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

3And he came to the sheepfolds by the way, where was a cave; and Saul went in to cover his feet; and David and his men were abiding in the recesses of the cave. 4And David's men said to him, Behold the day of which Jehovah said to thee, Behold, I will give thine enemy into thy hand, that thou mayest do to him as it shall seem good to thee. And David arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul's robe secretly. And it came to pass afterwards that David's heart smote him, because he had cut off Saul's skirt. 6And he said to his men, Jehovah forbid that I should do this thing to my master, Jehovah's anointed, to stretch forth my hand against him, for he is the anointed of Jehovah. 7And David checked his men with these words, and suffered them not to rise against Saul. And Saul rose up out of 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

• cutכָּרַתkârath · to cut: cutH3772
• skirtכָּנָףkânâph · wingH3671

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 24:5

• 2 Samuel 12:9Wherefore hast thou despised the word of Jehovah to do evil in his sight? thou hast smitten Urijah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.
• 2 Samuel 24:10And David's heart smote him after he had numbered the people. And David said to Jehovah, I have sinned greatly in what I have done; and now, I beseech thee, Jehovah, put away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.
• 2 Kings 22:19Because thy heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before Jehovah, when thou heardest what I spoke against this place and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and didst rend thy garments and weep before me, I also have heard [thee], saith Jehovah.
• 1 John 3:20that if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart and 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