπεν, ἴσως εἰς ἄδικον πεφύλακα πάντα τὰ αὐτοῦ ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ, καὶ οὐκ ἐνετειλάμεθα λαβεῖν ἐκ πάντων τῶν αὐτοῦ οὐθὲν, καὶ ἀνταπέδωκέ μοι πονηρὰ ἀντὶ ἀγαθῶν.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

David t'ap di nan kè li: -Sa m' te bezwen pwoteje tou sa nonm sa a te genyen nan dezè a fè? Li pa janm pèdi anyen nan sa ki te pou li. Epi se konsa l'ap peye m' pou tout byen mwen fè pou li yo?

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

Ua olelo iho la o Davida, He oiaio, ua malama make hewa au i na mea a pau a keia kanaka ma ka waonahele, aole i lilo kekahi o kana mau mea a pau; a ua hoihoi mai ia i ka hewa ia'u no ka pono.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

וְדָוִ֣ד אָמַ֗ר אַךְ֩ לַשֶּׁ֨קֶר שָׁמַ֜רְתִּי אֶֽת־כָּל־אֲשֶׁ֤ר לָזֶה֙ בַּמִּדְבָּ֔ר וְלֹא־נִפְקַ֥ד מִכָּל־אֲשֶׁר־לֹ֖ו מְא֑וּמָה וַיָּֽשֶׁב־לִ֥י רָעָ֖ה תַּ֥חַת טֹובָֽה׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

ודוד אמר אך לשקר שמרתי את כל אשר לזה במדבר ולא נפקד מכל אשר לו מאומה וישב לי רעה תחת טובה׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

(Or Davide avea detto: Certo indarno ho io guardato tutto ciò che costui avea nel deserto, talchè non gli è mancato nulla di tutto il suo; ed egli mi ha renduto male per bene.

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

Or Davide avea detto: “Invano dunque ho io protetto tutto ciò che colui aveva nel deserto, in guisa che nulla è mancato di tutto ciò ch’ei possiede; ed egli m’ha reso male per bene.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

さて、ダビデは言っていた。「わたしが荒野でこの男に属するすべてのものを守り、彼に属するものが何一つなくならないようにしたのは、全くの無駄であった。彼は善の代わりに悪をわたしに報いた。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

다윗이 이미 말하기를 `내가 이 자의 소유물을 광야에서 지켜 그 모든 것을 하나도 손실이 없게 한 것이 진실로 허사라 그가 악으로 나의 선을 갚는도다

Kosraean Bible ☆

David el tuh fahsr ac sifacna nunku insial, “Efu ku nga tuh liyaung ma lun mwet se ingan yen mwesis ah? Wanginna ma lal pisrapasrla. Ya pa inge molin kasreyuk luk nu sel uh?

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Et ait David: Vere frustra servavi omnia quæ hujus erant in deserto, et non periit quidquam de cunctis quæ ad eum pertinebant: et reddidit mihi malum pro bono.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

و داود گفته بود: «به تحقیق که تمامی مایملک این شخص را در بیابان عبث نگاه داشتم که از جمیع اموالش چیزی گم نشد و او بدی را به عوض نیکویی به من پاداش داده است.

World Portuguese Bible ☆

Ora, Davi tinha dito: “De nada adiantou eu ter protegido tudo o que esse sujeito tem no deserto, de modo que não se perdeu nada de tudo o que lhe pertencia. Ele me pagou o bem com o mal.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

E Davi havia dito: Certamente em vão guardei tudo o que este tem no deserto, sem que nada lhe tenha faltado de tudo quanto é seu; e ele me devolveu mal por bem.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Și David spusese: Într-adevăr în zadar am păzit tot ce avea acesta în pustiu, astfel încât nimic nu s-a pierdut din tot ce îi aparținea; și el mi-a răsplătit rău pentru bine.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Давид зисесе: „Ын задар ам пэзит тот че аре омул ачеста ын пустиу де ну с-а луат нимик дин тот че аре, кэч мь-а ынторс рэу пентру бине.

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

И Давид сказал: да, напрасно я охранял в пустыне все имущество этого человека, и ничего не пропало из принадлежащего ему; он платит мне злом за добро;

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

A David govoraše: Ele sam zaludu čuvao sve što je taj imao u pustinji da mu ništa ne beše nestalo od svega što ima; jer mi vrati zlo za dobro.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

А Давид говораше: Еле сам залуду чувао све што је тај имао у пустињи да му ништа не беше нестало од свега што има; јер ми врати зло за добро.

Mashi Bible ☆

Daudi ayishaga acîdesa, erhi: «Kwo kumbonêsa nshonyi kurhi oku wâni: niono nakazâgilanga ngasi bîntu oyu mulume ali agwêrhe omu irungu byoshi, na ntâco ciru n’eciguma cahezire omu bîntu byâge byoshi yêhe amangalulira amabî oku minjà!

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

Y David había dicho: Ciertamente en vano he guardado todo lo que éste tiene en el desierto, sin que nada le haya faltado de todo cuanto es suyo; y él me ha vuelto mal por bien.

Spanish BLL ☆

David venía diciendo: “¡De nada sirvió que yo cuidara las propiedades de ese hombre en el desierto! Me aseguré de que no se le perdiera nada, y ahora él me paga mal por bien.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

David había dicho: «Ciertamente en vano he guardado todo lo que este tiene en el desierto, sin que nada le faltase de cuanto le pertenecía; él me ha devuelto mal por bien.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

Entonces David había dicho: ¿De qué me sirve cuidar los bienes de este hombre en el desierto, para que no haya pérdida de nada de lo que era suyo? Solo me ha devuelto mal por bien.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

David dijo: Ciertamente en vano cuidé todo lo que éste tiene en la región despoblada, sin que nada falte de todo cuanto es suyo. Él me devolvió mal por bien.

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Revised West Version ☆

Ka kuo ʻosi ʻene lau ʻe Tevita, ʻo pehē, “Ko e moʻoni kuo taʻeʻaonga ʻeku leʻohi ʻae koloa kotoa pē ʻae siana ni ʻi he toafa, ko ia naʻe ʻikai ha meʻa ʻe taha ʻe mole ʻi heʻene ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē, pea kuo ne totongi kovi ʻe ia kiate au ʻi he lelei.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

Давид же сказав собі навперід: Шкода було менї стерегти майно його в пустинї, так що нїщо з усього добра його не пропало; він віддячує менї злом за добро.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

Давид же сказав собі навперід: Шкода було менї стерегти майно його в пустинї, так що нїщо з усього добра його не пропало; він віддячує менї злом за добро.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Vả, Đa-vít có nói rằng: Vậy, thật lấy làm luống công cho ta đã gìn giữ mọi vật của người nầy có trong đồng vắng, đến đỗi chẳng thiếu mất gì hết. Còn hắn lại lấy oán trả ơn.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

וְדָוִ֣ד אָמַ֗ר אַךְ֩ לַשֶּׁ֨קֶר שָׁמַ֜רְתִּי אֶֽת־כָּל־אֲשֶׁ֤ר לָזֶה֙ בַּמִּדְבָּ֔ר וְלֹא־נִפְקַ֥ד מִכָּל־אֲשֶׁר־ל֖וֹ מְא֑וּמָה וַיָּֽשֶׁב־לִ֥י רָעָ֖ה תַּ֥חַת טוֹבָֽה׃