1 Samuel 24:5
And it came to pass afterward, that David’s heart smote him, because he had cut off Saul’s skirt.
1 Samuel 24:5 in other translations
| BSB | Afterward, David’s conscience was stricken because he had cut off the corner of Saul’s robe. |
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| WEB | Afterward, David’s heart struck him because he had cut off Saul’s skirt. |
| ASV | And it came to pass afterward, that David’s heart smote him, because he had cut off Saul’s skirt. |
| YLT | And it cometh to pass afterwards that the heart of David smiteth him, because that he hath cut off the skirt which is on Saul, |
| DARBY | And it came to pass afterwards that David's heart smote him, because he had cut off Saul's skirt. |
| BBE | And later, David was full of regret for cutting off Saul's skirt. |
| Webster | And it came to pass afterward, that David's heart smote him, because he had cut off Saul's skirt. |
What does 1 Samuel 24:5 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Samuel 24:4-7
4-7. the men of David said ... Behold the day of which the Lord said unto thee, Behold, I will deliver thine enemy into thine hand--God had never made any promise of delivering Saul into David's hand; but, from the general and repeated promises of the kingdom to him, they concluded that the king's death was to be effected by taking advantage of some such opportunity as the present. David steadily opposed the urgent…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Samuel 24:1-7
God delivered Saul into David's hand. It was an opportunity given to David to exercise faith and patience. He had a promise of the kingdom, but no command to slay the king. He reasons strongly, both with himself and with his men, against doing Saul any hurt. Sin is a thing which it becomes us to startle at, and to resist temptations thereto. He not only would not do this bad thing himself, but he would not suffer…
1 Samuel 24:5 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 1 Samuel 24:5
- 2 Samuel 24:10
And David’s heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said unto the Lord, I have sinned greatly in that I have done: and now, I beseech thee, O Lord, take away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.
- 2 Samuel 12:9
Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the Lord, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.
- 1 John 3:20-21
For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things. Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.
- 2 Kings 22:19
Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the Lord, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith the Lord.
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Context
- 1 Samuel 24:4
And the men of David said unto him, Behold the day of which the Lord said unto thee, Behold, I will deliver thine enemy into thine hand, that thou mayest do to him as it shall seem good unto thee. Then David arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul’s robe privily.
- 1 Samuel 24:5
And it came to pass afterward, that David’s heart smote him, because he had cut off Saul’s skirt.
- 1 Samuel 24:6
And he said unto his men, The Lord forbid that I should do this thing unto my master, the Lord’s anointed, to stretch forth mine hand against him, seeing he is the anointed of the Lord.
1 Samuel 24:5 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Entonces los de David le dijeron: He aquí el día de que te ha dicho Jehová: He aquí que entrego tu enemigo en tus manos, y harás con él como te pareciere. Y levantóse David, y calladamente cortó la orilla del manto de Saúl. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et les hommes de David lui dirent: Voici le jour dont l’ Éternel t’a dit: Voici, je livre ton ennemi en ta main, et tu lui feras comme il sera bon à tes yeux. Et David se leva et coupa secrètement le pan de la robe de Saül. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Da sprachen die Männer Davids zu ihm: Siehe, das ist der Tag, von welchem Jehova zu dir gesagt hat: Siehe, ich werde deinen Feind in deine Hand geben, und tue ihm, wie es gut ist in deinen Augen. Und David stand auf und schnitt heimlich einen Zipfel von dem Oberkleide Sauls ab. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et dixerunt servi David ad eum: Ecce dies de qua locutus est Dominus ad te: Ego tradam tibi inimicum tuum, ut facias ei sicut placuerit in oculis tuis. Surrexit ergo David, et præcidit oram chlamydis Saul silenter. |