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1 Samuel 29:7

5 Is this not the David about whom they sing in their dances: ‘Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands’?”

6 So Achish summoned David and told him, “As surely as the LORD lives, you have been upright in my sight, and it seems right that you should march in and out with me in the army, because I have found no fault in you from the day you came to me until this day. But you have no favor in the sight of the leaders.

Therefore turn back now and go in peace, so that you will not do anything to displease the leaders of the Philistines.”

8 “But what have I done?” David replied. “What have you found against your servant, from the day I came to you until today, to keep me from going along to fight against the enemies of my lord the king?”

9 Achish replied, “I know that you are as pleasing in my sight as an angel of God. But the commanders of the Philistines have said, ‘He must not go into battle with us.’

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BSB
Therefore turn back now and go in peace, so that you will not do anything to displease the leaders of the Philistines.”
KJV
Wherefore now return, and go in peace, that thou displease not the lords of the Philistines.
WEB
Therefore now return, and go in peace, that you not displease the lords of the Philistines.”
ASV
Wherefore now return, and go in peace, that thou displease not the lords of the Philistines.
DARBY
And now return, and go in peace, that thou displease not the lords of the Philistines.
BLB
And now, return and go in peace, that you do not do evil in the eyes of the princes of the Philistines.”
ÅB
Så vend nå tilbake og dra bort i fred, så du ikke gjør noe som filistrenes høvdinger ikke synes om!
OTB
Så vend nå tilbake og gå i fred, så du ikke mishager filisternes høvdinger.»
B1930
Så vend nu tilbake og dra bort i fred, så du ikke gjør noget som filistrenes høvdinger ikke synes om!

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Cross references

  • Numbers 22:34

    “I have sinned,” Balaam said to the angel of the LORD, “for I did not realize that you were standing in the road to confront me. And now, if this is displeasing in your sight, I will go back home.”

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