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World English Bible

1 Samuel 24 (WEBP)

[1] When Saul had returned from following the Philistines, he was told, “Behold, David is in the wilderness of En Gedi.”
[2] Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men on the rocks of the wild goats.
[3] He came to the sheep pens by the way, where there was a cave; and Saul went in to relieve himself. Now David and his men were staying in the innermost parts of the cave.
[4] David’s men said to him, “Behold, the day of which Yahweh said to you, ‘Behold, I will deliver your enemy into your hand, and you shall do to him as it shall seem good to you.’” Then David arose and cut off the skirt of Saul’s robe secretly.
[5] Afterward, David’s heart struck him because he had cut off Saul’s skirt.
[6] He said to his men, “Yahweh forbid that I should do this thing to my lord, Yahweh’s anointed, to stretch out my hand against him, since he is Yahweh’s anointed.”
[7] 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.
[8] David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave and cried after Saul, saying, “My lord the king!” When Saul looked behind him, David bowed with his face to the earth, and showed respect.
[9] David said to Saul, “Why do you listen to men’s words, saying, ‘Behold, David seeks to harm you’?
[10] Behold, today your eyes have seen how Yahweh had delivered you today into my hand in the cave. Some urged me to kill you, but I spared you. I said, ‘I will not stretch out my hand against my lord, for he is Yahweh’s anointed.’
[11] Moreover, my father, behold, yes, see the skirt of your robe in my hand; for in that I cut off the skirt of your robe and didn’t kill you, know and see that there is neither evil nor disobedience in my hand. I have not sinned against you, though you hunt for my life to take it.
[12] May Yahweh judge between me and you, and may Yahweh avenge me of you; but my hand will not be on you.
[13] As the proverb of the ancients says, ‘Out of the wicked comes wickedness;’ but my hand will not be on you.
[14] Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom do you pursue? A dead dog? A flea?
[15] May Yahweh therefore be judge, and give sentence between me and you, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of your hand.”
[16] It came to pass, when David had finished speaking these words to Saul, that Saul said, “Is that your voice, my son David?” Saul lifted up his voice and wept.
[17] He said to David, “You are more righteous than I; for you have done good to me, whereas I have done evil to you.
[18] You have declared today how you have dealt well with me, because when Yahweh had delivered me up into your hand, you didn’t kill me.
[19] For if a man finds his enemy, will he let him go away unharmed? Therefore may Yahweh reward you good for that which you have done to me today.
[20] Now, behold, I know that you will surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel will be established in your hand.
[21] Swear now therefore to me by Yahweh that you will not cut off my offspring after me, and that you will not destroy my name out of my father’s house.”
[22] David swore to Saul. Saul went home, but David and his men went up to the stronghold.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

1 Samuel 24 (KJVS)

[1] And it came to pass, when Saul was returned from following the Philistines, that it was told him, saying, Behold, David is in the wilderness of En-gedi.
[2] Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats.
[3] And he came to the sheepcotes by the way, where was a cave; and Saul went in to cover his feet: and David and his men remained in the sides of the cave.
[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.
[5] And it came to pass afterward, that David’s heart smote him, because he had cut off Saul’s skirt.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[9] And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou men’s words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?
[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.
[11] Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand: for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in mine hand, and I have not sinned against thee; yet thou huntest my soul to take it.
[12] The Lord judge between me and thee, and the Lord avenge me of thee: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
[13] As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
[14] After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.
[15] The Lord therefore be judge, and judge between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand.
[16] And it came to pass, when David had made an end of speaking these words unto Saul, that Saul said, Is this thy voice, my son David? And Saul lifted up his voice, and wept.
[17] And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I: for thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil.
[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.
[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.
[20] And now, behold, I know well that thou shalt surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in thine hand.
[21] Swear now therefore unto me by the Lord, that thou wilt not cut off my seed after me, and that thou wilt not destroy my name out of my father’s house.
[22] And David sware unto Saul. And Saul went home; but David and his men gat them up unto the hold.

