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1 Samuel 26:21

Then Saul replied, “I have sinned. Come back, David my son. I will never harm you again, because today you considered my life precious. I have played the fool and have committed a grave error!”

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ASV

Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David; for I will no more do thee harm, because my life was precious in thine eyes this day: behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.

KJV

Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David: for I will no more do thee harm, because my soul was precious in thine eyes this day: behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.

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Original language & word study

23 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיֹּאמֶר֩vai.yo.Merand he saidH559 →
שָׁא֨וּלsha.'UlSaulH7586 →
חָטָ֜אתִיcha.Ta.tiI have sinnedH2398 →
שׁ֣וּבshuvreturnH7725 →
בְּנִֽי־be.ni-O son myH1121 →
דָוִ֗דda.VidDavidH1732 →
כִּ֠יkiforH3588 →
לֹֽא־lo'-notH3808 →
אָרַ֤ע'a.Ra'I will do harmH7489 →
לְךָ֙le.Khato <the> you
ע֔וֹדodagainH5750 →
תַּ֠חַתTa.chatbecauseH8478 →
אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherthatH834 →
יָקְרָ֥הya.ke.Rahit was preciousH3365 →
נַפְשִׁ֛יnaf.Shilife myH5315 →
בְּעֵינֶ֖יךָbe.'ei.Nei.khain view yourH5869 →
הַיּ֣וֹםhai.Yomthe dayH3117 →
הַזֶּ֑הha.Zeh<the> thisH2088 →
הִנֵּ֥הhi.Nehhere!H2009 →
הִסְכַּ֛לְתִּיhis.Kal.tiI have behaved foolishlyH5528 →
וָאֶשְׁגֶּ֖הva.'esh.Gehand I have gone astrayH7686 →
הַרְבֵּ֥הhar.BehgreatlyH7235 →
מְאֹֽד׃me.'OdveryH3966 →

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Romans 12:20On the contrary, “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink. For in so doing, you will heap burning coals on his head.”1 Samuel 24:17and said to David, “You are more righteous than I, for you have rewarded me with good, though I have rewarded you with evil.1 Samuel 15:24Then Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned; I have transgressed the LORD’s commandment and your instructions, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice.Exodus 9:27Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron. “This time I have sinned,” he said. “The LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.Matthew 27:4“I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” he said. “What is that to us?” they replied. “You bear the responsibility.”1 Samuel 15:30“I have sinned,” Saul replied. “Please honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel. Come back with me, so that I may worship the LORD your God.”Psalms 72:14He will redeem them from oppression and violence, for their blood is precious in his sight.1 Samuel 27:4And when Saul learned that David had fled to Gath, he no longer searched for him.Psalms 116:15Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of His saints.1 Samuel 26:24As surely as I valued your life today, so may the LORD value my life and rescue me from all trouble.”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.”1 Samuel 18:30Every time the Philistine commanders came out for battle, David was more successful than all of Saul’s officers, so that his name was highly esteemed.Psalms 49:8For the redemption of his soul is costly, and never can payment suffice,2 Kings 1:14Behold, fire has come down from heaven and consumed the first two captains of fifty, with all their men. But now may my life be precious in your sight.”2 Samuel 19:19and said, “My lord, do not hold me guilty, and do not remember your servant’s wrongdoing on the day my lord the king left Jerusalem. May the king not take it to heart.2 Samuel 24:10After David had numbered the troops, his conscience was stricken and he said to the LORD, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done. Now, O LORD, I beg You to take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”1 Chronicles 21:8Then David said to God, “I have sinned greatly because I have done this thing. Now I beg You to take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”Jeremiah 34:11but later they changed their minds and took back the menservants and maidservants they had freed, and they forced them to become slaves again.

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