1 Samuel 30:15
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And David said to him, Canst thou bring me down to this company? And he said, Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to this company.“Will you lead me to these raiders?” David asked. And the man replied, “Swear to me by God that you will not kill me or deliver me into the hand of my master, and I will lead you to them.”
In other translations
And David said to him, Canst thou bring me down to this company? And he said, Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to this company.“Will you lead me to these raiders?” David asked. And the man replied, “Swear to me by God that you will not kill me or deliver me into the hand of my master, and I will lead you to them.”
Hebrew words
וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559אֵלָיו'elavto himH413דָּוִדdavidDavidH1732הֲתוֹרִדֵנִיhatorideni¿ will you take down meH3381אֶל־'el-toH413הַגְּדוּדhagedudthe marauding bandH1416הַזֶּהhazeh<the> thisH2088וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559הִשָּׁבְעָהhishave'ahswear !H7650לִּיlito <the> meבֵאלֹהִיםvelohimby GodH430אִם־'im-ifH518תְּמִיתֵנִיtemiteniyou will kill meH4191וְאִם־ve'im-and ifH518תַּסְגִּרֵנִיtasgireniyou will deliver up meH5462בְּיַד־beyad-in [the] hand ofH3027אֲדֹנִי'adonimaster myH113וְאוֹרִדְךָve'oridkhaand I will take down youH3381אֶל־'el-toH413הַגְּדוּדhagedudthe marauding bandH1416הַזֶּה׃hazeh<the> thisH2088
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Joshua 2:12Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the Lord, since I have shewed you kindness, that ye will also shew kindness unto my father’s house, and give me a true token:Now therefore, please swear to me by the LORD that you will indeed show kindness to my family, because I showed kindness to you. Give me a sure sign
- Joshua 9:19-2019 But all the princes said unto all the congregation, We have sworn unto them by the Lord God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch them. 20 This we will do to them; we will even let them live, lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them.19 All the leaders answered, “We have sworn an oath to them by the LORD, the God of Israel, and now we cannot touch them. 20 This is how we will treat them: We will let them live, so that no wrath will fall on us because of the oath we swore to them.”
- Ezekiel 17:19Therefore thus saith the Lord God; As I live, surely mine oath that he hath despised, and my covenant that he hath broken, even it will I recompense upon his own head.Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘As surely as I live, I will bring down upon his head My oath that he despised and My covenant that he broke.
- Ezekiel 17:16As I live, saith the Lord God, surely in the place where the king dwelleth that made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he brake, even with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die.‘As surely as I live,’ declares the Lord GOD, ‘he will die in Babylon, in the land of the king who enthroned him, whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke.
- Deuteronomy 23:15-1615 Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee: 16 He shall dwell with thee, even among you, in that place which he shall choose in one of thy gates, where it liketh him best: thou shalt not oppress him.15 Do not return a slave to his master if he has taken refuge with you. 16 Let him live among you wherever he chooses, in the town of his pleasing. Do not oppress him.
- Ezekiel 17:13And hath taken of the king’s seed, and made a covenant with him, and hath taken an oath of him: he hath also taken the mighty of the land:He took a member of the royal family and made a covenant with him, putting him under oath. Then he carried away the leading men of the land,
- Joshua 9:15And Joshua made peace with them, and made a league with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation sware unto them.And Joshua made a treaty of peace with them to let them live, and the leaders of the congregation swore an oath to them.
- 1 Samuel 29:6Then Achish called David, and said unto him, Surely, as the Lord liveth, thou hast been upright, and thy going out and thy coming in with me in the host is good in my sight: for I have not found evil in thee since the day of thy coming unto me unto this day: nevertheless the lords favour thee not.So Achish summoned David and told him, “As surely as the LORD lives, you have been upright in my sight, and it seems right that you should march in and out with me in the army, because I have found no fault in you from the day you came to me until this day. But you have no favor in the sight of the leaders.
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People and places
People: David