1 Samuel 26:10

1 Samuel 26:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)David said furthermore, As the Lord liveth, the Lord shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and perish.
• New International Version (NIV)As surely as the Lord lives,” he said, “the Lord himself will strike him, or his time will come and he will die, or he will go into battle and perish.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And David said, "As the Lord lives, the Lord will strike him, or his day will come to die, or he will go down into battle and perish.
• New King James Version (NKJV)David said furthermore, “As the Lord lives, the Lord shall strike him, or his day shall come to die, or he shall go out to battle and perish.

Context of 1 Samuel 26:10

8Abishai 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!” 9But David said to Abishai, “Do not destroy him, for who can extend a hand against the LORD’s anointed and be guiltless?” David added, “As surely as the LORD lives, the LORD Himself will strike him down; either his day will come and he will die, or he will go into battle and perish. 11But the LORD forbid that I should extend my hand against the LORD’s anointed. Instead, take the spear and water jug by his head, and let us go.” 12So David took the spear and water jug by Saul’s head, and they departed. No one saw them or knew about it, nor did anyone wake up; they all remained asleep, because a deep sleep from the LORD had fallen on them.

1 Samuel 26:10 word by word

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר דָּוִד֙ חַי־יְהוָ֔ה כִּ֥י אִם־יְהוָ֖ה יִגָּפֶ֑נּוּ אֽוֹ־יוֹמ֤וֹ יָבוֹא֙ וָמֵ֔ת א֧וֹ בַמִּלְחָמָ֛ה יֵרֵ֖ד וְנִסְפָּֽה׃Read the interlinear

• Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• addedאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• As surely as the LORDיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• livesחַיchay · aliveH2416
• the LORD Himselfכִּי [אם]kîy · that if: exceptH3588
• the LORD Himself[כִּי] אם'im · if: exceptH518
• will strike him downנָגַףnâgaph · to strikeH5062
• eitherאוֹ'ô 'av · orH176
• his dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• will comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• and he will dieמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• he will goיָרַדyârad · to go downH3381
• into battleמִלְחָמָהmilchâmâh · battleH4421
• and perishסָפָהsâphâh · to snatchH5595

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 26:10

• 1 Samuel 24:15May the LORD be our judge and decide between you and me. May He take notice and plead my case and deliver me from your hand.”
• 1 Samuel 25:26Now, my lord, as surely as the LORD lives and you yourself live, since the LORD has held you back from bloodshed and from avenging yourself with your own hand, may your enemies and those who seek harm for my lord be like Nabal.
• Psalms 94:1O LORD, God of vengeance, O God of vengeance, shine forth.
• Luke 18:7Will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry out to Him day and night? Will He delay in helping them?
• Romans 12:19Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God’s wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord.”
• Revelation 18:8Therefore her plagues will come in one day— death and grief and famine— and she will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.”
• Genesis 47:29When the time drew near for Israel to die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, “If I have found favor in your eyes, put your hand under my thigh and promise to show me kindness and faithfulness. Do not bury me in Egypt,
• Deuteronomy 31:14Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, the time of your death is near. Call Joshua and present yourselves at the Tent of Meeting, so that I may commission him.” So Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves at the Tent of Meeting.
• Job 7:1“Is not man consigned to labor on earth? Are not his days like those of a hired hand?
• Job 14:5Since his days are determined and the number of his months is with You, and since You have set limits that he cannot exceed,
• Psalms 37:10Yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more; though you look for them, they will not be found.
• Ecclesiastes 3:2a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot,
• Hebrews 9:27Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that to face judgment,
• 1 Samuel 31:6So Saul, his three sons, his armor-bearer, and all his men died together that same day.
• Deuteronomy 32:35Vengeance is Mine; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; for their day of disaster is near, and their doom is coming quickly.”

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 26:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10The Lord shall smite him - He shall die by a stroke of the Divine judgment; or his day shall come to die - he shall die a natural death; which in the course of things must be before mine, and thus I shall get rid of mine enemy; or he shall descend into the battle, and perish - he shall fall by the enemies of his country. These are the three ordinary ways by which man accomplishes, as a hireling, his day. Murder David could not consider to be lawful; this…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10David was confident that God would judge between him and Saul just as he had done between him and Nabal (see 1 Samuel 25:38). Saul died in battle against the Philistines (1 Samuel 31:6).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 8-128-12. Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered thine enemy into thine hand--This midnight stratagem shows the activity and heroic enterprise of David's mind, and it was in unison with the style of warfare in ancient times. let me smite him ... even to the earth at once--The ferocious vehemence of the speaker is sufficiently apparent from his language, but David's magnanimity soared far above the notions of his followers. Though Saul's cruelty and…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Samuel 26:10

• Citizens
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• Loyalty
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In the dictionaries

• David
• Abishai
• Or
• Samuel, Books of
• Saul
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Commentaries on 1 Samuel 26

• 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