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

6The news of his arrival in Judah soon reached Saul. At the time, the king was sitting beneath the tamarisk tree on the hill at Gibeah, holding his spear and surrounded by his officers. 7“Listen here, you men of Benjamin!” Saul shouted to his officers when he heard the news. “Has that son of Jesse promised every one of you fields and vineyards? Has he promised to make you all generals and captains in his army? Is that why you have conspired against me? For not one of you told me when my own son made a solemn pact with the son of Jesse. You’re not even sorry for me. Think of it! My own son—encouraging him to kill me, as he is trying to do this very day!” 9Then Doeg the Edomite, who was standing there with Saul’s men, spoke up. “When I was at Nob,” he said, “I saw the son of Jesse talking to the priest, Ahimelech son of Ahitub. 10Ahimelech consulted the Lord for him. Then he gave him food and the sword of Goliath the Philistine.”

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 20:2“That’s not true!” Jonathan protested. “You’re not going to die. He always tells me everything he’s going to do, even the little things. I know my father wouldn’t hide something like this from me. It just isn’t so!”
• Job 33:16He whispers in their ears and terrifies them with warnings.
• 1 Samuel 18:3And Jonathan made a solemn pact with David, because he loved him as he loved himself.
• 1 Samuel 20:8Show me this loyalty as my sworn friend—for we made a solemn pact before the Lord—or kill me yourself if I have sinned against your father. But please don’t betray me to him!”
• 1 Samuel 23:16Jonathan went to find David and encouraged him to stay strong in his faith in God.

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