^{14 Ref} But one of the young men said to Nabal's wife Abigail, David sent men from the waste land to say kind words to our master, and he gave them a rough answer.

^{15 Ref} But these men have been very good to us; they did us no wrong and nothing of ours was touched while we were with them in the fields:

^{16 Ref} But day and night they were like a wall round us while we were with them, looking after the sheep.

^{17 Ref} So now, give thought to what you are going to do; for evil is in store for our master and all his house: for he is such a good-for-nothing person that it is not possible to say anything to him.