1 Samuel 24:14
After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.
1 Samuel 24:14 in other translations
| BSB | Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom are you pursuing? A dead dog? A flea? |
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| WEB | Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom do you pursue? A dead dog? A flea? |
| ASV | After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea. |
| YLT | ‘After whom hath the king of Israel come out? after whom art thou pursuing? --after a dead dog! after one flea! |
| DARBY | After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a single flea. |
| BBE | After whom has the king of Israel come out? for whom are you searching? for a dead dog, an insect. |
| Webster | After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea? |
What does 1 Samuel 24:14 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Samuel 24:8-15
8-15. David also arose ... and went out of the cave, and cried after Saul--The closeness of the precipitous cliffs, though divided by deep wadies, and the transparent purity of the air enable a person standing on one rock to hear distinctly the words uttered by a speaker standing on another (Jud 9:7). The expostulation of David, followed by the visible tokens he furnished of his cherishing no evil design against…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Samuel 24:8-15
David was falsely charged with seeking Saul's hurt; he shows Saul that God's providence had given him opportunity to do it. And it was upon a good principle that he refused to do it. He declares his fixed resolution never to be his own avenger. If men wrong us, God will right us, at farthest, in the judgment of the great day.
1 Samuel 24:14 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 1 Samuel 24:14
- 1 Samuel 26:20
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.
- 2 Samuel 9:8
And he bowed himself, and said, What is thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am?
- 1 Samuel 17:43
And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
- 2 Samuel 16:9
Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah unto the king, Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? let me go over, I pray thee, and take off his head.
- 2 Samuel 3:8
Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ish–bosheth, and said, Am I a dog’s head, which against Judah do shew kindness this day unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David, that thou chargest me to day with a fault concerning this woman?
- Judges 8:1-3
And the men of Ephraim said unto him, Why hast thou served us thus, that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with the Midianites? And they did chide with him sharply. And he said unto them, What have I done now in comparison of you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abi–ezer? God hath delivered into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison of you? Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that.
- 1 Kings 21:7
And Jezebel his wife said unto him, Dost thou now govern the kingdom of Israel? arise, and eat bread, and let thine heart be merry: I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.
- 2 Samuel 6:20
Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How glorious was the king of Israel to day, who uncovered himself to day in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovereth himself!
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Context
- 1 Samuel 24:13
As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
- 1 Samuel 24:14
After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.
- 1 Samuel 24:15
The Lord therefore be judge, and judge between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand.
1 Samuel 24:14 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Como dice el proverbio de los antiguos: De los impíos saldrá la impiedad: así que mi mano no será contra ti. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Comme dit le proverbe des anciens: Des méchants vient la méchanceté; mais ma main ne sera pas sur toi. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Wie der Spruch der Vorväter sagt: Von den Gesetzlosen kommt Gesetzlosigkeit; aber meine Hand soll nicht wider dich sein. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Sicut et in proverbio antiquo dicitur: Ab impiis egredietur impietas: manus ergo mea non sit in te. |