New King James Version
1 Samuel 24:18
18And you have shown this day how you have dealt well with me; for when the Lord delivered me into your hand, you did not kill me.
1 Samuel 24:18 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And thou hast shewed this day how that thou hast dealt well with me: forasmuch as when the Lord had delivered me into thine hand, thou killedst me not.
- New International Version (NIV)You have just now told me about the good you did to me; the Lord delivered me into your hands, but you did not kill me.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And you have declared this day how you have dealt well with me, in that you did not kill me when the Lord put me into your hands.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Yes, you have been amazingly kind to me today, for when the Lord put me in a place where you could have killed me, you didn’t do it.
Context of 1 Samuel 24:18
16So it was, when David had finished speaking these words to Saul, that Saul said, “Is this your voice, my son David?” And Saul lifted up his voice and wept. 17Then he said to David: “You are more righteous than I; for you have rewarded me with good, whereas I have rewarded you with evil. And you have shown this day how you have dealt well with me; for when the Lord delivered me into your hand, you did not kill me. 19For if a man finds his enemy, will he let him get away safely? Therefore may the Lord reward you with good for what you have done to me this day. 20And now I know indeed that you shall surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in your hand.
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וְאַתָּה֙ הִגַּ֣דְתָּ הַיּ֔וֹם אֵ֛ת אֲשֶׁר־עָשִׂ֥יתָה אִתִּ֖י טוֹבָ֑ה אֵת֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר סִגְּרַ֧נִי יְהוָ֛ה בְּיָדְךָ֖ וְלֹ֥א הֲרַגְתָּֽנִי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And thou hast shewedנָגַדnâgad · to tellH5046
- this dayיוֹםyôm · day: todayH3117
- how that thou hast dealtעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
- wellטוֹבţôb · pleasantH2896
- with me: forasmuch as when the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- had deliveredסָגַרsâgar · to shutH5462
- me into thine handיָדyâd · handH3027
- thou killedstהָרַגhârag · to killH2026
Cross-references for 1 Samuel 24:18
- 1 Samuel 24:10Look, this day your eyes have seen that the Lord delivered you today into my hand in the cave, and someone urged me to kill you. But my eye spared you, and I said, ‘I will not stretch out my hand against my lord, for he is the Lord’s anointed.’
- 1 Samuel 23:7And Saul was told that David had gone to Keilah. So Saul said, “God has delivered him into my hand, for he has shut himself in by entering a town that has gates and bars.”
- 1 Samuel 26:23May the Lord repay every man for his righteousness and his faithfulness; for the Lord delivered you into my hand today, but I would not stretch out my hand against the Lord’s anointed.
- 1 Samuel 23:12Then David said, “Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul?” And the Lord said, “They will deliver you.”
- 1 Samuel 26:8Then Abishai said to David, “God has delivered your enemy into your hand this day. Now therefore, please, let me strike him at once with the spear, right to the earth; and I will not have to strike him a second time!”
- Psalms 31:8And have not shut me up into the hand of the enemy; You have set my feet in a wide place.
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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
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