1 Samuel 24:18 - The Scriptures 2009

¹⁸ “And you have shown today how you have done good to me, for when יהוה surrendered me into your hand you did not kill me.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ And thou hast shewed this day how that thou hast dealt well with me: forasmuch as when the LORD had delivered me into thine hand, thou killedst me not.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ You have declared today how you have dealt well with me; for when the Lord gave me into your hand, you did not kill me.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ And thou hast declared this day how that thou hast dealt well with me, forasmuch as when Jehovah had delivered me up into thy hand, thou killedst me not.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ Today you’ve told me the good you have done for me—how the LORD handed me over to you, but how you didn’t kill me.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ And he said to David: "You are more just than I am. For you have distributed good to me, but I have repaid evil to you.

1 Samuel 24:18 Cross References

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.

Psalm 31:8

And You have not shut me up into the hand of the enemy. You have set my feet in a large place.

1 Samuel 26:8

And Aḇishai said to Dawiḏ, “Elohim has surrendered your enemy into your hand this day. And now, please, let me strike him at once with the spear, right into the earth, and not a second time!”

1 Samuel 24:10

“See, this day your eyes have seen that יהוה gave you today into my hand in the cave, and one said to kill you. But my eye pardoned you, and I said, ‘I do not stretch out my hand against my master, for he is the anointed of יהוה.’

1 Samuel 23:12

And Dawiḏ said, “Are the landowners of Qe‛ilah going to surrender me and my men into the hand of Sha’ul?” And יהוה said, “They are going to surrender you.”

1 Samuel 23:7

And Sha’ul was informed that Dawiḏ had gone to Qe‛ilah. Then Sha’ul said, “Elohim has estranged him into my hand, for he has shut himself in by entering a town that has gates and bars.”

1 Samuel 24:19

“For if a man finds his enemy, shall he let him get away safely? And let יהוה reward you with good for what you have done to me today.

Genesis 38:26

And Yehuḏah examined and said, “She has been more righteous than I, because I did not give her to Shĕlah my son.” And he never knew her again.

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 25:22

For you are heaping coals of fire on his head, And יהוה rewards you.