If you ill-treat my daughters, or if you take wives in addition to my daughters, though no one else is with us, remember that God is witness between you and me.”
1 Samuel 12:5 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional He said to them, “The Lord is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that you have not found anything in my hand.” And they said, “He is witness.” Higit pang mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he said unto them, The LORD is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found ought in my hand. And they answered, He is witness. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And Samuel said to them, The Lord is witness against you, and His anointed is witness this day, that you have not found anything in my hand. And they answered, He is witness. American Standard Version (1901) And he said unto them, Jehovah is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found aught in my hand. And they said, He is witness. Common English Bible Samuel replied, “The LORD and his anointed one are witnesses against you today that you haven’t found anything in my possession.” “Agreed,” they said. Catholic Public Domain Version And he said to them, "The Lord is a witness against you, and his Christ is a witness this day, that you have not found anything in my hand." And they said, "He is the witness." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he said to them: The Lord is witness against you; and his anointed is witness this day, that you have not found any thing in my hand. And they said: He is witness. |
If you ill-treat my daughters, or if you take wives in addition to my daughters, though no one else is with us, remember that God is witness between you and me.”
Even now, in fact, my witness is in heaven, and he that vouches for me is on high.
After the Lord had spoken these words to Job, the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite: “My wrath is kindled against you and against your two friends; for you have not spoken of me what is right, as my servant Job has.
If you try my heart, if you visit me by night, if you test me, you will find no wickedness in me; my mouth does not transgress.
Pilate asked him, “What is truth?” After he had said this, he went out to the Jews again and told them, “I find no case against him.
Then a great clamor arose, and certain scribes of the Pharisees' group stood up and contended, “We find nothing wrong with this man. What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?”
Therefore I do my best always to have a clear conscience toward God and all people.
Or let these men here tell what crime they had found when I stood before the council,
I am not aware of anything against myself, but I am not thereby acquitted. It is the Lord who judges me.
Indeed, this is our boast, the testimony of our conscience: we have behaved in the world with frankness and godly sincerity, not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God—and all the more toward you.
They said, “You have not defrauded us or oppressed us or taken anything from the hand of anyone.”
But David said to Abishai, “Do not destroy him; for who can raise his hand against the Lord's anointed, and be guiltless?”