1 Samuel 26:23 BSB — MannaFest

1 Samuel 26:23

May 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.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And Jehovah will render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness; forasmuch as Jehovah delivered thee into my hand to-day, and I would not put forth my hand against Jehovah’s anointed.

KJV

The Lord render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness: for the Lord delivered thee into my hand to day, but I would not stretch forth mine hand against the Lord’s anointed.

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Commentary

2 voices

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Saul gets information of David's movements and acts offensively. The Ziphites came to him and told him where David now was, in the same place where he was when they formerly betrayed him, ch. xxiii. Perhaps (though it is not mentioned) Saul had given them intimation, under-hand, that he continued his design against David, and would be glad of their assistance.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

He appeals to God as judge of the controversy: The Lord render to every man his righteousness. David, by faith, is sure that he will do it because he infallibly knows the true characters of all persons and actions and is inflexibly just to render to every man according to his work, and, by prayer, he desires he would do it.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַֽיהוָה֙	va.Yah.weh	and Yahweh	H3068 →
יָשִׁ֣יב	ya.Shiv	he will return	H7725 →
לָאִ֔ישׁ	la.'Ish	to <the> everyone	H376 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
צִדְקָת֖וֹ	tzid.ka.To	righteousness his	H6666 →
וְאֶת־	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
אֱמֻנָת֑וֹ	'e.mu.na.To	faithfulness his	H530 →
אֲשֶׁר֩	'a.Sher	that	H834 →
נְתָנְךָ֨	ne.ta.ne.Kha	he gave you	H5414 →
יְהוָ֤ה׀	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
הַיּוֹם֙	hai.yOm	this day	H3117 →
בְּיָ֔ד	be.Yad	in a hand	H3027 →
וְלֹ֣א	ve.Lo'	and not	H3808 →
אָבִ֔יתִי	'a.Vi.ti	I was willing	H14 →
לִשְׁלֹ֥חַ	lish.Lo.ach	to stretch out	H7971 →
יָדִ֖י	ya.Di	hand my	H3027 →
בִּמְשִׁ֥יחַ	bim.Shi.ach	on [the] [one] anointed of	H4899 →
יְהוָֽה׃	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 62:12
and loving devotion to You, O Lord. For You will repay each man according to his deeds.
leads to
- Matthew 16:27
  For the Son of Man will come in His Father’s glory with His angels, and then He will repay each one according to what he has done.
- Job 34:11
  For according to a man’s deeds He repays him; according to a man’s ways He brings consequences.
- 2 Corinthians 5:10
  For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive his due for the things done in the body, whether good or bad.
- Romans 2:6
  God “will repay each one according to his deeds.”
- Psalms 103:8
  The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion.
Through
1 Samuel 26:9
But David said to Abishai, “Do not destroy him, for who can lift a hand against the LORD’s anointed and be guiltless?”
leads to
- 2 Samuel 1:14
  So David asked him, “Why were you not afraid to lift your hand to destroy the LORD’s anointed?”
- Psalms 105:15
  “Do not touch My anointed ones! Do no harm to My prophets!”
- 2 Samuel 1:16
  For David had said to the Amalekite, “Your blood be on your own head because your own mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I killed the LORD’s anointed.’”

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About 1 Samuel

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About 1 Samuel