1 Samuel 22:23
Abide thou with me, fear not: for he that seeketh my life seeketh thy life: but with me thou shalt be in safeguard.
1 Samuel 22:23 in other translations
| BSB | Stay with me; do not be afraid, for he who seeks your life is seeking mine as well. You will be safe with me.” |
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| WEB | Stay with me. Don’t be afraid, for he who seeks my life seeks your life. You will be safe with me.” |
| ASV | Abide thou with me, fear not; for he that seeketh my life seeketh thy life: for with me thou shalt be in safeguard. |
| YLT | dwell with me; fear not; for he who seeketh my life seeketh thy life; for a charge art thou with me.' |
| DARBY | Abide with me, fear not; for he that seeks my life seeks thy life; for with me thou art in safe keeping. |
| BBE | Keep here with me and have no fear; for he who has designs on my life has designs on yours: but with me you will be safe. |
| Webster | Abide thou with me, fear not: for he that seeketh my life seeketh thy life: but with me thou shalt be in safeguard. |
What does 1 Samuel 22:23 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Samuel 22:20-23
20-23. one of the sons of Ahimelech ... escaped--This was Abiathar, who repaired to David in the forest of Hareth, rescuing, with his own life, the high priest's vestments (1Sa 23:6, 9). On hearing his sad tale, David declared that he had dreaded such a fatal result from the malice and intriguing ambition of Doeg; and, accusing himself as having been the occasion of all the disaster to Abiathar's family, David…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Samuel 22:20-23
David greatly lamented the calamity. It is great trouble to a good man to find himself any way the cause of evil to others. He must have been much pained, when he considered that his falsehood was one cause of this fatal event. David speaks with assurance of his own safety, and promises that Abiathar should have his protection. With the Son of David, all who are his may be sure they shall be in safeguard, Psa 91:1…
1 Samuel 22:23 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 1 Samuel 22:23
- John 10:28-30
And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand. I and my Father are one.
- 1 Kings 2:26
And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to Anathoth, unto thine own fields; for thou art worthy of death: but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou barest the ark of the Lord God before David my father, and because thou hast been afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted.
- Hebrews 12:1-3
Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
- John 18:9
That the saying might be fulfilled, which he spake, Of them which thou gavest me have I lost none.
- John 15:20
Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.
- Matthew 24:9
Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake.
- John 17:12
While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.
- John 16:2-3
They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service. And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1Ki 2:26; Mt 24:9; Joh 15:20; 16:2,3; Heb 12:1-3
but with me.
Joh 10:28-30; 17:12; 18:9
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain
Context
- 1 Samuel 22:22
And David said unto Abiathar, I knew it that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul: I have occasioned the death of all the persons of thy father’s house.
- 1 Samuel 22:23
Abide thou with me, fear not: for he that seeketh my life seeketh thy life: but with me thou shalt be in safeguard.
1 Samuel 22:23 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Quédate conmigo, no temas: quien buscare mi vida, buscará también la tuya: bien que tú estarás conmigo guardado. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Demeure avec moi, ne crains point; car celui qui cherche ma vie, cherche ta vie, et près de moi tu seras bien gardé. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Bleibe bei mir, fürchte dich nicht; denn wer nach meiner Seele trachtet, trachtet nach deiner Seele; denn bei mir bist du wohlbewahrt. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Mane mecum: ne timeas: si quis quæsierit animam meam, quæret et animam tuam, mecumque servaberis. |