1 Samuel 24:5

1 Samuel 24:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And it came to pass afterward, that David’s heart smote him, because he had cut off Saul’s skirt.
• New International Version (NIV)Afterward, David was conscience-stricken for having cut off a corner of his robe.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And afterward David's heart struck him, because he had cut off a corner of Saul's robe.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now it happened afterward that David’s heart troubled him because he had cut Saul’s robe.

Context of 1 Samuel 24:5

3Soon Saul came to the sheepfolds along the road, where there was a cave, and he went in to relieve himself. And David and his men were hiding in the recesses of the cave. 4So 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 and stealthily cut off a corner of Saul’s robe. Afterward, David’s conscience was stricken because he had cut off the corner of Saul’s robe. 6So he said to his men, “The LORD forbid that I should do such a thing to my master, the LORD’s anointed. May I never lift my hand against him, since he is the LORD’s anointed.” 7With these words David restrained his men, and he did not let them rise up against Saul. Then Saul left the cave and went on his way.

1 Samuel 24:5 word by word

וַֽיְהִי֙ אַֽחֲרֵי־כֵ֔ן וַיַּ֥ךְ לֵב־דָּוִ֖ד אֹת֑וֹ עַ֚ל אֲשֶׁ֣ר כָּרַ֔ת אֶת־כָּנָ֖ף אֲשֶׁ֥ר לְשָׁאֽוּל׃ סRead the interlinear

• ·הָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• Afterwardאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• Afterwardכֵּןkên · soH3651
• David’sדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
• conscienceלֵבlêb · heartH3820
• was strickenנָכָהnâkâh · to smiteH5221
• becauseעַל‛al · uponH5921
• ·אֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• he had cut offכָּרַתkârath · to cut: cutH3772
• the cornerכָּנָףkânâph · wingH3671
• of Saul’s robeשָׁאוּלshâ'ûl · SaulH7586

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 24:5

• 2 Samuel 12:9Why then have you despised the command of the LORD by doing evil in His sight? You put Uriah the Hittite to the sword and took his wife as your own. You have slain him with the sword of the Ammonites.
• 2 Samuel 24:10After David had numbered the troops, his conscience was stricken and he said to the LORD, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done. Now, O LORD, I beg You to take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”
• 2 Kings 22:19because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before the LORD when you heard what I spoke against this place and against its people, that they would become a desolation and a curse, and because you have torn your clothes and wept before Me, I have heard you,’ declares the LORD.
• 1 John 3:20Even if our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts, and He knows all things.

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 24:5

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5David‘s heart smote him - He thought the action inconsistent with the respect which he owed to the king.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5David felt guilty because he had dishonored God's anointed king.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-74-7. the men of David said ... Behold the day of which the Lord said unto thee, Behold, I will deliver thine enemy into thine hand--God had never made any promise of delivering Saul into David's hand; but, from the general and repeated promises of the kingdom to him, they concluded that the king's death was to be effected by taking advantage of some such opportunity as the present. David steadily opposed the urgent instigations of his followers to put an…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Samuel 24:5

• Cave
• Conscience
• Heart
• Integrity
• Magnanimity
• Saul
• Self-Control

In the dictionaries

• Apparel
• David
• Reward
• Flea
• Heart
• Samuel, Books of
• Saul

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 24

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings