1 Samuel 24:7

Wycliffe Bible

Forsothe Saul roos out of the denne, and yede in the weie bigunnun.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
With these words David persuaded his men, and he did not let them rise up against Saul.

Hebrew Names Version
So David checked his men with these words, and didn't allow them to rise against Sha'ul. Sha'ul rose up out of the cave, and went on his way.

King James Version
So David stayed his servants with these words, and suffered them not to rise against Saul. But Saul rose up out of the cave, and went on his way.

Lexham English Bible
So David rebuked his men with the words and did not allow them to rise against Saul. And Saul got up from the cave, and he went on his way.

English Standard Version
So David persuaded his men with these words and did not permit them to attack Saul. And Saul rose up and left the cave and went on his way.

New Century Version
David used these words to stop his men; he did not let them attack Saul. Then Saul left the cave and went his way.

New English Translation
David restrained his men with these words and did not allow them to rise up against Saul. Then Saul left the cave and started down the road.

Amplified Bible
So David strongly rebuked his men with these words and did not let them rise up against Saul. Saul got up, left the cave and went on his way.

New American Standard Bible
And David rebuked his men with these words and did not allow them to rise up against Saul. And Saul got up, left the cave, and went on his way.

Geneva Bible (1587)
So Dauid ouercame his seruants with these words, & suffered them not to arise against Saul: so Saul rose vp out of the caue and went away.

Legacy Standard Bible
And David tore his men to pieces with these words and did not allow them to rise up against Saul. And Saul arose, left the cave, and went on his way.

Complete Jewish Bible
He said to his men, " Adonai forbid that I should do such a thing to my lord, Adonai 's anointed, as raise my hand against him! After all, he is Adonai 's anointed."

Darby Translation
And 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.

Easy-to-Read Version
David said these things to stop his men. He would not let his men hurt Saul. Saul left the cave and went on his way.

George Lamsa Translation
So David restrained the men who were with him with these words, and did not permit them to rise against Saul. And Saul rose up out of the cave and went on his way.

Good News Translation
So David convinced his men that they should not attack Saul. Saul got up, left the cave, and started away.

Literal Translation
And David held back his men by words, and did not allow them to rise up against Saul. And Saul rose up from the cave and went in the way.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Dauid withelde his seruautes with wordes, & suffred the not to ryse vp agaynst Saul. But whan Saul gat him vp out of the caue, and was goinge his waye,

American Standard Version
So 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.

Bible in Basic English
So with these words David kept his servants back, and did not let them make an attack on Saul. And Saul got up and went on his way.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And so Dauid kept of his seruauntes with these wordes, and suffred them not to rise against Saul: But Saul rose vp out of the caue, and went away.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
So 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.

King James Version (1611)
So Dauid stayed his seruants with these wordes, and suffered them not to rise against Saul: but Saul rose vp out of the caue, and went on his way.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And David said to his men, The Lord forbid it me, that I should do this ting to my lord the anointed of the Lord, to lift my hand against him; for he is the anointed of the Lord.

English Revised Version
So 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.

Berean Standard Bible
With these words David restrained his men, and he did not let them rise up against Saul. Then Saul left the cave and went on his way.

Young's Literal Translation
And David subdueth his men by words, and hath not permitted them to rise against Saul; and Saul hath risen from the cave, and goeth on the way;

Update Bible Version
So David checked his men with these words, and did not allow them to rise against Saul. And Saul rose up out of the cave, and went on his way.

Webster's Bible Translation
So David restrained his servants with these words, and suffered them not to rise against Saul. But Saul rose out of the cave, and went on [his] way.

World English Bible
So David checked his men with these words, and didn't allow them to rise against Saul. Saul rose up out of the cave, and went on his way.

New King James Version
So David restrained his servants with these words, and did not allow them to rise against Saul. And Saul got up from the cave and went on his way.

New Living Translation
So David restrained his men and did not let them kill Saul. After Saul had left the cave and gone on his way,

New Life Bible
David stopped his men with these words. He did not let them go against Saul. So Saul stood up and left the cave, and went on his way.

