1 Samuel 26:20 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

²⁰ So don’t let my blood fall to the ground far from the Lord’s presence, for the king of Israel has come out to search for a single flea,  like one who pursues a partridge in the mountains.’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth before the face of the LORD: for the king of Israel is come out to seek a flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth away from the presence of the Lord; for the king of Israel is come out to seek one flea, as when one hunts a partridge in the mountains.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth away from the presence of Jehovah: for the king of Israel is come out to seek a flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains.

Common English Bible

²⁰ Don’t let my blood spill on the ground apart from the LORD’s presence, because the king of Israel has come out looking for a single flea like someone hunting a partridge in the mountains.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ And now, let not my blood be poured out upon the earth before the Lord. For the king of Israel has gone out, so that he might seek a flea, just as the partridge is pursued amid the mountains."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁰ And now let not my blood be shed upon the earth before the Lord: for the king of Israel is come out to seek a flea, as the partridge is hunted in the mountains.

1 Samuel 26:20 Tagairtí Cros

Jeremiah 16:16

‘I am about to send for many fishermen’   #– #this is the Lord’s declaration #– #‘and they will fish for them. Then I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt them down on every mountain and hill and out of the clefts of the rocks,

Lamentations 3:52

For no reason, my enemies hunted me like a bird.

Matthew 26:47

While he was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, suddenly arrived.  A large mob with swords and clubs was with him from the chief priests and elders of the people.

Matthew 26:55

At that time Jesus said to the crowds, ‘Have you come out with swords and clubs, as if I were a criminal,   to capture me? Every day I used to sit, teaching in the temple, and you didn’t arrest me.

1 Samuel 2:9

He guards the steps  of his faithful ones, but the wicked perish in darkness, for a person does not prevail by his own strength.

1 Samuel 24:11

Look, my father!  Look at the corner of your robe in my hand, for I cut it off, but I didn’t kill you. Recognise  that I’ve committed no crime or rebellion. I haven’t sinned against you even though you are hunting me down to take my life.

1 Samuel 24:14

Who has the king of Israel come after? What are you chasing after? A dead dog? A single flea?

1 Samuel 24:15

May the Lord be judge and decide between you and me. May he take notice and plead my case and deliver  me from you.’

1 Samuel 25:29

‘Someone is pursuing you and intends to take your life. My lord’s life is tucked safely in the place  where the Lord your God protects the living, but he is flinging away your enemies’ lives like stones from a sling.