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 Living Translation (NLT)Surely the Lord will strike Saul down someday, or he will die of old age or in battle.

Context of 1 Samuel 26:10

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!” 9But David said to Abishai, “Do not destroy him; for who can stretch out his hand against the Lord’s anointed, and be guiltless?” 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. 11The Lord forbid that I should stretch out my hand against the Lord’s anointed. But please, take now the spear and the jug of water that are by his head, and let us go.” 12So David took the spear and the jug of water by Saul’s head, and they got away; and no man saw or knew it or awoke. For they were all 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• livethחַיchay · aliveH2416
• shall smiteנָגַףnâgaph · to strikeH5062
• him; or his dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• shall comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• to dieמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• or he shall descendיָרַדyârad · to go downH3381
• into battleמִלְחָמָהmilchâmâh · battleH4421
• and perishסָפָהsâphâh · to snatchH5595

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 26:10

• 1 Samuel 24:15Therefore let the Lord be judge, and judge between you and me, and see and plead my case, and deliver me out of your hand.”
• 1 Samuel 25:26Now therefore, my lord, as the Lord lives and as your soul lives, since the Lord has held you back from coming to bloodshed and from avenging yourself with your own hand, now then, let your enemies and those who seek harm for my lord be as Nabal.
• Psalms 94:1O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongs— O God, to whom vengeance belongs, shine forth!
• Luke 18:7And shall God not avenge His own elect who cry out day and night to Him, though He bears long with them?
• Romans 12:19Beloved, do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place to 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 mourning and famine. And she will be utterly burned with fire, for strong is the Lord God who judges her.
• Genesis 47:29When the time drew near that Israel must die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, “Now if I have found favor in your sight, please put your hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me. Please do not bury me in Egypt,
• Deuteronomy 31:14Then the Lord said to Moses, “Behold, the days approach when you must die; call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tabernacle of meeting, that I may inaugurate him.” So Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves in the tabernacle of meeting.
• Job 7:1“Is there not a time of hard service for man on earth? Are not his days also like the days of a hired man?
• Job 14:5Since his days are determined, The number of his months is with You; You have appointed his limits, so that he cannot pass.
• Psalms 37:10For yet a little while and the wicked shall be no more; Indeed, you will look carefully for his place, But it shall be no more.
• Ecclesiastes 3:2A time to be born, And a time to die; A time to plant, And a time to pluck what is planted;
• Hebrews 9:27And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment,
• 1 Samuel 31:6So Saul, his three sons, his armorbearer, and all his men died together that same day.
• Deuteronomy 32:35Vengeance is Mine, and recompense; Their foot shall slip in due time; For the day of their calamity is at hand, And the things to come hasten upon them.’

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
• Courage
• Loyalty
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In the dictionaries

• David
• Abishai
• Or
• Samuel, Books of
• Saul
• Abner

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