1 Samuel 26:18 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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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 have persecuted me without a cause; But my heart standeth in awe of thy words.

Psalm 35:7

For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, Without cause have they digged a pit for my soul.

Psalm 69:4

They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: They that would cut me off, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: Then I restored that which I took not away.

Jeremiah 37:18

Moreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, Wherein have I sinned against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye have put me in prison?

John 10:32

Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from the Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?

John 18:23

Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil: but if well, why smitest thou me?

John 8:46

Which of you convicteth me of sin? If I say truth, why do ye not believe me?

1 Samuel 17:29

And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause?

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 24:9

And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearkenest thou to men's words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?