Why have you despised the word of the Lord, to do what is evil in his sight? You have struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and have taken his wife to be your wife and have killed him with the sword of the Ammonites.
1 Samuel 24:5 - English Standard Version 2016 And afterward David’s heart struck him, because he had cut off a 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 have you despised the word of the Lord, to do what is evil in his sight? You have struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and have taken his wife to be your wife and have killed him with the sword of the Ammonites.
But David’s heart struck him after he had numbered the people. And David said to the Lord, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done. But now, O Lord, please take away the iniquity of your servant, for I have done very foolishly.”
because your heart was penitent, and you humbled yourself before the Lord, when you heard how I spoke against this place and against its inhabitants, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and you have torn your clothes and wept before me, I also have heard you, declares the Lord.
Kill them not, lest my people forget; make them totter by your power and bring them down, O Lord, our shield!
Then Abishai said to David, “God has given your enemy into your hand this day. Now please let me pin him to the earth with one stroke of the spear, and I will not strike him twice.”