1 Samuel 26:18 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁸ And he added, “Why does my lord pursue his servant? For what have I done? What guilt is on my hands?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ And he said, Wherefore doth my lord thus pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in mine hand?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ And David said, Why does my lord thus pursue his servant? What have I done? Or what evil is in my hand [tonight]?

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ And he said, Wherefore doth my lord pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in my hand?

Common English Bible

¹⁸ Why,” David continued, “is my master chasing me, his servant? What have I done and what wrong am I guilty of?

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ And he said: "For what reason has my lord pursued his servant? What have I done? Or what evil is there in my hand?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁸ And he said: Wherefore doth my lord persecute his servant? What have I done? Or what evil is there in my hand?

1 Samuel 26:18 Cross References

Psalm 119:161

Princes persecute me without cause, but my heart stands in awe of your words.

Psalm 35:7

For without cause they hid their net for me; without cause they dug a pit for my life.

Psalm 69:4

More in number than the hairs of my head are those who hate me without cause; many are those who would destroy me, my enemies who accuse me falsely. What I did not steal, must I now restore?

Jeremiah 37:18

Jeremiah also said to King Zedekiah, “What wrong have I done to you or your servants or this people, that you have put me in prison?

John 10:32

Jesus replied, “I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these are you going to stone me?”

John 18:23

Jesus answered, “If I have spoken wrongly, testify to the wrong. But if I have spoken rightly, why do you strike me?”

John 8:46

Which of you convicts me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me?

1 Samuel 17:29

David said, “What have I done now? It was only a question.”

1 Samuel 20:1

David fled from Naioth in Ramah. He came before Jonathan and said, “What have I done? What is my guilt? And what is my sin against your father that he is trying to take my life?”

1 Samuel 24:9

David said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of those who say, ‘David seeks to do you harm’?