1 Samuel 22:8

1 Samuel 22:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)That all of you have conspired against me, and there is none that sheweth me that my son hath made a league with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you that is sorry for me, or sheweth unto me that my son hath stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?
• New International Version (NIV)Is that why you have all conspired against me? No one tells me when my son makes a covenant with the son of Jesse. None of you is concerned about me or tells me that my son has incited my servant to lie in wait for me, as he does today.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)that all of you have conspired against me? No one discloses to me when my son makes a covenant with the son of Jesse. None of you is sorry for me or discloses to me that my son has stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day."
• New King James Version (NKJV)All of you have conspired against me, and there is no one who reveals to me that my son has made a covenant with the son of Jesse; and there is not one of you who is sorry for me or reveals to me that my son has stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as it is this day.”

Context of 1 Samuel 22:8

6One day, Saul was on the hill near Gibeah. He was sitting under a tamarisk tree. He was holding a spear. All his officers stood round him. Then someone told Saul that they knew where David and his men were hiding. 7Saul said to his officers, ‘Listen to me, you men of Benjamin's tribe. Do you really think that this son of Jesse will give fields and vineyards to all of you? Will he make you all officers and leaders in his army? No! So why are you trying to deceive me? None of you told me when my own son promised to be a friend of this son of Jesse. You do not feel sorry for me. Now my son is helping one of my own servants to attack me! Yes, he is waiting for his chance to kill me!’ 9Doeg, the man from Edom, was standing there with Saul's officers. He said, ‘I saw that son of Jesse when he came to Nob town. He visited Ahitub's son, Ahimelech. 10Ahimelech asked the Lord what David should do. Then he gave some food and the sword of Goliath the Philistine to David.’

1 Samuel 22:8 word by word

כִּי֩ קְשַׁרְתֶּ֨ם כֻּלְּכֶ֜ם עָלַ֗י וְאֵין־גֹּלֶ֤ה אֶת־אָזְנִי֙ בִּכְרָת־בְּנִ֣י עִם־בֶּן־יִשַׁ֔י וְאֵין־חֹלֶ֥ה מִכֶּ֛ם עָלַ֖י וְגֹלֶ֣ה אֶת־אָזְנִ֑י כִּ֣י הֵקִים֩ בְּנִ֨י אֶת־עַבְדִּ֥י עָלַ֛י לְאֹרֵ֖ב כַּיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• That all of you have conspiredקָשַׁרqâshar · to conspireH7194
• none that shewethאֹ֫זֶן'ôzen · ear: to earsH241
• none that shewethגָּלָהgâlâh · to reveal: revealH1540
• me that my sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• hath made a leagueכָּרַתkârath · to cut: make(covenant)H3772
• of Jesseיִשַׁיyishay 'îyshay · JesseH3448
• none of you that is sorryחָלָהchâlâh · be weak: grievedH2470
• hath stirred upקוּםqûm · to arise: attackH6965
• my servantעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650
• against me, to lie in waitאָרַב'ârab · to ambushH693
• as at this dayיוֹםyôm · day: todayH3117

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 22:8

• 1 Samuel 20:2Jonathan replied, ‘No. You will not die. My father tells me everything that he does, even the little things. So it is not true that he is trying to kill you. He would not hide this from me.’
• Job 33:16He tells them about things that will happen. He warns them about terrible things, so that they are afraid.
• 1 Samuel 18:3Jonathan made a special promise to be David's friend, because he loved David as much as he loved his own life.
• 1 Samuel 20:8Jonathan, please show that you love me. The Lord knows about the promise that you made, to be my friend. If I am guilty of a sin, please kill me yourself. Do not let your father kill me.’
• 1 Samuel 23:16Saul's son, Jonathan, went to visit David at Horesh. He told David to be brave, because God would keep him safe.

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 22:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8There is none that showeth me - He conjectured that Jonathan had made a league with David to dethrone him, and he accuses them of disloyalty for not making the discovery of this unnatural treason. Now it was impossible for any of them to show what did not exist, no such league having ever been made between David and Jonathan.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-19Verses 6-19 See the nature of jealous malice and its pitiful arts. Saul looks upon all about him as his enemies, because they do not just say as he says. In Ahimelech's answer to Saul we have the language of conscious innocence. But what wickedness will not the evil spirit hurry men to when he gets the dominion! Saul alleges that which was utterly false and unproved. But the most bloody tyrants have found instruments of their cruelty as barbarous as…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-8men of Benjamin: Saul was suspicious of his own tribesmen. He believed David had paid them to be loyal to him. Worse, Saul did not even trust his own son. He believed his son was part of the supposed conspiracy.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 7-87-8. Hear now, ye Benjamites--This was an appeal to stimulate the patriotism or jealousy of his own tribe, from which he insinuated it was the design of David to transfer the kingdom to another. This address seems to have been made on hearing of David's return with his four hundred men to Judah. A dark suspicion had risen in the jealous mind of the king that Jonathan was aware of this movement, which he dreaded as a conspiracy against the crown. 1Sa…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Samuel 22:8

• Abiathar
• Conspiracy
• Holy Spirit
• Malice
• Rulers

In the dictionaries

• Jesse
• Abiathar
• David
• Judge
• Nob
• Samuel, Books of

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 22

• 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