For sannelig, så sant Herren, Israels Gud, lever, han som har holdt meg tilbake fra å skade deg, hvis du ikke hadde hastet hit og kommet imot meg, da ville ikke Nabal hatt noen menn tilbake før morgenlyset.'
Otherwise, as surely as the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, who has prevented me from harming you, if you had not hurried to come to meet me, not one male belonging to Nabal would have been left alive by morning.