1 Samuel 22 · Verse 8

1 Samuel 22:8

That all of you have conspired against me, and there is none that sheweth me that my son hath made a league with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you that is sorry for me, or sheweth unto me that my son hath stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?
1 Samuel 22:8, King James Version

1 Samuel 22:8 in other translations

BSBIs that why all of you have conspired against me? Not one of you told me that my own son had made a covenant with the son of Jesse. Not one of you has shown concern for me or revealed to me that my son has stirred up my own servant to lie in wait against me, as is the case today.”
WEBIs that why all of you have conspired against me, and there is no one who discloses to me when my son makes a treaty with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you who is sorry for me, or discloses to me that my son has stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as it is today?”
ASVthat all of you have conspired against me, and there is none that discloseth to me when my son maketh a league with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you that is sorry for me, or discloseth unto me that my son hath stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?
YLTfor ye have conspired all of you against me, and there is none uncovering mine ear about my son's covenanting with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you grieving for me, and uncovering mine ear, that my son hath raised up my servant against me, to lie in wait as at this day.'
DARBYthat all of you have conspired against me, and there is none that informs me when my son has made a covenant with the son of Jesse; and there is none of you that is sorry for me, or informs me that my son has stirred up my servant as a lier-in-wait against me, as at this day?
BBEThat all of you have made designs against me, and not one of you gave me word when my son made an agreement with the son of Jesse, and not one of you has pity for me or has made my eyes open to the fact that my servant has been moved by my son against me, as at this day?
WebsterThat all of you have conspired against me, and there is none that showeth me that my son hath made a league with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you that is sorry for me, or showeth to me that my son hath stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?

What does 1 Samuel 22:8 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Samuel 22:7-8

7-8. Hear now, ye Benjamites--This was an appeal to stimulate the patriotism or jealousy of his own tribe, from which he insinuated it was the design of David to transfer the kingdom to another. This address seems to have been made on hearing of David's return with his four hundred men to Judah. A dark suspicion had risen in the jealous mind of the king that Jonathan was aware of this movement, which he dreaded as a…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 8 There is none that showeth me - He conjectured that Jonathan had made a league with David to dethrone him, and he accuses them of disloyalty for not making the discovery of this unnatural treason. Now it was impossible for any of them to show what did not exist, no such league having ever been made between David and Jonathan.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Samuel 22:6-19

See the nature of jealous malice and its pitiful arts. Saul looks upon all about him as his enemies, because they do not just say as he says. In Ahimelech's answer to Saul we have the language of conscious innocence. But what wickedness will not the evil spirit hurry men to when he gets the dominion! Saul alleges that which was utterly false and unproved. But the most bloody tyrants have found instruments of their…

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1 Samuel 22:8 in the original Hebrew

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כִּי֩kiforH3588
קְשַׁרְתֶּ֨םke.shar.Temyou have conspiredH7194
כֻּלְּכֶ֜םku.le.Khemall of youH3605
עָלַ֗י'a.Laion meH5921
וְאֵין\־ve.'ein-and there notH369
גֹּלֶ֤הgo.Leh[is one who] opensH1540
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
אָזְנִי֙'a.ze.Niear myH241
בִּכְרָת\־bikh.rot-when madeH3772
בְּנִ֣יbe.Nison myH1121
עִם\־'im-withH5973
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son ofH1121
יִשַׁ֔יyi.ShaiJesseH3448
וְאֵין\־ve.'ein-and notH369
חֹלֶ֥הcho.Leh[was] feeling painH2470
מִכֶּ֛םmi.Kemany of <the> you
עָלַ֖י'a.Laion meH5921
וְגֹלֶ֣הve.go.Lehand openingH1540
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
אָזְנִ֑י'a.ze.Niear myH241
כִּ֣יkithatH3588
הֵקִים֩he.Kimhe has raised upH6965
בְּנִ֨יbe.Nison myH1121
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
עַבְדִּ֥י'av.Diservant myH5650
עָלַ֛י'a.Laion meH5921
לְאֹרֵ֖בle.'o.Revto an ambusherH693
כַּיּ֥וֹםkai.Yomas the dayH3117
הַזֶּֽה\׃\ \סha.Zeh<the> thisH2088

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Samuel 22:8

  • 1 Samuel 18:3

    Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.

