1 Samuel 24:5 - Forerunner Commentary

1 Samuel 24:5

3 So he came to the sheepfolds by the road, where there was a cave; and ^aSaul went in to ^battend to his needs. (^cDavid and his men were staying in the recesses of the cave.)

4 ^aThen the men of David said to him, “This is the day of which the Lord said to you, ‘Behold, I will deliver your enemy into your hand, that you may do to him as it seems good to you.’ ” And David arose and secretly cut off a corner of Saul’s robe.

5 Now it happened afterward that ^aDavid’s heart troubled him because he had cut Saul’s robe.

6 And he said to his men, ^a“The Lord forbid that I should do this thing to my master, the Lord’s anointed, to stretch out my hand against him, seeing he is the anointed of the Lord.”

7 So David ^arestrained his servants with these words, and did not allow them to rise against Saul. And Saul got up from the cave and went on his way.

8 David also arose afterward, went out of the cave, and called out to Saul, saying, “My lord the king!” And when Saul looked behind him, David stooped with his face to the earth, and bowed down.

9 And David said to Saul: ^a“Why do you listen to the words of men who say, ‘Indeed David seeks your harm’?

10 Look, this day your eyes have seen that the Lord delivered you today into my hand in the cave, and someone urged me to kill you. But my eye spared you, and I said, ‘I will not stretch out my hand against my lord, for he is the Lord’s anointed.’

11 Moreover, my father, see! Yes, see the corner of your robe in my hand! For in that I cut off the corner of your robe, and did not kill you, know and see that there is ^aneither evil nor rebellion in my hand, and I have not sinned against you. Yet you ^bhunt my life to take it.

12 ^aLet the Lord judge between you and me, and let the Lord avenge me on you. But my hand shall not be against you.

Verse Comparison: 1 Samuel 24:5

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American Standard Version
And it came to pass afterward, that David's heart smote him, because he had cut off Saul's skirt.

Amplified® Bible
Afterward, David's heart smote him because he had cut off Saul's skirt.

Contemporary English Version
Afterwards, David was sorry that he had even done that,

Darby English Version
And it came to pass afterwards that David's heart smote him, because he had cut off Saul's skirt.

Good News Bible
But then David's conscience began to hurt,

King James Version
And it came to pass afterward, that David's heart smote him, because he had cut off Saul's skirt.

New American Standard Bible
It came about afterward that David's conscience bothered him because he had cut off the edge of Saul's {robe.}

New International Version
Afterward, David was conscience-stricken for having cut off a corner of his robe.

New King James Version
Now it happened afterward that David’s heart troubled him because he had cut Saul’s robe.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
It came about afterward that David's conscience bothered him because he had cut off the edge of Saul's robe.

Revised Standard Version
And afterward David's heart smote him, because he had cut off Saul's skirt.

Young's Literal Translation
And it cometh to pass afterwards that the heart of David smiteth him, because that he hath cut off the skirt which `is' on Saul,

New English Translation
Afterward David’s conscience bothered him¹ because he had cut off an edge of Saul’s robe.

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