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1 Samuel 26:18

JusticeConflict and reconciliation

16 This thing you have done is not good. As surely as the LORD lives, all of you deserve to die, since you did not protect your lord, the LORD’s anointed. Now look around. Where are the king’s spear and water jug that were by his head?”

17 Then Saul recognized David’s voice and asked, “Is that your voice, David my son?” “It is my voice, my lord and king,” David said.

And he continued, “Why is my lord pursuing his servant? What have I done? What evil is in my hand?

19 Now please, may my lord the king hear the words of his servant: If the LORD has stirred you up against me, then may He accept an offering. But if men have done it, may they be cursed in the presence of the LORD! For today they have driven me away from sharing in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods.’

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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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
And he continued, “Why is my lord pursuing his servant? What have I done? What evil is in my hand?
KJV
And he said, Wherefore doth my lord thus pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in mine hand?
WEB
He said, “Why does my lord pursue his servant? For what have I done? What evil is in my hand?
ASV
And he said, Wherefore doth my lord pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in my hand?
DARBY
And he said, Why does my lord thus pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in my hand?
BLB
And he said, “Why [is] this [that] my lord pursues after his servant? For what have I done? Or what evil [is] in my hand?
ÅB
Og han sa: Hvorfor forfølger min herre sin tjener slik? Hva har jeg gjort, og hva ondt er der i min hånd?
OTB
Han sa også, “Hvorfor forfølger min herre sin tjener? For hva har jeg gjort, eller hva ondt er i min hånd?
B1930
Og han sa: Hvorfor forfølger min herre sin tjener således? Hvad har jeg gjort, og hvad ondt er der i min hånd?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 1 Samuel 24:9

    and said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of men who say, ‘Look, David intends to harm you’?

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  • 1 Samuel 24:11–14

    See, my father, look at the corner of your robe in my hand. For I cut it off, but I did not kill you. See and know that there is no evil or rebellion in my hands. I have not sinned against you, even though you are hunting me down to take my life.

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  • John 8:46

    Which of you can prove Me guilty of sin? If I speak the truth, why do you not believe Me?

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  • John 18:23

    Jesus replied, “If I said something wrong, testify as to what was wrong. But if I spoke correctly, why did you strike Me?”

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  • John 10:32

    But Jesus responded, “I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these do you stone Me?”

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  • Psalms 7:3–5

    O LORD my God, if I have done this, if injustice is on my hands,

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  • Psalms 69:4

    Those who hate me without cause outnumber the hairs of my head; many are those who would destroy me— my enemies for no reason. Though I did not steal, I must repay.

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  • Psalms 35:7

    For without cause they laid their net for me; without reason they dug a pit for my soul.

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