4 If there be fifty just men in the city, shall they perish withal? and wilt thou not spare that place for the sake of the fifty just, if they be therein?
1 Samuel 23:10 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision 5 And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life. And David was in the desert of Ziph, in a wood. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then said David, O LORD God of Israel, thy servant hath certainly heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then David said, O Lord, the God of Israel, Your servant has surely heard that Saul intends to come and destroy the city of Keilah on my account. American Standard Version (1901) Then said David, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, thy servant hath surely heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake. Common English Bible Then David said, “LORD God of Israel, I, your servant, have heard that Saul plans on coming to Keilah and will destroy the town because of me. Catholic Public Domain Version And David said: "O Lord God of Israel, your servant has heard a report that Saul is planning to go to Keilah, so that he may overturn the city because of me. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And David said: O Lord God of Israel, thy servant hath heard a report, that Saul designeth to come to Ceila, to destroy the city for my sake. |
4 If there be fifty just men in the city, shall they perish withal? and wilt thou not spare that place for the sake of the fifty just, if they be therein?
1 And he said to him: As to the money which thou promisest, keep it for thyself: and as to the people, do with them as seemeth good to thee.
2 A man, that maketh haste to be rich, and envieth others, is ignorant that poverty shall come upon him.
And they told David, saying: Behold the Philistines fight against Ceila, and they rob the barns.
6 And Jonathan the son of Saul arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hands in God: and he said to him:
3 Then David and his men, who were about six hundred, arose, and departing from Ceila, wandered up and down uncertain where they should stay: and it was told Saul that David was fled from Ceila, and had escaped: wherefore he forbore to go out.
4 But David abode in the desert in strong holds, and he remained in a mountain of the desert of Ziph, in a woody hill. And Saul sought him always: but the Lord delivered him not into his hands.