“If you afflict my daughters, or if you take other wives besides my daughters, although no man is with us; see, Elohim is witness between you and me!”
1 Samuel 12:5 - The Scriptures 1998 So he said to them, “יהוה is witness against you, and His anointed is witness today, that you have found naught in my hand.” And they answered, “He is witness.” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he said unto them, The LORD is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found ought in my hand. And they answered, He is witness. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And Samuel said to them, The Lord is witness against you, and His anointed is witness this day, that you have not found anything in my hand. And they answered, He is witness. American Standard Version (1901) And he said unto them, Jehovah is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found aught in my hand. And they said, He is witness. Common English Bible Samuel replied, “The LORD and his anointed one are witnesses against you today that you haven’t found anything in my possession.” “Agreed,” they said. Catholic Public Domain Version And he said to them, "The Lord is a witness against you, and his Christ is a witness this day, that you have not found anything in my hand." And they said, "He is the witness." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he said to them: The Lord is witness against you; and his anointed is witness this day, that you have not found any thing in my hand. And they said: He is witness. |
“If you afflict my daughters, or if you take other wives besides my daughters, although no man is with us; see, Elohim is witness between you and me!”
You have examined my heart; You have visited me in the night; You have tried me – You find I have not schemed; My mouth would not transgress.
“If the theft is indeed found alive in his hand, whether it is an ox or donkey or sheep, he repays double.
Pilate said to Him, “What is truth?” And when he had said this, he went out again to the Yehuḏ
And there was a great uproar. And certain of the scribes of the party of Pharisees were earnestly contending, saying, “We find no evil in this man. And if a spirit or a messenger has spoken to him, let us not fight against Elohim.”
“And in this I exercise myself to have a clear conscience toward Elohim and men always.
“Or else let these themselves say if they found any wrongdoing in me while I stood before the council,
For I am not conscious of any matter against myself, yet I am not declared right by this, but He who judges me is יהוה.
For our boasting is this: the witness of our conscience that we behaved ourselves in the world in simplicity and sincerity of Elohim, not in fleshly wisdom but in the favour of Elohim, and much more toward you.
And they said, “You have not oppressed us or abused us, nor have you taken any bribe from anyone’s hand.”