1 Samuel 26:18 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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 26:18 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
1 Samuel 26:18 in 6 Bible Translations
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1 Samuel 26:18 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“He said, “Why does my lord pursue his servant? For what have I done? What evil is in my hand?”
1 Samuel 26:18 — World English Bible
1 Samuel 26:18 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And he said, Wherefore doth my lord pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in my hand? ”
1 Samuel 26:18 — American Standard Version
1 Samuel 26:18 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“and he saith, `Why <FI>is<Fi> this--my lord is pursuing after his servant? for what have I done, and what <FI>is<Fi> in my hand evil?”
1 Samuel 26:18 — Young's Literal Translation
1 Samuel 26:18 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And he said, Why does my lord thus pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in my hand? ”
1 Samuel 26:18 — Darby Translation
1 Samuel 26:18 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And he sayde, Wherefore doeth my lorde thus persecute his seruant? for what haue I done? or what euill is in mine hand?”
1 Samuel 26:18 — Geneva Bible
1 Samuel 26:18 in Context — 1 Samuel 26
16 This thing is not good that thou hast done. As the Lord liveth, ye are worthy to die, because ye have not kept your master, the Lord’s anointed. And now see where the king’s spear is, and the cruse of water that was at his bolster.
17 And Saul knew David’s voice, and said, Is this thy voice, my son David? And David said, It is my voice, my lord, O king.
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?
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.
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.
What Does 1 Samuel 26:18 Mean?
1 Samuel 26:18 is a verse from the Book of 1 Samuel, part of the Old Testament. It appears in 1 Samuel chapter 26. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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