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1 Samuel 26:9
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7 So David and Abishai came to the people by night; and there Saul lay sleeping within the camp, with his spear stuck in the ground by his head. And Abner and the people lay all around him.
8 Then Abishai said to David, a“God has delivered your enemy into your hand this day. Now therefore, please, let me strike him1 at once with the spear, right to the earth; and I will not have to strike him a second time!”  
9 But David said to Abishai, “Do not destroy him; afor who can stretch out his hand against the Lord’s anointed, and be guiltless?”  
10 David said furthermore, “As the Lord lives, athe Lord shall strike him, or bhis day shall come to die, or he shall cgo out to battle and perish.  
11 aThe Lord forbid that I should stretch out my hand against the Lord’s anointed. But please, take now the spear and the jug of water that are by his head, and let us go.”  
12 So David took the spear and the jug of water by Saul’s head, and they got away; and no man saw or knew it or awoke. For they were all asleep, because aa deep sleep from the Lord had fallen on them.  
13 Now David went over to the other side, and stood on the top of a hill afar off, a great distance being between them.
14 And David called out to the people and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, “Do you not answer, Abner?” Then Abner answered and said, “Who are you, calling out to the king?”
15 So David said to Abner, “Are you not a man? And who is like you in Israel? Why then have you not guarded your lord the king? For one of the people came in to destroy your lord the king.
16 This thing that you have done is not good. As the Lord lives, you deserve to die, because you have not guarded your master, the Lord’s anointed. And now see where the king’s spear is, and the jug of water that was by his head.”
17 Then Saul knew David’s voice, and said, a“Is that your voice, my son David?” David said, “It is my voice, my lord, O king.”  
18 And he said, a“Why does my lord thus pursue his servant? For what have I done, or what evil is in my hand?  
19 Now therefore, please, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant: If the Lord has astirred you up against me, let Him accept an offering. But if it is the children of men, may they be cursed before the Lord, bfor they have driven me out this day from sharing in the cinheritance of the Lord, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods.’  
Verse Comparison: 1 Samuel 26:9

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American Standard Version
And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not; for who can put forth his hand against Jehovah's anointed, and be guiltless?

Amplified® Bible
David said to Abishai, Do not destroy him; for who can raise his hand against the Lord's anointed and be guiltless?

Contemporary English Version
"Don't kill him!" David whispered back. "The LORD will punish anyone who kills his chosen king.

Darby English Version
And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not; for who can stretch forth his hand against Jehovah's anointed, and be guiltless?

Good News Bible
But David said, "You must not harm him! The LORD will certainly punish whoever harms his chosen king.

King James Version
And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch forth his hand against the LORD's anointed, and be guiltless?

New American Standard Bible
But David said to Abishai, "Do not destroy him, for who can stretch out his hand against the LORD'S anointed and be without guilt?"

New International Version
But David said to Abishai, "Don't destroy him! Who can lay a hand on the LORD's anointed and be guiltless?

New King James Version
But David said to Abishai, “Do not destroy him; for who can stretch out his hand against the LORD’s anointed, and be guiltless?”

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
But David said to Abishai, "Do not destroy him, for who can stretch out his hand against the LORD'S anointed and remain without guilt?"

Revised Standard Version
But David said to Abi'shai, "Do not destroy him; for who can put forth his hand against the LORD'S anointed, and be guiltless?"

Young's Literal Translation
And David saith unto Abishai, `Destroy him not; for who hath put forth his hand against the anointed of Jehovah, and been acquitted?'


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