1 Samuel 24:12 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹² The LORD judge between me and thee, and the LORD avenge me of thee: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² The LORD judge between me and thee, and the LORD avenge me of thee: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² May the Lord judge between me and you, and may the Lord avenge me upon you, but my hand shall not be upon you.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² Jehovah judge between me and thee, and Jehovah avenge me of thee; but my hand shall not be upon thee.

Common English Bible

¹² May the LORD judge between me and you! May the LORD take vengeance on you for me, but I won’t lift a hand against you.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² Moreover, see and know, O my father, the edge of your cloak in my hand. For though I cut off the top of your cloak, I was not willing to extend my hand against you. Turn your soul and see that there is no evil in my hand, nor any iniquity or sin against you. Yet you lie in wait for my life, so that you may take it away.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² Moreover see and know, O my father, the hem of thy robe in my hand, that when I cut off the hem of thy robe I would not put out my hand against thee. Reflect, and see, that there is no evil in my hand, nor iniquity; neither have I sinned against thee: but thou liest in wait for my life, to take it away.

1 Samuel 24:12 Cross References

Genesis 16:5

And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I gave my handmaid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee.

Genesis 31:53

The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the Fear of his father Isaac.

2 Samuel 22:48

Even the God that executeth vengeance for me, and bringeth down peoples under me,

1 Chronicles 12:18

Then the spirit came upon Amasai, who was chief of the thirty, and he said, Thine are we, David, and on thy side, thou son of Jesse: peace, peace be unto thee, and peace be to thine helpers; for thy God helpeth thee. Then David received them, and made them captains of the band.

Job 5:8

But as for me, I would seek unto God, And unto God would I commit my cause:

Psalm 35:1

Strive thou, O LORD, with them that strive with me: Fight thou against them that fight against me.

Psalm 43:1

Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.

Psalm 94:1

O LORD, thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, Thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, shine forth.

Romans 12:19

Avenge not yourselves, beloved, but give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance belongeth unto me; I will recompense, saith the Lord.

1 Peter 2:23

who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:

Revelation 6:10

and they cried with a great voice, saying, How long, O Master, the holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?

Judges 11:27

I therefore have not sinned against thee, but thou doest me wrong to war against me: the LORD, the Judge, be judge this day between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon.

1 Samuel 20:1

And David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, What have I done? what is mine iniquity? and what is my sin before thy father, that he seeketh my life?

1 Samuel 24:15

The LORD therefore be judge, and give sentence between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand.

1 Samuel 26:23

And the LORD shall render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness: forasmuch as the LORD delivered thee into my hand today, and I would not put forth mine hand against the LORD'S anointed.