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1 Samuel 24:14

HumilityIdentity and self-worth

12 May the LORD judge between you and me, and may the LORD take vengeance on you, but my hand will never be against you.

13 As the old proverb says, ‘Wickedness proceeds from the wicked.’ But my hand will never be against you.

Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom are you pursuing? A dead dog? A flea?

15 May the LORD be our judge and decide between you and me. May He take notice and plead my case and deliver me from your hand.”

16 When David had finished saying these things, Saul called back, “Is that your voice, David my son?” Then Saul wept aloud

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom are you pursuing? A dead dog? A flea?
KJV
After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.
WEB
Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom do you pursue? A dead dog? A flea?
ASV
After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.
DARBY
After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a single flea.
BLB
After whom has the king of Israel come out? After whom do you pursue? After a dead dog? After one flea?
ÅB
Hvem er det Israels konge har draget ut etter? Hvem er det du forfølger? En død hund, en loppe.
OTB
Etter hvem har Israels konge kommet ut? Hvem forfølger du? En død hund, en enkelt loppe?
B1930
Hvem er det Israels konge har draget ut efter? Hvem er det du forfølger? En død hund, en loppe.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 1 Samuel 26:20

    So do not let my blood fall to the ground far from the presence of the LORD. For the king of Israel has come out to look for a flea, like one who hunts a partridge in the mountains.”

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  • 2 Samuel 9:8

    Mephibosheth bowed down and said, “What is your servant, that you should show regard for a dead dog like me?”

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  • 1 Samuel 17:43

    “Am I a dog,” he said to David, “that you come at me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.

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  • 2 Samuel 16:9

    Then Abishai son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over and cut off his head!”

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  • 2 Samuel 3:8

    Abner was furious over Ish-bosheth’s accusation. “Am I the head of a dog that belongs to Judah?” he asked. “All this time I have been loyal to the house of your father Saul, to his brothers, and to his friends. I have not delivered you into the hand of David, but now you accuse me of wrongdoing with this woman!

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  • Judges 8:1–3

    Then the men of Ephraim said to Gideon, “Why have you done this to us? Why did you fail to call us when you went to fight against Midian?” And they contended with him violently.

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  • 1 Kings 21:7

    But his wife Jezebel said to him, “Do you not reign over Israel? Get up, eat some food, and be cheerful, for I will get you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.”

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  • 2 Samuel 6:20

    As soon as David returned home to bless his own household, Saul’s daughter Michal came out to meet him. “How the king of Israel has distinguished himself today!” she said. “He has uncovered himself today in the sight of the maidservants of his subjects, like a vulgar person would do.”

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