David said to him, “How is it you were not afraid to put out your hand to destroy the Lord’s anointed?”
1 Samuel 26:9 - English Standard Version 2016 But David said to Abishai, “Do not destroy him, for who can put out his hand against the Lord’s anointed and be guiltless?” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch forth his hand against the LORD's anointed, and be guiltless? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition David said to Abishai, Do not destroy him; for who can raise his hand against the Lord's anointed and be guiltless? American Standard Version (1901) And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not; for who can put forth his hand against Jehovah’s anointed, and be guiltless? Common English Bible But David said to Abishai, “Don’t kill him! No one can lift a hand against the LORD’s anointed and go unpunished. Catholic Public Domain Version And David said to Abishai: "You shall not kill him. For who may extend his hand against the Christ of the Lord, and yet be innocent?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And David said to Abisai: Kill him not. For who shall put forth his hand against the Lord's anointed, and shall be guiltless? |
David said to him, “How is it you were not afraid to put out your hand to destroy the Lord’s anointed?”
And David said to him, “Your blood be on your head, for your own mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I have killed the Lord’s anointed.’”
But David said, “What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah, that you should this day be as an adversary to me? Shall anyone be put to death in Israel this day? For do I not know that I am this day king over Israel?”
With regard to the works of man, by the word of your lips I have avoided the ways of the violent.
Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me, for in you my soul takes refuge; in the shadow of your wings I will take refuge, till the storms of destruction pass by.
if I have repaid my friend with evil or plundered my enemy without cause,
Then Samuel took a flask of oil and poured it on his head and kissed him and said, “Has not the Lord anointed you to be prince over his people Israel? And you shall reign over the people of the Lord and you will save them from the hand of their surrounding enemies. And this shall be the sign to you that the Lord has anointed you to be prince over his heritage.
Here I am; testify against me before the Lord and before his anointed. Whose ox have I taken? Or whose donkey have I taken? Or whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed? Or from whose hand have I taken a bribe to blind my eyes with it? Testify against me and I will restore it to you.”
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.”