²⁶ “Now then, my lord, as the Lord lives, and as your soul lives, since the Lord has restrained you from ^[a]shedding blood, and ^(A)from ^[b]avenging yourself by your own hand, now then, ^(B)may your enemies and those who seek evil against my lord, be like Nabal.

³⁴ Nevertheless, as the Lord God of Israel lives, ^(A)who has restrained me from harming you, if you had not come quickly to meet me, there certainly would not have been left to Nabal until the morning light as much as one ^[a]male.”