1 Samuel 26:16
This thing is not good that thou hast done. As the LORD liveth, ye are worthy to die, because ye have not kept your master, the LORD’s anointed. And now see where the king’s spear is, and the cruse of water that was at his bolster.
KJV
Non est bonum hoc, quod fecisti : vivit Dominus, quoniam filii mortis estis vos, qui non custodistis dominum vestrum, christum Domini : nunc ergo vide ubi sit hasta regis, et ubi sit scyphus aquæ qui erat ad caput ejus.
Vulgate
καὶ οὐκ ἀγαθὸν τὸ ῥῆμα τοῦτο ὃ πεποίηκας· ζῇ Κύριος, ὅτι υἱοὶ θανατώσεως ὑμεῖς οἱ φυλάσσοντες τὸν βασιλέα κύριον ὑμῶν τὸν χριστὸν Κυρίου· καὶ νῦν ἴδε δὴ τὸ δόρυ τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ ὁ φακὸς τοῦ ὕδατος, ποῦ ἐστιν τὰ πρὸς κεφαλῆς αὐτοῦ.
LXX
This thing is not good that thou hast done. As Jehovah liveth, ye are worthy to die, because ye have not kept watch over your lord, Jehovah’s anointed. And now see where the king’s spear is, and the cruse of water that was at his head.
ASV
לֹא ט֞וֹב הַ/דָּבָ֣ר הַ/זֶּה֮ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשִׂיתָ֒ חַי יְהוָ֗ה כִּ֤י בְנֵי מָ֨וֶת֙ אַתֶּ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֧ר לֹֽא שְׁמַרְתֶּ֛ם עַל אֲדֹנֵי/כֶ֖ם עַל מְשִׁ֣יחַ יְהוָ֑ה וְ/עַתָּ֣ה רְאֵ֗ה אֵֽי חֲנִ֥ית הַ/מֶּ֛לֶךְ וְ/אֶת צַפַּ֥חַת הַ/מַּ֖יִם אֲשֶׁ֥ר מראשת/ו מְרַאֲשֹׁתָֽי/ו
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
25 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
2. What then ought they to have done after this? Ought they not to have held their peace, and to have commended the saying? Ought they not to have marvelled at His wisdom? Ought they not to have stood amazed at His accordance with the Father? But none of these things do they, but as though they were contending for the law, they say, How then did Moses command to give a writing …
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 2:26 — And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to Anathoth, unto thine own fields; for thou art worthy of death: but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou barest the ark of the
- 1Sam 20:31 — For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he shall surely die.
- 1Sam 26:9 — And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch forth his hand against the LORD’s anointed, and be guiltless?
- 1Sam 26:11 — The LORD forbid that I should stretch forth mine hand against the LORD’s anointed: but, I pray thee, take thou now the spear that is at his bolster, and the cruse of water, and let us go.
- 2Sam 12:5 — And David’s anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he said to Nathan, As the LORD liveth, the man that hath done this thing shall surely die:
- 2Sam 12:5 — And David’s anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he said to Nathan, As the LORD liveth, the man that hath done this thing shall surely die:
- 2Sam 19:28 — For all of my father’s house were but dead men before my lord the king: yet didst thou set thy servant among them that did eat at thine own table. What right therefore have I yet to cry any more unto
- Eph 2:3 — Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
- Ps 79:11 — Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die;
- Ps 102:20 — To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;