1 Samuel 26:20
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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.So do not let my blood fall to the ground far from the presence of the LORD. For the king of Israel has come out to look for a flea, like one who hunts a partridge in the mountains.”
In other translations
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.So do not let my blood fall to the ground far from the presence of the LORD. For the king of Israel has come out to look for a flea, like one who hunts a partridge in the mountains.”
Hebrew words
וְעַתָּהve'atahand nowH6258אַל־'al-may notH408יִפֹּלyipolit fallH5307דָּמִיdamiblood myH1818אַרְצָה'artzah[the] ground towardsH776מִנֶּגֶדminegedfrom beforeH5048פְּנֵיpenei[the] presence ofH6440יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068כִּי־ki-forH3588יָצָאyatza'he has come outH3318מֶלֶךְmelekh[the] king ofH4428יִשְׂרָאֵלyisra'elIsraelH3478לְבַקֵּשׁlevakeshto seekH1245אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853פַּרְעֹשׁpar'osha fleaH6550אֶחָד'echadoneH259כַּאֲשֶׁרka'asherjust asH834יִרְדֹּףyirdofsomeone pursuesH7291הַקֹּרֵאhakore'the partridgeH7124בֶּהָרִים׃beharimin the mountainsH2022
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 24:14After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom are you pursuing? A dead dog? A flea?
- Matthew 26:55In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as against a thief with swords and staves for to take me? I sat daily with you teaching in the temple, and ye laid no hold on me.At that time Jesus said to the crowd, “Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest Me as you would an outlaw? Every day I sat teaching in the temple courts, and you did not arrest Me.
- Matthew 26:47And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders of the people.While Jesus was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, arrived, accompanied by a large crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent from the chief priests and elders of the people.
- 1 Samuel 25:29Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the Lord thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as out of the middle of a sling.And should someone pursue you and seek your life, then the life of my lord will be bound securely by the LORD your God in the bundle of the living. But He shall fling away the lives of your enemies like stones from a sling.
- 1 Samuel 2:9He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.He guards the steps of His faithful ones, but the wicked perish in darkness; for by his own strength shall no man prevail.
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