Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The LORD look upon it, and repay it.
1 Samuel 24:15 - King James 2000 The LORD therefore be judge, and judge between me and you, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of your hand. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The LORD therefore be judge, and judge between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition May the Lord be judge and judge between me and you, and see and plead my cause, and deliver me out of your hands. [Ps. 142.] American Standard Version (1901) Jehovah therefore be judge, and give sentence between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thy hand. Common English Bible May the LORD be the judge and decide between you and me. May he see what has happened, argue my case, and vindicate me against you!” Catholic Public Domain Version Whom are you pursuing, O king of Israel? Whom are you pursuing? You are pursuing a dead dog, a single flea. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version After whom dost thou pursue? After a dead dog? After a flea? |
Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The LORD look upon it, and repay it.
[A Psalm of David.] Plead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.
Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
Hear, all you people; hearken, O earth, and all that is in it: and let the Lord GOD be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.
I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him, until he pleads my cause, and executes justice for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.
Therefore I 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 Israel and the children of Ammon.
And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
The LORD judge between me and you, and the LORD avenge me of you: but my hand shall not be upon you.
And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the LORD, that has pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and has kept his servant from evil: for the LORD has returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and talked with Abigail, to take her to be his wife.
Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth before the face of the LORD: for the king of Israel has come out to seek a flea, as when one does hunt a partridge in the mountains.
David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come indeed.