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1 Samuel 24:7

So David stayed his servants with these words, and suffered them not to rise against Saul. But Saul rose up out of the cave, and went on his way.

KJV

Dixitque ad viros suos : Propitius sit mihi Dominus, ne faciam hanc rem domino meo, christo Domini, ut mittam manum meam in eum : quia christus Domini est.

Vulgate

καὶ εἶπεν Δαυεὶδ πρὸς τοὺς ἄνδρας αὐτοῦ Μηδαμῶς μοι παρὰ Κυρίου, εἰ ποιήσω τὸ ῥῆμα τοῦτο τῷ χριστῷ Κυρίου, ἐπενέγκαι χεῖρά μου ἐπ’ αὐτόν· ὅτι χριστὸς Κυρίου ἐστὶν οὗτος.

LXX

So David checked his men with these words, and suffered them not to rise against Saul. And Saul rose up out of the cave, and went on his way.

ASV

וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר לַ/אֲנָשָׁ֜י/ו חָלִ֧ילָ/ה לִּ֣/י מֵֽ/יהוָ֗ה אִם אֶעֱשֶׂה֩ אֶת הַ/דָּבָ֨ר הַ/זֶּ֤ה לַֽ/אדֹנִ/י֙ לִ/מְשִׁ֣יחַ יְהוָ֔ה לִ/שְׁלֹ֥חַ יָדִ֖/י בּ֑/וֹ כִּֽי מְשִׁ֥יחַ יְהוָ֖ה הֽוּא

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אִם
'm
conjunction · 1065×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
דְבַר
dbr
noun · 1449×
ה
h
pronoun · 21×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
וֹ
v
noun · 38×
זֶּֽה
zh
pronoun · 1173×
י
y
noun · 328×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
נִי
ny
verb · 838×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Matt 5:44 — But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
  • Ps 7:4 — If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)
  • Ps 7:4 — If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)