1 Samuel 24:5 - The Scriptures 2009

⁵ And it came to be afterward that the heart of Dawiḏ struck him because he had cut the robe of Sha’ul.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ And it came to pass afterward, that David's heart smote him, because he had cut off Saul's skirt.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ Afterward, David's heart smote him because he had cut off Saul's skirt.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ And it came to pass afterward, that David’s heart smote him, because he had cut off Saul’s skirt.

Common English Bible

⁵ But immediately David felt horrible that he had cut off a corner of Saul’s robe.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ And the servants of David said to him: "Behold the day, about which the Lord said to you, 'I will deliver your enemy to you, so that you may do to him as it will be pleasing in your eyes.' " Then David rose up, and he quietly cut off the edge of Saul's cloak.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵ And the servants of David said to him: Behold the day, of which the Lord said to thee: I will deliver thy enemy unto thee, that thou mayest do to him as it shall seem good in thy eyes. Then David arose, and secretly cut off the hem of Saul's robe.

1 Samuel 24:5 Cross References

2 Samuel 12:9

Why have you despised the Word of יהוה to do evil in His eyes? You have struck Uriyah the Ḥittite with the sword, and his wife you took to be your wife, and you have killed him with the sword of the children of Ammon.

2 Samuel 24:10

And the heart of Dawiḏ struck him after he had numbered the people. And Dawiḏ said to יהוה, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done. But now, I pray, O יהוה, take away the crookedness of Your servant, for I have done very foolishly.”

2 Kings 22:19

because your heart was tender, and you humbled yourself before יהוה when you heard what I spoke against this place and against its inhabitants, that they would become a ruin and a curse, and did tare your garments and wept before Me, I also have heard,” declares יהוה.

Psalm 59:11

Do not kill them, lest my people forget; Scatter them by Your power, And bring them down, O יהוה our shield.

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!”