1 Samuel 24:11 - The Scriptures 1998

¹¹ “And my father, see! Yea, see the corner of your robe in my hand! For in that I cut off the corner of your robe, and did not slay you, know and see that there is neither evil nor rebellion in my hand, and I have not sinned against you, while you are hunting my life to take it.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹¹ Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand: for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in mine hand, and I have not sinned against thee; yet thou huntest my soul to take it.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹¹ See, my father, see the skirt of your robe in my hand! Since I cut off the skirt of your robe and did not kill you, you know and see that there is no evil or treason in my hands. I have not sinned against you, yet you hunt my life to take it.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹¹ Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand; for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in my hand, and I have not sinned against thee, though thou huntest after my life to take it.

Common English Bible

¹¹ Look here, my protector! See the corner of your robe in my hand? I cut off the corner of your robe but didn’t kill you. So know now that I am not guilty of wrongdoing or rebellion. I haven’t wronged you, but you are hunting me down, trying to kill me.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹¹ Behold, this day your eyes have seen that the Lord has delivered you into my hand, in the cave. And I thought that I might kill you. But my eye has spared you. For I said: I will not extend my hand against my lord, for he is the Christ of the Lord.

1 Samuel 24:11 Cross References

2 Samuel 1:14

And Dawiḏ

2 Kings 5:13

And his servants came near and spoke to him, and said, “My father, if the prophet had spoken to you a great matter, would you not have done it? How much more then, when he says to you, ‘Wash, and be clean’?”

Job 10:16

If I lift it up high, you hunt me as a lion, and again You would show Yourself marvellous against me.

Psalm 119:161

Rulers have persecuted me without a cause, But at Your word my heart stood in awe.

Psalm 140:11

“Let not a slanderer be established in the earth; Let evil hunt the man of violence speedily.”

Psalm 35:7

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

Psalm 59:3

For look, they have lain in wait for my life; Mighty men assemble against me, For no transgression or sin of mine, O יהוה,

Psalm 7:5

Let the enemy pursue me and overtake my being, And trample my life to the ground, And lay my esteem in the dust. Selah.

Proverbs 15:1

A soft answer turns away wrath, But a harsh word stirs up displeasure.

Lamentations 4:18

They have hunted our steps From going in our streets. Our end was near, Our days were completed, For our end had come.

Ezekiel 13:18

“And you shall say, ‘This is what the Master יהוה  said, “Woe to the women sewing cushions for all joints of the hand, and to those making veils for the heads of people of every size, to hunt beings! You hunt the beings of My people, while you keep alive your own beings!

Micah 7:2

The kind one has perished from the earth, and there is no one straight among men. All of them lie in wait for blood, everyone hunts his brother with a net.

John 15:25

but...that the word might be filled which was written in their Torah, ‘They hated Me without a cause.’

1 Samuel 12:3

“Look, here I am. Witness against me before יהוה  and before His anointed: Whose ox have I taken, or whose donkey have I taken, or whom have I oppressed? Whom have I abused, or from whose hand have I received any bribe with which to blind my eyes? – then I restore it to you.”

1 Samuel 18:27

and Dawiḏ

1 Samuel 23:14

And Dawiḏ

1 Samuel 23:23

“So look, and learn all about the hiding places where he hides. And you shall come back to me with certainty, then I shall go with you. And it shall be, if he is in the land, that I shall search for him throughout all the clans of Yehuḏ

1 Samuel 25:28

“Please forgive the transgression of your female servant. For יהוה  is certainly making a steadfast house for my master, because my master fights the battles of יהוה, and evil is not found in you in all your days.

1 Samuel 26:18

And he said, “Why is this that my master is pursuing his servant? For what have I done, or what evil is in my hand?

1 Samuel 26:20

“And now, do not let my blood fall to the earth before the face of יהוה. For the sovereign of Yisra’ĕ

1 Samuel 26:23

“And let יהוה  reward every man for his righteousness and his trustworthiness, for this day יהוה  gave you into my hand, but I would not stretch out my hand against the anointed of יהוה.