1 Samuel 24:5 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁵ Afterward David was stricken to the heart because he had cut off a corner of Saul’s cloak.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ And it came to pass afterward, that David's heart smote him, because he had cut off Saul's skirt.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ Afterward, David's heart smote him because he had cut off Saul's skirt.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ And it came to pass afterward, that David’s heart smote him, because he had cut off Saul’s skirt.

Common English Bible

⁵ But immediately David felt horrible that he had cut off a corner of Saul’s robe.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ And the servants of David said to him: "Behold the day, about which the Lord said to you, 'I will deliver your enemy to you, so that you may do to him as it will be pleasing in your eyes.' " Then David rose up, and he quietly cut off the edge of Saul's cloak.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵ And the servants of David said to him: Behold the day, of which the Lord said to thee: I will deliver thy enemy unto thee, that thou mayest do to him as it shall seem good in thy eyes. Then David arose, and secretly cut off the hem of Saul's robe.

1 Samuel 24:5 Cross References

2 Samuel 12:9

Why have you despised the word of the Lord, to do what is evil in his sight? You have struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and have taken his wife to be your wife and have killed him with the sword of the Ammonites.

2 Samuel 24:10

But afterward, David was stricken to the heart because he had numbered the people. David said to the Lord, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done. But now, O Lord, I pray you, take away the guilt of your servant, for I have done very foolishly.”

2 Kings 22:19

because your heart was penitent and you humbled yourself before the Lord, when you heard how I spoke against this place and against its inhabitants, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and because you have torn your clothes and wept before me, I also have heard you, says the Lord.

Psalm 59:11

Do not kill them, or my people may forget; make them totter by your power and bring them down, O Lord, our shield.

1 Samuel 26:8

Abishai said to David, “God has given your enemy into your hand today; now, therefore, let me pin him to the ground with one stroke of the spear; I will not strike him twice.”