1 Samuel 24:7
So David stayed his servants with these words, and suffered them not to rise against Saul. But Saul rose up out of the cave, and went on his way.
1 Samuel 24:7 in other translations
| BSB | With these words David restrained his men, and he did not let them rise up against Saul. Then Saul left the cave and went on his way. |
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| WEB | So David checked his men with these words, and didn’t allow them to rise against Saul. Saul rose up out of the cave, and went on his way. |
| ASV | So David checked his men with these words, and suffered them not to rise against Saul. And Saul rose up out of the cave, and went on his way. |
| YLT | And David subdueth his men by words, and hath not permitted them to rise against Saul; and Saul hath risen from the cave, and goeth on the way; |
| DARBY | And David checked his men with these words, and suffered them not to rise against Saul. And Saul rose up out of the cave, and went on his way. |
| BBE | So with these words David kept his servants back, and did not let them make an attack on Saul. And Saul got up and went on his way. |
| Webster | So David restrained his servants with these words, and suffered them not to rise against Saul. But Saul rose out of the cave, and went on his way. |
What does 1 Samuel 24:7 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…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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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 24:7 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 1 Samuel 24:7
- Psalms 7:4
If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)
- Matthew 5:44
But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
- Romans 12:17-21
Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men. If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men. Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord. Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. …
- 1 Samuel 25:33
And blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself with mine own hand.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Ps 7:4; Mt 5:44; Ro 12:17-21
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25:33
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Context
- 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 24:7
So David stayed his servants with these words, and suffered them not to rise against Saul. But Saul rose up out of the cave, and went on his way.
- 1 Samuel 24:8
David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried after Saul, saying, My lord the king. And when Saul looked behind him, David stooped with his face to the earth, and bowed himself.
1 Samuel 24:7 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y dijo á los suyos: Jehová me guarde de hacer tal cosa contra mi señor, el ungido de Jehová, que yo extienda mi mano contra él; porque es el ungido de Jehová. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et il dit à ses hommes: Loin de moi, de par l’ Éternel, que je fasse une telle chose à mon seigneur, à l’oint de l’ Éternel, que d’étendre ma main sur lui; car il est l’oint de l’ Éternel. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | und er sprach zu seinen Männern: Jehova lasse es fern von mir sein, daß ich so etwas an meinem Herrn, dem Gesalbten Jehovas, tun sollte, meine Hand gegen ihn auszustrecken! Denn er ist der Gesalbte Jehovas. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Dixitque ad viros suos: Propitius sit mihi Dominus, ne faciam hanc rem domino meo, christo Domini, ut mittam manum meam in eum: quia christus Domini est. |