1 Samuel 26 · Verse 19

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.
1 Samuel 26:19, King James Version

1 Samuel 26:19 in other translations

BSBNow please, may my lord the king hear the words of his servant: If the LORD has stirred you up against me, then may He accept an offering. But if men have done it, may they be cursed in the presence of the LORD! For today they have driven me away from sharing in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods.’
WEBNow therefore, please let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If it is so that the LORD has stirred you up against me, let him accept an offering. But if it is the children of men, they are cursed before the LORD; for they have driven me out today that I shouldn’t cling to the LORD’s inheritance, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods!’
ASVNow therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If it be Jehovah that hath stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offering: but if it be the children of men, cursed be they before Jehovah; for they have driven me out this day that I should not cleave unto the inheritance of Jehovah, saying, Go, serve other gods.
YLTAnd, now, let, I pray thee, my lord the king hear the words of his servant: if Jehovah hath moved thee against me, let Him accept a present; and if the sons of men--cursed are they before Jehovah, for they have cast me out to-day from being admitted into the inheritance of Jehovah, saying, Go, serve other gods.
DARBYAnd now, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If Jehovah have moved thee against me, let him accept an oblation; but if the sons of men, cursed be they before Jehovah; for they have driven me out this day from adhering to the inheritance of Jehovah, saying, Go, serve othergods.
BBELet my lord the king give ear now to the words of his servant. If it is the Lord who is moving you against me, let him take an offering: but if it is the children of men, may they be cursed before the Lord, for driving me out today and keeping me from my place in the heritage of the Lord, saying, Go, be the servant of other gods.
WebsterNow therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If the LORD hath stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offering: but if they are 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.

What does 1 Samuel 26:19 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Samuel 26:13-20

13-20. Then David ... stood on the top of an hill afar off ... and cried to the people--(See on Jud 9:7). The extraordinary purity and elasticity of the air in Palestine enable words to be distinctly heard that are addressed by a speaker from the top of one hill to people on that of another, from which it is separated by a deep intervening ravine. Hostile parties can thus speak to each other, while completely beyond…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 19 Let him accept an offering - If God have stirred thee up against me, why, then, let him deliver my life into thy hand, and accept it as a sacrifice. But as the word is מנחה minchah, a gratitude-offering, perhaps the sense may be this: Let God accept a gratitude-offering from thee, for having purged the land of a worker of iniquity; for, were I not such, God would never stir thee up against me. But if they be the children of men - If men have, by false representations, lies, and slanders, stirred thee up against an innocent man, then let them be cursed before the Lord. If I am guilty, I deserve to die; if not, those who seek my life should be destroyed. Saying, Go, serve other gods - His being obliged to leave the tabernacle, and the place where the true worship of God was performed, and take refuge among idolaters, said in effect, Go, serve other gods.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Samuel 26:13-20

David reasoned seriously and affectionately with Saul. Those who forbid our attendance on God's ordinances, do what they can to estrange us from God, and to make us heathens. We are to reckon that which exposes us to sin the greatest injury that can be done us. If the Lord stirred thee up against me, either in displeasure to me, taking this way to punish me for my sins against him, or in displeasure to thee, if it…

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1 Samuel 26:19 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.

וְעַתָּ֗הve.'a.Tahand nowH6258
יִֽשְׁמַֽע\־yish.ma'-let him hearH8085
נָא֙na'pleaseH4994
אֲדֹנִ֣י'a.do.Nilord myH113
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428
אֵ֖ת'et<obj.>H853
דִּבְרֵ֣יdiv.Rei[the] words ofH1697
עַבְדּ֑וֹav.Doservant hisH5650
אִם\־'im-ifH518
יְהוָ֞הYah.wehYahwehH3068
הֱסִֽיתְךָ֥he.si.te.Khahe has incited youH5496
בִי֙viagainst <the> me
יָרַ֣חya.Rachmay he smellH7306
מִנְחָ֔הmin.Chahan offeringH4503
וְאִ֣ם\׀ve.'Imand ifH518
בְּנֵ֣יbe.Nei[the] sons ofH1121
הָאָדָ֗םha.'a.Dam<the> humankindH120
אֲרוּרִ֥ים'a.ru.Rim[be] cursedH779
הֵם֙hemtheyH1992
לִפְנֵ֣יlif.Nei<to> beforeH6440
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068
כִּֽי\־ki-forH3588
גֵרְשׁ֣וּנִיge.re.Shu.nithey have driven out meH1644
הַיּ֗וֹםhai.Yomthis dayH3117
מֵהִסְתַּפֵּ֜חַme.his.ta.Pe.achfrom having a shareH5596
בְּנַחֲלַ֤תbe.na.cha.Latin [the] inheritance ofH5159
יְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahwehH3068
לֵאמֹ֔רle.Mor<to> sayingH559
לֵ֥ךְlekhgoH1980
עֲבֹ֖ד'a.VodserveH5647
אֱלֹהִ֥ים'E.lo.HimgodsH430
אֲחֵרִֽים\׃'a.che.RimotherH312

