1 Samuel 24:12 - Forerunner Commentary

1 Samuel 24:12

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.

13 As the proverb of the ancients says, ^a‘Wickedness proceeds from the wicked.’ But my hand shall not be against you.

14 After whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom do you pursue? ^aA dead dog? ^bA flea?

15 ^aTherefore let the Lord be judge, and judge between you and me, and ^bsee and ^cplead my case, and deliver me out of your hand.”

16 So it was, when David had finished speaking these words to Saul, that Saul said, ^a“Is this your voice, my son David?” And Saul lifted up his voice and wept.

17 ^aThen he said to David: “You are ^bmore righteous than I; for ^cyou have rewarded me with good, whereas I have rewarded you with evil.

Verse Comparison: 1 Samuel 24:12

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American Standard Version
Jehovah judge between me and thee, and Jehovah avenge me of thee; but my hand shall not be upon thee.

Amplified® Bible
May the Lord judge between me and you, and may the Lord avenge me upon you, but my hand shall not be upon you.

Contemporary English Version
I'll let the LORD decide which one of us has done right. I pray that the LORD will punish you for what you're doing to me, but I won't do anything to you.

Darby English Version
Jehovah judge between me and thee, and Jehovah avenge me of thee; but my hand shall not be upon thee.

Good News Bible
May the LORD judge which one of us is wrong! May he punish you for your action against me, for I will not harm you in the least.

King James Version
The LORD judge between me and thee, and the LORD avenge me of thee: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.

New American Standard Bible
"May the LORD judge between you and me, and may the LORD avenge me on you; but my hand shall not be against you.

New International Version
May the LORD judge between you and me. And may the LORD avenge the wrongs you have done to me, but my hand will not touch you.

New King James Version
Let the LORD judge between you and me, and let the LORD avenge me on you. But my hand shall not be against you.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"May the LORD judge between you and me, and may the LORD avenge me on you; but my hand shall not rise against you.

Revised Standard Version
May the LORD judge between me and you, may the LORD avenge me upon you; but my hand shall not be against you.

Young's Literal Translation
`Jehovah doth judge between me and thee, and Jehovah hath avenged me of thee, and my hand is not on thee;

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