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1 Samuel 26:18

JusticeConflict and reconciliation

16 This thing is not good that thou hast done. As the LORD liveth, ye are worthy to die, because ye have not kept your master, the LORD’s anointed. And now see where the king’s spear is, and the cruse of water that was at his bolster.

17 And Saul knew David’s voice, and said, Is this thy voice, my son David? And David said, It is my voice, my lord, O king.

And he said, Wherefore doth my lord thus pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in mine hand?

19 Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If the LORD have stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offering: but if they be the children of men, cursed be they before the LORD; for they have driven me out this day from abiding in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, Go, serve other gods.

20 Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth before the face of the LORD: for the king of Israel is come out to seek a flea, as when one doth hunt 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)

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Cross references

  • 1 Samuel 24:9

    And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou men’s words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?

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  • 1 Samuel 24:11–14

    Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand: for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in mine hand, and I have not sinned against thee; yet thou huntest my soul to take it.

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  • John 8:46

    Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me?

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  • John 18:23

    Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil: but if well, why smitest thou me?

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  • John 10:32

    Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?

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  • Psalms 7:3–5

    O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;

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  • Psalms 69:4

    They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.

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  • Psalms 35:7

    For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.

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