HOV
21. दाऊद ने तो सोचा था, कि मैं ने जो जंगल में उसके सब माल की ऐसी रक्षा की कि उसका कुछ भी न खोया, यह नि:सन्देह व्यर्थ हुआ; क्योंकि उसने भलाई के बदले मुझ से बुराई ही की है।

ERVHI
21. अबीगैल से मिलने के पहले दाऊद कह रहा था, “मैंने नाबाल की सम्पत्ति की रक्षा मरुभूमि में की। मैंने यह व्यवस्था की कि उसकी कोई भेड़ खोए नहीं। मैंने यह सब कुछ बिना लिये किया। मैंने उसके लिये अच्छा किया। किन्तु मेरे प्रति वह बुरा रहा।

IRVHI
21. दाऊद ने तो सोचा था, “मैंने जो जंगल में उसके सब माल की ऐसी रक्षा की कि उसका कुछ भी न खोया, यह निःसन्देह व्यर्थ हुआ; क्योंकि उसने भलाई के बदले मुझसे बुराई ही की है।



KJV
21. 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.

AMP
21. Now David had said, Surely in vain have I protected all that this fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that belonged to him; and he has repaid me evil for good.

KJVP
21. Now David H1732 had said H559 VQQ3MS , Surely H389 ADV in vain H8267 have I kept H8104 VQQ1MS all H3605 NMS that H834 RPRO this H2088 [ fellow ] hath in the wilderness H4057 , so that nothing H3808 W-NPAR was missed H6485 of all H3605 NMS that H834 RPRO [ pertained ] unto him : and he hath requited H7725 me evil H7451 AFS for H8478 NMS good H2896 NFS .

YLT
21. 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;

ASV
21. 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.

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

NASB
21. David had just been saying: "Indeed, it was in vain that I guarded all this man's possessions in the desert, so that he missed nothing. He has repaid good with evil.

ESV
21. Now David had said, "Surely in vain have I guarded all that this fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that belonged to him, and he has returned me evil for good.

RV
21. 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.

RSV
21. Now David had said, "Surely in vain have I guarded all that this fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that belonged to him; and he has returned me evil for good.

NKJV
21. Now David had said, "Surely in vain I have protected all that this [fellow] has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that [belongs] to him. And he has repaid me evil for good.

MKJV
21. And David had said, Surely in vain I have kept all that belongs to this fellow in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that was his. And he has requited me evil for good.

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

NRSV
21. Now David had said, "Surely it was in vain that I protected all that this fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that belonged to him; but he has returned me evil for good.

NIV
21. David had just said, "It's been useless--all my watching over this fellow's property in the desert so that nothing of his was missing. He has paid me back evil for good.

NIRV
21. David had just said, "Everything we've done hasn't been worth a thing! I watched over that fellow's property in the desert. I made sure none of it was stolen. But he has paid me back evil for good.

NLT
21. David had just been saying, "A lot of good it did to help this fellow. We protected his flocks in the wilderness, and nothing he owned was lost or stolen. But he has repaid me evil for good.

MSG
21. David had just said, "That sure was a waste, guarding everything this man had out in the wild so that nothing he had was lost--and now he rewards me with insults. A real slap in the face!

GNB
21. David had been thinking, "Why did I ever protect that fellow's property out here in the wilderness? Not a thing that belonged to him was stolen, and this is how he pays me back for the help I gave him!

NET
21. Now David had been thinking, "In vain I guarded everything that belonged to this man in the desert. I didn't take anything from him. But he has repaid my good with evil.

ERVEN
21. David was saying, "I protected Nabal's property in the desert. I made sure not one of his sheep was missing. I did all that for nothing. I was good to him, but he was rude to me.