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1 Samuel 24:4

So David’s men said to him, “This is the day about which the LORD said to you, ‘Behold, I will deliver your enemy into your hand, that you may do with him as you wish.’” Then David crept up secretly and cut off a corner of Saul’s robe.

BSB

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ASV

And the men of David said unto him, Behold, the day of which Jehovah said unto thee, Behold, I will deliver thine enemy into thy hand, and thou shalt do to him as it shall seem good unto thee. Then David arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul’s robe privily.

KJV

And the men of David said unto him, Behold the day of which the Lord said unto thee, Behold, I will deliver thine enemy into thine hand, that thou mayest do to him as it shall seem good unto thee. Then David arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul’s robe privily.

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Original language & word study

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיֹּאמְרוּ֩vai.yo.me.Ruand they saidH559 →
אַנְשֵׁ֨י'an.Shei[the] men ofH582 →
דָוִ֜דda.VidDavidH1732 →
אֵלָ֗יו'e.Lavto himH413 →
הִנֵּ֨הhi.Nehhere!H2009 →
הַיּ֜וֹםhai.Yomthe dayH3117 →
אֲֽשֶׁר־'asher-whichH834 →
אָמַ֧ר'a.Marhe saidH559 →
יְהוָ֣הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
אֵלֶ֗יךָ'e.Lei.khato youH413 →
הִנֵּ֨הhi.Nehhere!H2009 →
אָנֹכִ֜י'a.no.KhiIH595 →
נֹתֵ֤ןno.Ten[am] about to giveH5414 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
אֹֽיִבְךָ֙'o.ye.vei.khaenemy yourH341 →
בְּיָדֶ֔ךָbe.ya.De.khain hand yourH3027 →
וְעָשִׂ֣יתָve.'a.Si.taand you will doH6213 →
לּ֔וֹloto <the> him
כַּאֲשֶׁ֖רka.'a.Sherjust asH834 →
יִטַ֣בyi.Tavit will be goodH3190 →
בְּעֵינֶ֑יךָbe.'ei.Nei.khain view yourH5869 →
וַיָּ֣קָםvai.Ya.komand he aroseH6965 →
דָּוִ֗דda.VidDavidH1732 →
וַיִּכְרֹ֛תvai.yikh.Rotand he cut offH3772 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
כְּנַֽף־ke.naf-[the] skirt ofH3671 →
הַמְּעִ֥ילha.me.'Ilthe robeH4598 →
אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-whichH834 →
לְשָׁא֖וּלle.sha.'Ul[belonged] to SaulH7586 →
בַּלָּֽט׃ba.Latin <the> secrecyH3909 →

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1 Samuel 26:8–11Abishai said to David, “Today God has delivered your enemy into your hand. Now, therefore, please let me thrust the spear through him into the ground with one stroke. I will not need to strike him twice!”1 Samuel 26:23May the LORD repay every man for his righteousness and faithfulness. For the LORD delivered you into my hand today, but I would not stretch out my hand against the LORD’s anointed.1 Samuel 24:10Behold, this day you have seen with your own eyes that the LORD delivered you into my hand in the cave. I was told to kill you, but I spared you and said, ‘I will not lift my hand against my lord, since he is the LORD’s anointed.’1 Samuel 25:28–30Please forgive your servant’s offense, for the LORD will surely make a lasting dynasty for my lord, because he fights the LORD’s battles. May no evil be found in you as long as you live.Exodus 21:13If, however, he did not lie in wait, but God allowed it to happen, then I will appoint for you a place where he may flee.1 Samuel 26:8Abishai said to David, “Today God has delivered your enemy into your hand. Now, therefore, please let me thrust the spear through him into the ground with one stroke. I will not need to strike him twice!”1 Samuel 23:7When Saul was told that David had gone to Keilah, he said, “God has delivered him into my hand, for he has trapped himself by entering a town with gates and bars.”1 Samuel 24:18And you have shown this day how well you have dealt with me; for when the LORD delivered me into your hand, you did not kill me.1 Samuel 23:17saying, “Do not be afraid, for my father Saul will never lay a hand on you. And you will be king over Israel, and I will be your second-in-command. Even my father Saul knows this is true.”Job 31:31if the men of my house have not said, ‘Who is there who has not had his fill?’—2 Samuel 4:8They brought the head of Ish-bosheth to David at Hebron and said to the king, “Here is the head of Ish-bosheth son of Saul, your enemy who sought your life. Today the LORD has granted vengeance to my lord the king against Saul and his offspring.”Jeremiah 40:15Then Johanan son of Kareah spoke privately to Gedaliah at Mizpah. “Let me go and kill Ishmael son of Nethaniah,” he said. “No one will know it. Why should he take your life and scatter all the people of Judah who have gathered to you, so that the remnant of Judah would perish?”1 Samuel 26:12So David took the spear and water jug by Saul’s head, and they departed. No one saw them or knew about it, nor did anyone wake up; they all remained asleep, because a deep sleep from the LORD had fallen on them.2 Kings 6:21And when the king of Israel saw them, he asked Elisha, “My father, shall I kill them? Shall I kill them?”

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David Shows Saul How He Spared His Life — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
David Shows Saul How He Spared His Life — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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