Sarai said to Avram, *This wrong is your fault. I gave my handmaid into your bosom, and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes. The LORD judge between me and you.*
1 Samuel 24:12 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) The LORD judge between me and you, and the LORD avenge me of you; but my hand shall not be on you. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The LORD judge between me and thee, and the LORD avenge me of thee: but mine hand shall not be upon thee. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition May the Lord judge between me and you, and may the Lord avenge me upon you, but my hand shall not be upon you. American Standard Version (1901) Jehovah judge between me and thee, and Jehovah avenge me of thee; but my hand shall not be upon thee. Common English Bible May the LORD judge between me and you! May the LORD take vengeance on you for me, but I won’t lift a hand against you. Catholic Public Domain Version Moreover, see and know, O my father, the edge of your cloak in my hand. For though I cut off the top of your cloak, I was not willing to extend my hand against you. Turn your soul and see that there is no evil in my hand, nor any iniquity or sin against you. Yet you lie in wait for my life, so that you may take it away. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Moreover see and know, O my father, the hem of thy robe in my hand, that when I cut off the hem of thy robe I would not put out my hand against thee. Reflect, and see, that there is no evil in my hand, nor iniquity; neither have I sinned against thee: but thou liest in wait for my life, to take it away. |
Sarai said to Avram, *This wrong is your fault. I gave my handmaid into your bosom, and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes. The LORD judge between me and you.*
The God of Avraham, and the God of Nachor, the God of their father, judge between us.* Then Ya`akov swore by the fear of his father, Yitzchak.
even the God who executes vengeance for me, who brings down peoples under me,
Then the Spirit came on `Amasai, who was chief of the thirty, [and he said], *We are yours, David, and on your side, you son of Yishai: shalom, shalom be to you, and shalom be to your helpers; for your God helps you.* Then David received them, and made them captains of the band.
Vindicate me, God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation. Oh, deliver me from deceitful and wicked men.
LORD, you God to whom vengeance belongs, you God to whom vengeance belongs, shine forth.
Don't seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God's wrath. For it is written, *Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord.*
Who, when he was cursed, didn't curse back. When he suffered, didn't threaten, but committed himself to him who judges righteously;
They cried with a loud voice, saying, *How long, Master, the holy and true, until you judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?*
I therefore have not sinned against you, but you do me wrong to war against me: the LORD, the Judge, be judge this day between the children of Yisra'el and the children of `Ammon.
David fled from Nayot in Ramah, and came and said before Yonatan, *What have I done? What is my iniquity?* and *What is my sin before your father, that he seeks my life?*
The LORD therefore be judge, and give sentence between me and you, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of your hand.
The LORD will render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness; because the LORD delivered you into my hand today, and I wouldn't put forth my hand against the LORD's anointed.