1 Samuel 24:9
And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou men’s words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?
KJV
Surrexit autem et David post eum : et egressus de spelunca, clamavit post tergum Saul, dicens : Domine mi rex. Et respexit Saul post se : et inclinans se David pronus in terram adoravit,
Vulgate
καὶ ἀνέστη Δαυεὶδ ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ ἐκ τοῦ σπηλαίου· καὶ ἐβόησεν Δαυεὶδ ὀπίσω Σαοὺλ λέγων Κύριε βασιλεῦ· καὶ ἐπέβλεψεν Σαοὺλ εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔκυψεν Δαυεὶδ ἐπὶ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν καὶ προσεκύνησεν αὐτῷ.
LXX
And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearkenest thou to men’s words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?
ASV
וַ/יָּ֨קָם דָּוִ֜ד אַחֲרֵי כֵ֗ן וַ/יֵּצֵא֙ מן ה/מערה מֵֽ/הַ/מְּעָרָ֔ה וַ/יִּקְרָ֧א אַֽחֲרֵי שָׁא֛וּל לֵ/אמֹ֖ר אֲדֹנִ֣/י הַ/מֶּ֑לֶךְ וַ/יַּבֵּ֤ט שָׁאוּל֙ אַֽחֲרָ֔י/ו וַ/יִּקֹּ֨ד דָּוִ֥ד אַפַּ֛יִם אַ֖רְצָ/ה וַ/יִּשְׁתָּֽחוּ
Hebrew
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In this verse
In the original Hebrew
17 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Sam 26:18 — And he said, Wherefore doth my lord thus pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in mine hand?
- Dan 6:22 — My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions’ mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.
- Eccl 7:21 — Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee:
- Prov 29:12 — If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked.
- Prov 30:10 — Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.
- Ps 35:11 — False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.
- Ps 64:6 — They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep.
- Ps 119:61 — The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not forgotten thy law.
- Ps 119:161 — Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.