1 Samuel 27:1 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

¹ Then Achis gave him Siceleg that day: for which reason Siceleg belongeth to the kings of Juda unto this day.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ BUT DAVID said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than that I should escape into the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will despair of seeking me any more within the borders of Israel, and I shall escape out of his hand.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me, to seek me any more in all the borders of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.

Common English Bible

¹ David thought, One day I will be destroyed by Saul’s power. The best thing for me to do is to escape to Philistine territory. Then Saul will give up looking for me in Israelite territory, and I will escape his power.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ And David said in his heart: "At some time, I will one day fall into the hands of Saul. Is it not better if I flee, and be saved in the land of the Philistines, so that Saul may despair and cease to seek me in all the parts of Israel? Therefore, I will flee away from his hands."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹ And David said in his heart: I shall one day or other fall into the hands of Saul. Is it not better for me to flee, and to be saved in the land of the Philistines, that Saul may despair of me, and cease to seek me in all the coasts of Israel? I will flee then out of his hands.

1 Samuel 27:1 Cross References

1 Kings 12:26

1 And he made temples in the high places, and priests of the lowest of the people, who were not of the sons of Levi.

1 Kings 12:28

3 And he went up to the altar, which he had built in Bethel, on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, which he had devised of his own heart: and he ordained a feast to the children of Israel, and went upon the altar to burn incense.

1 Kings 19:3

And he arose, and ate, and drank, and walked in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights, unto the mount of God, Horeb.

2 Chronicles 25:17

2 And Juda fell before Israel and they fled to their dwellings.

Psalm 116:11

8 I will pay my vows to the Lord in the sight of all his people:

Psalm 55:7

4 Who didst take sweetmeats together with me: in the house of God we walked with consent.

Exodus 14:12

5 And the Lord said to Moses: Why criest thou to me? Speak to the children of Israel to go forward.

Proverbs 13:12

9 The desire that is accomplished, delighteth the soul: fools hate them that flee from evil things.

Isaiah 51:12

0 Thy children are cast forth, they have slept at the head of all the ways, as the wild ox that is snared: full of the indignation of the Lord, of the rebuke of thy God.

Numbers 14:3

If the Lord be favourable, he will bring us into it, and give us a land flowing with milk and honey.

Matthew 14:31

But he answering, said to them: Why do you also transgress the commandment of God for your tradition? For God said:

Mark 4:40

And crying with a loud voice, he said: What have I to do with thee, Jesus the Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God that thou torment me not.

2 Corinthians 7:5

4 And if I have boasted any thing to him of you, I have not been put to shame; but as we have spoken all things to you in truth, so also our boasting that was made to Titus is found a truth.

1 Samuel 16:1

And when they were come in, he saw Eliab, and said: Is the Lord's anointed before him?

1 Samuel 16:13

8 And one of the servants answering, said: Behold I have seen a son of Isai the Bethlehemite, a skilful player, and one of great strength, and a man fit for war, and prudent in his words, and a comely person: and the Lord is with him.

1 Samuel 20:3

Deal mercifully then with thy servant: for thou hast brought me thy servant into a covenant of the Lord with thee. But if there be any iniquity in me, do thou kill me, and bring me not in to thy father.

1 Samuel 22:5

0 And he consulted the Lord for him, and gave him victuals, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.

1 Samuel 23:17

2 Go therefore, I pray you, and use all diligence, and curiously inquire, and consider the place where his foot is, and who hath seen him there: for he thinketh of me, that I lie craftily in wait for him.

1 Samuel 25:30

5 And David received at her hand all that she had brought him, and said to her: Go in peace into thy house, behold I have heard thy voice, and have honoured thy face.

1 Samuel 26:19

4 And as thy life hath been much set by this day in my eyes, so let my life be much set by in the eyes of the Lord, and let him deliver me from all distress.

1 Samuel 29:2

Return therefore, and go in peace, and offend not the eyes of the princes of the Philistines.

1 Samuel 29:3

And David said to Achis: But what have I done, and what hast thou found in me thy servant, from the day that I have been in thy sight until this day, that I may not go and fight against the enemies of my lord the king?