1 Samuel 24:10
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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.Behold, this day you have seen with your own eyes that the LORD delivered you into my hand in the cave. I was told to kill you, but I spared you and said, ‘I will not lift my hand against my lord, since he is the LORD’s anointed.’
In other translations
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.Behold, this day you have seen with your own eyes that the LORD delivered you into my hand in the cave. I was told to kill you, but I spared you and said, ‘I will not lift my hand against my lord, since he is the LORD’s anointed.’
Hebrew words
הִנֵּהhinehhere!H2009הַיּוֹםhaiyomthe dayH3117הַזֶּהhazeh<the> thisH2088רָאוּra'uthey have seenH7200עֵינֶיךָ'eineikhaeyes yourH5869אֵת'et<obj.>H853אֲשֶׁר־'asher-this:H834נְתָנְךָnetanekhahe gave youH5414יְהוָה׀yahwehYahwehH3068הַיּוֹם׀haiyomthis dayH3117בְּיָדִיbeyadiin hand myH3027בַּמְּעָרָהbame'arahin the caveH4631וְאָמַרve'amarand someone saidH559לַהֲרָגֲךָlaharagakhato kill youH2026וַתָּחָסvatachosand it looked with compassionH2347עָלֶיךָ'aleikhaon youH5921וָאֹמַרva'omarand I saidH559לֹא־lo'-notH3808אֶשְׁלַח'eshlachI will stretch outH7971יָדִיyadihand myH3027בַּאדֹנִיbadonion lord myH113כִּי־ki-forH3588מְשִׁיחַmeshiach[is] [the] [one] anointed ofH4899יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068הוּא׃hu'heH1931
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- 1 Samuel 24:4And 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.So David’s men said to him, “This is the day about which the LORD said to you, ‘Behold, I will deliver your enemy into your hand, that you may do with him as you wish.’” Then David crept up secretly and cut off a corner of Saul’s robe.
- Psalm 105:15Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.“Do not touch My anointed ones! Do no harm to My prophets!”
- 1 Samuel 26:8-98 Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered thine enemy into thine hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear even to the earth at once, and I will not smite him the second time. 9 And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch forth his hand against the Lord’s anointed, and be guiltless?8 Abishai said to David, “Today God has delivered your enemy into your hand. Now, therefore, please let me thrust the spear through him into the ground with one stroke. I will not need to strike him twice!” 9 But David said to Abishai, “Do not destroy him, for who can lift a hand against the LORD’s anointed and be guiltless?”
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