1 Samuel 26:20
Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth before the face of the LORD: for the king of Israel is come out to seek a flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains.
KJV
Et nunc non effundatur sanguis meus in terram coram Domino : quia egressus est rex Israël ut quærat pulicem unum, sicut persequitur perdix in montibus.
Vulgate
καὶ νῦν μὴ πέσοι τὸ αἷμά μου ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν ἐξ ἐναντίας προσώπου Κυρίου· ὅτι ἐξελήλυθεν ὁ βασιλεὺς Ἰσραὴλ ζητεῖν ψυχήν μου, καθὼς καταδιώκει ὁ νυκτικόραξ ἐν τοῖς ὄρεσιν.
LXX
Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth away from the presence of Jehovah: for the king of Israel is come out to seek a flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains.
ASV
וְ/עַתָּ֗ה אַל יִפֹּ֤ל דָּֽמִ/י֙ אַ֔רְצָ/ה מִ/נֶּ֖גֶד פְּנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה כִּֽי יָצָ֞א מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל לְ/בַקֵּשׁ֙ אֶת פַּרְעֹ֣שׁ אֶחָ֔ד כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֛ר יִרְדֹּ֥ף הַ/קֹּרֵ֖א בֶּ/הָרִֽים
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
20 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Sam 24:11 — Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand: for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in
- 1Sam 24:14 — After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.
- 1Sam 24:14 — After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.
- Jer 16:16 — Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith the LORD, and they shall fish them; and after will I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of th
- Ps 124:6 — Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.