“Y’all must not touch my anointed ones! Y’all must not harm my prophets!”
1 Samuel 24:10 - Y'all Version Bible Look! Today you have seen with your eyes that YHWH delivered you into my hand in the cave. Some urged me to kill you, but I spared you. I said, ‘I will not stretch out my hand against my lord, for he is YHWH’s anointed.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the LORD had delivered thee to day into mine hand in the cave: and some bade me kill thee: but mine eye spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth mine hand against my lord; for he is the LORD's anointed. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Behold, your eyes have seen how the Lord gave you today into my hands in the cave. Some told me to kill you, but I spared you; I said, I will not put forth my hand against my lord, for he is the Lord's anointed. American Standard Version (1901) Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that Jehovah had delivered thee to-day into my hand in the cave: and some bade me kill thee; but mine eye spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth my hand against my lord; for he is Jehovah’s anointed. Common English Bible Look! Today your own eyes have seen that the LORD handed you over to me in the cave. But I refused to kill you. I spared you, saying, ‘I won’t lift a hand against my master because he is the LORD’s anointed.’ Catholic Public Domain Version And he said to Saul: "Why do you listen to the words of men who say: 'David seeks evil against you?' Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And said to Saul: Why dost thou hear the words of men that say, David seeketh thy hurt? |
“Y’all must not touch my anointed ones! Y’all must not harm my prophets!”
For the scepter of wickedness won’t remain over the allotment of the righteous, so that the righteous won’t use their hands to do evil.
YHWH, my God, if I have done this, if there is injustice on my hands,
if I have repaid evil to one who was at peace with me or helped my enemy in vain,
but not if it is unintentional, but God allows it to happen, then I will appoint you a place where he may flee.
Slanderous men have been in you to shed blood. In you they have eaten on the mountains. They have committed lewdness among you.
“‘You must not go around as a slanderer among your people. “‘You must not endanger the blood of your neighbor. I am YHWH.
David’s men said to him, “Look, this is the day about which YHWH said to you, ‘I will deliver your enemy into your hand, and you will do to him as it seems good to you.’” Then David arose and cut off the skirt of Saul’s robe secretly.
David said to Saul, “Why do you listen to men’s words, saying, ‘See, David seeks to harm you’?