1 Samuel 24:1 Heb. after
1 Samuel 24:7 Heb. cut off
1 Samuel 24:15 Heb. judge
1 Samuel 24:18 Heb. shut up

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

1 Samuel 24 (BYZ)

[1] Καὶ () ἐγενήθη () ὡς () ἀνέστρεψεν () Σαουλ () ἀπὸ () ὄπισθεν () τῶν () ἀλλοφύλων, () καὶ () ἀπηγγέλη () αὐτῷ () λεγόντων () ὅτι () Δαυιδ () ἐν () τῇ () ἐρήμῳ () Εγγαδδι.
[2] Καὶ () ἔλαβεν () μεθ’ () ἑαυτοῦ () τρεῖς () χιλιάδας () ἀνδρῶν () ἐκλεκτοὺς () ἐκ () παντὸς () Ισραηλ () καὶ () ἐπορεύθη () ζητεῖν () τὸν () Δαυιδ () καὶ () τοὺς () ἄνδρας () αὐτοῦ () ἐπὶ () πρόσωπον () Σαδαιεμ.
[3] Καὶ () ἦλθεν () εἰς () τὰς () ἀγέλας () τῶν () ποιμνίων () τὰς () ἐπὶ () τῆς () ὁδοῦ, () καὶ () ἦν () ἐκεῖ () σπήλαιον, () καὶ () Σαουλ () εἰσῆλθεν () παρασκευάσασθαι· () καὶ () Δαυιδ () καὶ () οἱ () ἄνδρες () αὐτοῦ () ἐσώτερον () τοῦ () σπηλαίου () ἐκάθηντο. ()
[4] Καὶ () εἶπον () οἱ () ἄνδρες () Δαυιδ () πρὸς () αὐτόν () Ἰδοὺ () ἡ () ἡμέρα () αὕτη, () ἣν () εἶπεν () κύριος () πρὸς () σὲ () παραδοῦναι () τὸν () ἐχθρόν () σου () εἰς () τὰς () χεῖράς () σου () καὶ () ποιήσεις () αὐτῷ () ὡς () ἀγαθὸν () ἐν () ὀφθαλμοῖς () σου. () Καὶ () ἀνέστη () Δαυιδ () καὶ () ἀφεῖλεν () τὸ () πτερύγιον () τῆς () διπλοίδος τῆς () Σαουλ () λαθραίως.
[5] Καὶ () ἐγενήθη () μετὰ () ταῦτα () καὶ () ἐπάταξεν () καρδία () Δαυιδ () αὐτόν, () ὅτι () ἀφεῖλεν () τὸ () πτερύγιον () τῆς () διπλοίδος αὐτοῦ, ()
[6] καὶ () εἶπεν () Δαυιδ () πρὸς () τοὺς () ἄνδρας () αὐτοῦ () Μηδαμῶς () μοι () παρὰ () κυρίου, () εἰ () ποιήσω () τὸ () ῥῆμα () τοῦτο () τῷ () κυρίῳ () μου () τῷ () χριστῷ () κυρίου () ἐπενέγκαι () χεῖρά () μου () ἐπ’ () αὐτόν, () ὅτι () χριστὸς () κυρίου () ἐστὶν () οὗτος· ()
[7] καὶ () ἔπεισεν () Δαυιδ () τοὺς () ἄνδρας () αὐτοῦ () ἐν () λόγοις () καὶ () οὐκ () ἔδωκεν () αὐτοῖς () ἀναστάντας () θανατῶσαι () τὸν () Σαουλ. () Καὶ () ἀνέστη () Σαουλ () καὶ () κατέβη () εἰς () τὴν () ὁδόν. ()
[8] Καὶ () ἀνέστη () Δαυιδ () ὀπίσω () αὐτοῦ () ἐκ () τοῦ () σπηλαίου, () καὶ () ἐβόησεν () Δαυιδ () ὀπίσω () Σαουλ () λέγων () Κύριε () βασιλεῦ· () καὶ () ἐπέβλεψεν () Σαουλ () εἰς () τὰ () ὀπίσω () αὐτοῦ, () καὶ () ἔκυψεν () Δαυιδ () ἐπὶ () πρόσωπον () αὐτοῦ () ἐπὶ () τὴν () γῆν () καὶ () προσεκύνησεν () αὐτῷ. ()
[9] Καὶ () εἶπεν () Δαυιδ () πρὸς () Σαουλ () Ἵνα () τί () ἀκούεις () τῶν () λόγων () τοῦ () λαοῦ () λεγόντων () Ἰδοὺ () Δαυιδ () ζητεῖ () τὴν () ψυχήν () σου; ()
[10] Ἰδοὺ () ἐν () τῇ () ἡμέρᾳ () ταύτῃ () ἑοράκασιν οἱ () ὀφθαλμοί () σου () ὡς () παρέδωκέν () σε () κύριος () σήμερον () εἰς () χεῖρά () μου () ἐν () τῷ () σπηλαίῳ, () καὶ () οὐκ () ἠβουλήθην () ἀποκτεῖναί () σε () καὶ () ἐφεισάμην () σου () καὶ () εἶπα () Οὐκ () ἐποίσω () χεῖρά () μου () ἐπὶ () κύριόν () μου, () ὅτι () χριστὸς () κυρίου () οὗτός () ἐστιν. ()
[11] Καὶ () ἰδοὺ () τὸ () πτερύγιον () τῆς () διπλοίδος σου () ἐν () τῇ () χειρί () μου· () ἐγὼ () ἀφῄρηκα () τὸ () πτερύγιον () καὶ () οὐκ () ἀπέκταγκά () σε. () Καὶ () γνῶθι () καὶ () ἰδὲ () σήμερον () ὅτι () οὐκ () ἔστιν () κακία () ἐν () τῇ () χειρί () μου () οὐδὲ () ἀσέβεια () καὶ () ἀθέτησις, () καὶ () οὐχ () ἡμάρτηκα () εἰς () σέ· () καὶ () σὺ () δεσμεύεις () τὴν () ψυχήν () μου () λαβεῖν () αὐτήν. ()
