27 Now let (A)this [a]gift which your maidservant has brought to my lord be given to the young men who [b]accompany my lord. 28 Please forgive (B)the transgression of your maidservant; for (C)the Lord will certainly make for my lord an enduring house, because my lord is (D)fighting the battles of the Lord, and (E)evil will not be found in you all your days. 29 Should anyone rise up to pursue you and to seek your [c]life, then the [d]life of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of the living with the Lord your God; but the [e]lives of your enemies (F)He will sling out [f]as from the hollow of a sling.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 25:27 Lit blessing
  2. 1 Samuel 25:27 Lit walk at the feet of
  3. 1 Samuel 25:29 Lit soul
  4. 1 Samuel 25:29 Lit soul
  5. 1 Samuel 25:29 Lit soul
  6. 1 Samuel 25:29 Lit in the midst