1 Samuel 24:9
And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou men’s words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?
1 Samuel 24:9 in other translations
| BSB | and said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of men who say, ‘Look, David intends to harm you’? |
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| WEB | David said to Saul, “Why do you listen to men’s words, saying, ‘Behold, David seeks to harm you’? |
| ASV | And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearkenest thou to men’s words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt? |
| YLT | And David saith to Saul, ‘Why dost thou hear the words of man, saying, Lo, David is seeking thine evil? |
| DARBY | And David said to Saul, Why dost thou listen to words of men, saying, Behold, David seeks thy hurt? |
| BBE | And David said to Saul, Why do you give any attention to those who say that it is my desire to do you wrong? |
| Webster | And David said to Saul, Why hearest thou men's words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt? |
What does 1 Samuel 24:9 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…
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 24:9 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 1 Samuel 24:9
- Ecclesiastes 7:21-22
Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee: For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.
- Proverbs 29:12
If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked.
- Psalms 101:5
Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.
- 1 Samuel 26:19
Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If the Lord have stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offering: but if they be the children of men, cursed be they before the Lord; for they have driven me out this day from abiding in the inheritance of the Lord, saying, Go, serve other gods.
- Proverbs 18:8
The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
- James 3:6
And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
- Proverbs 26:20-22
Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth. As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife. The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
- Proverbs 17:4
A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.
- Proverbs 25:23
The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.
- Proverbs 16:28
A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
- Proverbs 26:28
A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
- Leviticus 19:16
Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the Lord.
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Context
- 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 24:9
And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou men’s words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?
- 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.
1 Samuel 24:9 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | También David se levantó después, y saliendo de la cueva dió voces á las espaldas de Saúl, diciendo: ¡Mi señor el rey! Y como Saúl miró atrás, David inclinó su rostro á tierra, é hizo reverencia. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et après cela, David se leva, et sortit de la caverne, et cria après Saül, disant: Ô roi, mon seigneur! Et Saül regarda derrière lui, et David s’inclina le visage contre terre et se prosterna. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und nachher machte David sich auf, und er ging aus der Höhle hinaus und rief hinter Saul her und sprach: Mein Herr König! Und Saul blickte hinter sich, und David neigte sein Antlitz zur Erde und beugte sich nieder. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Surrexit autem et David post eum: et egressus de spelunca, clamavit post tergum Saul, dicens: Domine mi rex. Et respexit Saul post se: et inclinans se David pronus in terram adoravit, |