[12] Δικάσαι κύριος () ἀνὰ () μέσον () ἐμοῦ () καὶ () σοῦ, () καὶ () ἐκδικήσαι () με () κύριος () ἐκ () σοῦ· () καὶ () ἡ () χείρ () μου () οὐκ () ἔσται () ἐπὶ () σοί, ()
[13] καθὼς () λέγεται () ἡ () παραβολὴ () ἡ () ἀρχαία () Ἐξ () ἀνόμων () ἐξελεύσεται () πλημμέλεια· καὶ () ἡ () χείρ () μου () οὐκ () ἔσται () ἐπὶ () σέ. ()
[14] Καὶ () νῦν () ὀπίσω () τίνος () σὺ () ἐκπορεύῃ, () βασιλεῦ () Ισραηλ; () Ὀπίσω () τίνος () καταδιώκεις () σύ; () Ὀπίσω () κυνὸς () τεθνηκότος () καὶ () ὀπίσω () ψύλλου ἑνός. ()
[15] Γένοιτο () κύριος () εἰς () κριτὴν () καὶ () δικαστὴν () ἀνὰ () μέσον () ἐμοῦ () καὶ () ἀνὰ () μέσον () σοῦ· () ἴδοι () κύριος () καὶ () κρίναι () τὴν () κρίσιν () μου () καὶ () δικάσαι μοι () ἐκ () χειρός () σου. ()
[16] Καὶ () ἐγένετο () ὡς () συνετέλεσεν () Δαυιδ () τὰ () ῥήματα () ταῦτα () λαλῶν () πρὸς () Σαουλ, () καὶ () εἶπεν () Σαουλ () Ἦ () φωνή () σου () αὕτη, () τέκνον () Δαυιδ; () Καὶ () ἦρεν () τὴν () φωνὴν () αὐτοῦ () Σαουλ () καὶ () ἔκλαυσεν. ()
[17] Καὶ () εἶπεν () Σαουλ () πρὸς () Δαυιδ () Δίκαιος () σὺ () ὑπὲρ () ἐμέ, () ὅτι () σὺ () ἀνταπέδωκάς () μοι () ἀγαθά, () ἐγὼ () δὲ () ἀνταπέδωκά () σοι () κακά. ()
[18] Καὶ () σὺ () ἀπήγγειλάς () μοι () σήμερον () ἃ () ἐποίησάς () μοι () ἀγαθά, () ὡς () ἀπέκλεισέν () με () κύριος () σήμερον () εἰς () χεῖράς () σου () καὶ () οὐκ () ἀπέκτεινάς () με· ()
[19] καὶ () ὅτι () εἰ () εὕροιτό () τις () τὸν () ἐχθρὸν () αὐτοῦ () ἐν () θλίψει () καὶ () ἐκπέμψαι () αὐτὸν () ἐν () ὁδῷ () ἀγαθῇ, () καὶ () κύριος () ἀνταποτείσει αὐτῷ () ἀγαθά, () καθὼς () πεποίηκας () σήμερον. ()
[20] Καὶ () νῦν () ἰδοὺ () ἐγὼ () γινώσκω () ὅτι () βασιλεύων () βασιλεύσεις () καὶ () στήσεται () ἐν () χερσίν () σου () βασιλεία () Ισραηλ. ()
[21] Καὶ () νῦν () ὄμοσόν () μοι () ἐν () κυρίῳ () ὅτι () οὐκ () ἐξολεθρεύσεις () τὸ () σπέρμα () μου () ὀπίσω () μου () καὶ () οὐκ () ἀφανιεῖς () τὸ () ὄνομά () μου () ἐκ () τοῦ () οἴκου () τοῦ () πατρός () μου. ()
[22] Καὶ () ὤμοσεν () Δαυιδ () τῷ () Σαουλ. () Καὶ () ἀπῆλθεν () Σαουλ () εἰς () τὸν () τόπον () αὐτοῦ, () καὶ () Δαυιδ () καὶ () οἱ () ἄνδρες () αὐτοῦ () ἀνέβησαν () εἰς () τὴν () Μεσσαρα στενήν. ()

1 Samuel 24:1 Originally verse 24:2.
1 Samuel 24:2 Originally verse 24:3.
1 Samuel 24:3 Originally verse 24:4.
1 Samuel 24:4 Originally verse 24:5.
1 Samuel 24:5 Originally verse 24:6.
1 Samuel 24:6 Originally verse 24:7.
1 Samuel 24:7 Originally verse 24:8.
1 Samuel 24:8 Originally verse 24:9.
1 Samuel 24:9 Originally verse 24:10.
1 Samuel 24:10 Originally verse 24:11.
1 Samuel 24:11 Originally verse 24:12.
1 Samuel 24:12 Originally verse 24:13.
1 Samuel 24:13 Originally verse 24:14.
1 Samuel 24:14 Originally verse 24:15.
1 Samuel 24:15 Originally verse 24:16.
1 Samuel 24:16 Originally verse 24:17.
1 Samuel 24:17 Originally verse 24:18.
1 Samuel 24:18 Originally verse 24:19.
1 Samuel 24:19 Originally verse 24:20.
1 Samuel 24:20 Originally verse 24:21.
1 Samuel 24:21 Originally verse 24:22.
1 Samuel 24:22 Originally verse 24:23.

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.