1 Samuel 24 · Verse 18

1 Samuel 24:18

And thou hast shewed this day how that thou hast dealt well with me: forasmuch as when the Lord had delivered me into thine hand, thou killedst me not.
1 Samuel 24:18, King James Version

1 Samuel 24:18 in other translations

BSBAnd you have shown this day how well you have dealt with me; for when the LORD delivered me into your hand, you did not kill me.
WEBYou have declared today how you have dealt well with me, because when the LORD had delivered me up into your hand, you didn’t kill me.
ASVAnd thou hast declared this day how that thou hast dealt well with me, forasmuch as when Jehovah had delivered me up into thy hand, thou killedst me not.
YLTand thou hast declared to-day how that thou hast done good with me, how that Jehovah shut me up into thy hand, and thou didst not slay me,
DARBYAnd thou hast shewed this day how that thou hast dealt well with me, forasmuch as when Jehovah had delivered me up into thy hand, thou didst not kill me.
BBEAnd you have made clear to me how good you have been to me today: because, when the Lord gave me up into your hands, you did not put me to death.
WebsterAnd thou hast showed this day how thou hast dealt with me; forasmuch as when the LORD had delivered me into thy hand, thou didst not kill me.

What does 1 Samuel 24:18 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Samuel 24:16-22

Saul speaks as quite overcome with David's kindness. Many mourn for their sins, who do not truly repent of them; weep bitterly for them, yet continue in love and in league with them. Now God made good to David that word on which he had caused him to hope, that he would bring forth his righteousness as the light, Psa 37:6. Those who take care to keep a good conscience, may leave it to God to secure them the credit of…

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1 Samuel 24:18 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְאַתָּה֙ve.'atand youH859
הִגַּ֣דְתָּhi.Gad.tayou have toldH5046
הַיּ֔וֹםhai.Yomthis dayH3117
אֵ֛ת'et<obj.>H853
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-this:H834
עָשִׂ֥יתָה'a.Si.tahyou have doneH6213
אִתִּ֖י'i.Tiwith meH854
טוֹבָ֑הto.VahgoodH2896
אֵת֩'et<obj.>H853
אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.Sher[and] this:H834
סִגְּרַ֧נִיsi.ge.Ra.nihe delivered up meH5462
יְהוָ֛הYah.wehYahwehH3068
בְּיָדְךָ֖be.ya.de.Khain hand yourH3027
וְלֹ֥אve.Lo'and notH3808
הֲרַגְתָּֽנִי\׃ha.rag.Ta.niyou killed meH2026

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

Cross references for 1 Samuel 24:18

  • 1 Samuel 26:23

    The Lord render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness: for the Lord delivered thee into my hand to day, but I would not stretch forth mine hand against the Lord’s anointed.

  • 1 Samuel 23:12

    Then said David, Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul? And the Lord said, They will deliver thee up.

  • 1 Samuel 23:7

    And it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah. And Saul said, God hath delivered him into mine hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that hath gates and bars.

  • 1 Samuel 26:8

    Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered thine enemy into thine hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear even to the earth at once, and I will not smite him the second time.

  • 1 Samuel 24:10

    Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the Lord had delivered thee to day into mine hand in the cave: and some bade me kill thee: but mine eye spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth mine hand against my lord; for he is the Lord’s anointed.

  • Psalms 31:8

    And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Lord.
10; 23:7; 26:23
delivered me. Heb. shut me up.
23:12; 26:8; *margins
Ps 31:8

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Context

  • 1 Samuel 24:17

    And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I: for thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil.

  • 1 Samuel 24:18

    And thou hast shewed this day how that thou hast dealt well with me: forasmuch as when the Lord had delivered me into thine hand, thou killedst me not.

  • 1 Samuel 24:19

    For if a man find his enemy, will he let him go well away? wherefore the Lord reward thee good for that thou hast done unto me this day.

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1 Samuel 24:18 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y dijo á David: Más justo eres tú que yo, que me has pagado con bien, habiéndote yo pagado con mal.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et il dit à David: Tu es plus juste que moi, car toi tu m’as rendu le bien, et moi je t’ai rendu le mal;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und er sprach zu David: Du bist gerechter als ich. Denn du hast mir Gutes erzeigt, ich aber habe dir Böses erzeigt;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		dixitque ad David: Justior tu es quam ego: tu enim tribuisti mihi bona, ego autem reddidi tibi mala.