1 Samuel 26:20 - The Scriptures 1998

²⁰ “And now, do not let my blood fall to the earth before the face of יהוה. For the sovereign of Yisra’ĕ

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth before the face of the LORD: for the king of Israel is come out to seek a flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth away from the presence of the Lord; for the king of Israel is come out to seek one flea, as when one hunts a partridge in the mountains.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth away from the presence of Jehovah: for the king of Israel is come out to seek a flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains.

Common English Bible

²⁰ Don’t let my blood spill on the ground apart from the LORD’s presence, because the king of Israel has come out looking for a single flea like someone hunting a partridge in the mountains.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ And now, let not my blood be poured out upon the earth before the Lord. For the king of Israel has gone out, so that he might seek a flea, just as the partridge is pursued amid the mountains."

1 Samuel 26:20 Cross References

Jeremiah 16:16

“See, I am sending for many fishermen,” declares יהוה, “and they shall fish them. And after that I shall send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain and every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.

Lamentations 3:52

My enemies hunted me down Like a bird, without cause.

Matthew 26:47

And while He was still speaking, see, Yehuḏ

Matthew 26:55

In that hour יהושע  said to the crowds, “Have you come out, as against a robber, with swords and clubs to arrest Me? Daily I sat with you, teaching in the Set-apart Place, and you did not seize Me.

1 Samuel 2:9

“He guards the feet of His kind ones, but the wrong are silent in darkness, for man does not become mighty by power.

1 Samuel 24:11

“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.

1 Samuel 24:14

“After whom has the sovereign of Yisra’ĕ

1 Samuel 24:15

“And יהוה  shall be judge, and rightly rule between you and me, and see and plead my case, and rightly rule me out of your hand.”

1 Samuel 25:29

“And if a man rises to pursue you and seek your life, and the life of my master has been bound in the bundle of the living with יהוה  your Elohim, then the lives of your enemies He shall sling out, as from the pocket of a sling.