1 Samuel 24:16 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁶ When David had finished speaking these words to Saul, Saul said, “Is this your voice, my son David?” Saul lifted up his voice and wept.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ And it came to pass, when David had made an end of speaking these words unto Saul, that Saul said, Is this thy voice, my son David? And Saul lifted up his voice, and wept.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ When David had said this to Saul, Saul said, Is this your voice, my son David? And Saul lifted up his voice and wept.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ And it came to pass, when David had made an end of speaking these words unto Saul, that Saul said, Is this thy voice, my son David? And Saul lifted up his voice, and wept.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ As soon as David finished saying all this to Saul, Saul said, “David, my son, is that your voice?” Then he broke down in tears,

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ May the Lord be the judge, and may he judge between me and you. And may he see and judge my case, and rescue me from your hand."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ Be the Lord judge; and judge between me and thee; and see, and judge my cause; and deliver me out of thy hand.

1 Samuel 24:16 Cross References

Genesis 16:5

Then Sarai said to Abram, “May the wrong done to me be on you! I gave my slave to your embrace, and when she saw that she had conceived, she looked on me with contempt. May the Lord judge between you and me!”

Genesis 2:2

On the sixth day God finished the work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all the work that he had done.

Genesis 33:4

But Esau ran to meet him and embraced him and fell on his neck and kissed him, and they wept.

1 Chronicles 12:18

Then the spirit came upon Amasai, chief of the Thirty, and he said, “We are yours, O David, and with you, O son of Jesse! Peace, peace to you, and peace to the one who helps you! For your God is the one who helps you.” Then David received them and made them officers of his troops.

Job 6:25

How forceful are honest words! But your reproof, what does it reprove?

Psalm 119:154

Plead my cause and redeem me; give me life according to your promise.

Proverbs 15:1

A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

Proverbs 25:11

A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in a setting of silver.

Luke 21:15

for I will give you words and a wisdom that none of your opponents will be able to withstand or contradict.

Acts 6:10

But they could not withstand the wisdom and the Spirit with which he spoke.

Judges 11:27

It is not I who have sinned against you, but you are the one who does me wrong by making war on me. Let the Lord, who is judge, decide today for the Israelites or for the Ammonites.”

1 Samuel 26:17

Saul recognized David’s voice and said, “Is this your voice, my son David?” David said, “It is my voice, my lord, O king.”

1 Samuel 26:24

As your life was precious today in my sight, so may my life be precious in the sight of the Lord, and may he rescue me from all tribulation.”