1 Samuel 26:18
“And he said, Wherefore doeth my lord thus pursue after his seruant? for what haue I done? or what euill is in mine hand?”
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1 Samuel 26:18 Context
16This thing is not good that thou hast done: as the Lord liueth, ye are worthy to die, because yee haue not kept your master the Lords Anointed: and now see where the Kings speare is, and the cruse of water that was at his bolster. 17And Saul knew Dauids voyce, and said, Is this thy voice, my sonne Dauid? And Dauid saide, It is my voice, my lord, O king. 18And he said, Wherefore doeth my lord thus pursue after his seruant? for what haue I done? or what euill is in mine hand? 19Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king heare the words of his seruant: If the Lord haue stirred thee vp against mee, let him accept an offering: but if they be the children of men, cursed be they before the Lord: for they haue driuen me out this day from abiding in the inheritance of the Lord, saying, Goe serue other gods. 20Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth before the face of the Lord: for the king of Israel is come out to seeke a flea, as when one doeth hunt a partridge in the mountaines.
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And he said, Wherefore doth my lord thus pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil [is] in mine hand?
- King James Version
He also said, "Why then is my lord pursuing his servant? For what have I done? Or what evil is in my hand?
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And he said, Wherefore doth my lord pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in my hand?
- American Standard Version (1901)
And he said, Why does my lord go armed against his servant? what have I done? or what evil is there in me?
- Basic English Bible
And he said, Why does my lord thus pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in my hand?
- Darby Bible
And he said, Why doth my lord thus pursue his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in my hand?
- Webster's Bible
He said, "Why does my lord pursue after his servant? For what have I done? Or what evil is in my hand?
- World English Bible
and he saith, `Why [is] this -- my lord is pursuing after his servant? for what have I done, and what [is] in my hand evil?
- Youngs Literal Bible
And he said: 'Wherefore doth my lord pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in my hand?
- Jewish Publication Society Bible