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Cross references for 1 Samuel 26:19

  • 2 Samuel 14:16

    For the king will hear, to deliver his handmaid out of the hand of the man that would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God.

  • 2 Samuel 20:19

    I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the Lord?

  • 2 Samuel 16:11

    And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, which came forth of my bowels, seeketh my life: how much more now may this Benjamite do it? let him alone, and let him curse; for the Lord hath bidden him.

  • 1 Samuel 18:10

    And it came to pass on the morrow, that the evil spirit from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house: and David played with his hand, as at other times: and there was a javelin in Saul’s hand.

  • Galatians 1:8-9

    But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.

  • Psalms 120:5

    Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!

  • 1 Chronicles 21:1

    And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.

  • Joshua 22:25-27

    For the Lord hath made Jordan a border between us and you, ye children of Reuben and children of Gad; ye have no part in the Lord: so shall your children make our children cease from fearing the Lord. Therefore we said, Let us now prepare to build us an altar, not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice: But that it may be a witness between us, and you, and our generations after us, that we might do the service of the Lord before him with our burnt offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our peace offerings; that your children may not say to our children in time to come, Ye have no part in the Lord.

  • Genesis 8:21

    And the Lord smelled a sweet savour; and the Lord said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake; for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.

  • 2 Samuel 24:1

    And again the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah.

  • Proverbs 6:16-19

    These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.

  • Psalms 119:1-8

    א ALEPH. Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord. Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart. They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways. Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
let my lord.
25:24; Ge 44:18
stirred.
16:14-23; 18:10; 2Sa 16:11; 24:1; 1Ki 22:22; 1Ch 21:1
accept. Heb. smell.
Ge 8:21; Le 26:31; Ps 119:1-8
cursed.
Pr 6:16-19; 30:10; Ga 1:8,9; 5:12; 2Ti 4:14
they have driven.
De 4:27,28; Jos 22:25-27; Ps 42:1,2; 120:5; Isa 60:5; Ro 14:15
abiding. Heb. cleaving. the inheritance.
2Sa 14:16; 20:19

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Context

  • 1 Samuel 26:18

    And he said, Wherefore doth my lord thus pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in mine hand?

  • 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.

  • 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.

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1 Samuel 26:19 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Ruego pues, que el rey mi señor oiga ahora las palabras de su siervo. Si Jehová te incita contra mí, acepte un sacrificio: mas si fueren hijos de hombres, malditos ellos en presencia de Jehová, que me han echado hoy para que no me junte en la heredad de Jehová, diciendo: Ve y sirve á dioses ajenos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et maintenant, que le roi, mon seigneur, écoute, je te prie, les paroles de son serviteur. Si c’est l’ Éternel qui t’a incité contre moi, qu’il accepte une offrande! mais si ce sont les fils des hommes, qu’ils soient maudits devant l’ Éternel, parce qu’ils m’ont chassé aujourd’hui pour que je ne sois pas associé à l’héritage de l’ Éternel, disant: Va, sers d’autres dieux!
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und nun höre doch mein Herr, der König, auf die Worte seines Knechtes: Wenn Jehova dich wider mich aufgereizt hat, so möge er ein Speisopfer riechen; wenn aber Menschenkinder, so seien sie verflucht vor Jehova, weil sie mich heute vertrieben haben, daß ich mich dem Erbteil Jehovas nicht anschließen darf, indem sie sprechen: Gehe hin, diene anderen Göttern!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Nunc ergo audi, oro, domine mi rex, verba servi tui: si Dominus incitat te adversum me, odoretur sacrificium: si autem filii hominum, maledicti sunt in conspectu Domini qui ejecerunt me hodie ut non habitem in hæreditate Domini, dicentes: Vade, servi diis alienis.