Why then have you despised the Lord’s command by doing what I consider evil? You struck down Uriah the Hethite with the sword and took his wife as your own wife #– #you murdered him with the Ammonite’s sword.
1 Samuel 24:5 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Afterwards, David’s conscience bothered , him because he had cut off the corner of Saul’s robe. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And it came to pass afterward, that David's heart smote him, because he had cut off Saul's skirt. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Afterward, David's heart smote him because he had cut off Saul's skirt. American Standard Version (1901) And it came to pass afterward, that David’s heart smote him, because he had cut off Saul’s skirt. Common English Bible But immediately David felt horrible that he had cut off a corner of Saul’s robe. Catholic Public Domain Version 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 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. |
Why then have you despised the Lord’s command by doing what I consider evil? You struck down Uriah the Hethite with the sword and took his wife as your own wife #– #you murdered him with the Ammonite’s sword.
David’s conscience troubled him after he had taken a census of the troops. He said to the Lord, ‘I have sinned greatly in what I’ve done. Now, Lord, because I’ve been very foolish, please take away your servant’s guilt.’
because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before the Lord when you heard what I spoke against this place and against its inhabitants, that they would become a desolation and a curse, and because you have torn your clothes and wept before me, I myself have heard” #– #this is the Lord’s declaration.
Then Abishai said to David, ‘Today God has delivered your enemy to you. Let me thrust the spear through him into the ground just once. I won’t have to strike him twice! ’