  • 1 Samuel 23:21

    And Saul said, Blessed be ye of the Lord; for ye have compassion on me.

  • 1 Samuel 23:16-18

    And Jonathan Saul’s son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God. And he said unto him, Fear not: for the hand of Saul my father shall not find thee; and thou shalt be king over Israel, and I shall be next unto thee; and that also Saul my father knoweth. And they two made a covenant before the Lord: and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house.

  • 1 Samuel 20:8

    Therefore thou shalt deal kindly with thy servant; for thou hast brought thy servant into a covenant of the Lord with thee: notwithstanding, if there be in me iniquity, slay me thyself; for why shouldest thou bring me to thy father?

  • 1 Samuel 20:30-34

    Then Saul’s anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou son of the perverse rebellious woman, do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own confusion, and unto the confusion of thy mother’s nakedness? For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he shall surely die. And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him, Wherefore shall he be slain? what hath he done? And Saul cast a javelin at him to smite him: whereby Jonathan knew that it was determined of his father to slay David. …

  • 1 Samuel 20:13-17

    The Lord do so and much more to Jonathan: but if it please my father to do thee evil, then I will shew it thee, and send thee away, that thou mayest go in peace: and the Lord be with thee, as he hath been with my father. And thou shalt not only while yet I live shew me the kindness of the Lord, that I die not: But also thou shalt not cut off thy kindness from my house for ever: no, not when the Lord hath cut off the enemies of David every one from the face of the earth. So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, Let the Lord even require it at the hand of David’s enemies. …

  • 1 Samuel 20:42

    And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in the name of the Lord, saying, The Lord be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed for ever. And he arose and departed: and Jonathan went into the city.

  • Job 33:16

    Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction,

  • 1 Samuel 20:2

    And he said unto him, God forbid; thou shalt not die: behold, my father will do nothing either great or small, but that he will shew it me: and why should my father hide this thing from me? it is not so.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
sheweth me. Heb. uncovereth mine ear.
20:2; Job 33:16; *marg:
that my son.
18:3; 20:8,13-17,30-34,42; 23:16-18

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Context

  • 1 Samuel 22:7

    Then Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, ye Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, and make you all captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds;

  • 1 Samuel 22:8

    That all of you have conspired against me, and there is none that sheweth me that my son hath made a league with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you that is sorry for me, or sheweth unto me that my son hath stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?

  • 1 Samuel 22:9

    Then answered Doeg the Edomite, which was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.

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1 Samuel 22:8 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Que todos vosotros habéis conspirado contra mí, y no hay quien me descubra al oído como mi hijo ha hecho alianza con el hijo de Isaí, ni alguno de vosotros que se duela de mí, y me descubra como mi hijo ha levantado á mi siervo contra mí, para que me aceche, según hace hoy día?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
que vous ayez tous conspiré contre moi, et que personne ne m’avertisse quand mon fils fait alliance avec le fils d’Isaï, et que personne d’entre vous ne soit peiné pour moi et ne m’avertisse que mon fils a soulevé contre moi mon serviteur pour me dresser des embûches, comme il le fait aujourd’hui?
German
Elberfelder 1871
daß ihr euch alle wider mich verschworen habt, und keiner es meinem Ohr eröffnet, wenn mein Sohn einen Bund mit dem Sohne Isais gemacht hat, und keiner von euch sich kränkt meinethalben und es meinem Ohr eröffnet, daß mein Sohn meinen Knecht als Laurer wider mich aufgewiegelt hat, wie es an diesem Tage ist?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
quoniam conjurastis omnes adversum me, et non est qui mihi renuntiet, maxime cum et filius meus fœdus inierit cum filio Isai. Non est qui vicem meam doleat ex vobis, nec qui annuntiet mihi: eo quod suscitaverit filius meus servum meum adversum me, insidiantem mihi usque hodie.