New Revised Standard
So David scolded his men severely and did not permit them to attack Saul. Then Saul got up and left the cave, and went on his way.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So David did chide his men with the words, and did not suffer them to rise up against Saul. And, Saul, rose up out of the cave, and went on his way.

Douay-Rheims Bible
(24-8) And David stopped his men with his words, and suffered them not to rise against Saul: but Saul, rising up out of the cave, went on his way.

Revised Standard Version
So David persuaded his men with these words, and did not permit them to attack Saul. And Saul rose up and left the cave, and went upon his way.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
David persuaded his men with these words and did not allow them to rise up against Saul. And Saul arose, left the cave, and went on his way.

Contextual Overview

¹ And whanne Saul turnede ayen, aftir that he pursuede Filisteis, thei telden to hym, and seiden, Lo! Dauid is in the deseert of Engaddi. ² Therfor Saul took three thousinde of chosun men of al Israel, and yede to seke Dauid and hise men, yhe on moost brokun rochis, that ben `able to weie to wield geet aloone. <sup>3</sup> And he cam to the fooldis of scheep, that offriden hem silf to the wei goere. And there was a denne, in to which denne Saul entride, that he schulde purge the wombe; forsothe Dauid and hise men weren hid in the ynnere part of the denne. <sup>4</sup> And the seruauntis of Dauid seiden to hym, Lo! the dai of which the Lord spak to the, Y schal bitake to thee thin enemy, that thou do to hym as it plesith in thin iyen. Therfor Dauid roos, and kittide the hemme of the mentil of Saul priuely. <sup>5</sup> Aftir these thingis Dauid smoot his herte, for he hadde kit awei the hemme of the mentil of Saul. <sup>6</sup> And Dauid seide to hise men, The Lord be merciful to me, lest Y do this thing to my lord, the crist of the Lord, that Y sende myn hond `in to hym, for he is the crist of the Lord. The Lord lyueth, for no but the Lord smyte hym, ether his dai come, that he die, ether he go doun in to batel and perische, the Lord be merciful to me, that Y sende not myn hond in to the crist of the Lord. ⁷ Forsothe Saul roos out of the denne, and yede in the weie bigunnun. ⁸ Sotheli Dauid roos aftir hym, and he yede out of the denne, and criede aftir the bak of Saul, and seide, My lord, the kyng! And Saul bihelde bihinde him silf; and Dauid bowide hym silf lowe to the erthe, and worschipide.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

stayed: Heb. cut off, Psalms 7:4, Matthew 5:44, Romans 12:17-21

suffered: 1 Samuel 25:33

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 25:28 - evil hath 1 Samuel 26:9 - who can stretch 1 Samuel 26:23 - I would not Psalms 119:87 - but I forsook

Cross-References

Genesis 13:15
Y schal yyue al the lond which thou seest to thee and to thi seed, til in to with outen ende.

Genesis 15:18
In that dai the Lord made a couenaunt of pees with Abram, and seide, Y schal yyue to thi seed this lond, fro the ryuer of Egipt til to the greet ryuer Eufrates; Cyneis,

Genesis 17:8
and Y schal yyue to thee and to thi seed after thee the lond of thi pilgrymage, al the lond of Chanaan, in to euerlastynge possessioun, and Y schal be the God of hem.

Genesis 24:1
Forsothe Abraham was eld, and of many daies, and the Lord hadde blessid hym in alle thingis.

Genesis 24:3
that Y coniure thee bi the Lord God of heuene and of erthe, that thou take not a wijf to my sone of the douytris of Chanaan, among whiche Y dwelle;

Genesis 24:4
but that thou go to my lond and kynrede, and therof take a wijf to my sone Ysaac.

Genesis 24:5
The seruaunt aunswerde, If the womman nyle come with me in to this lond, whether Y owe lede ayen thi sone to the place, fro which thou yedist out?

Genesis 24:6
Abraham seide, Be war, lest ony tyme thou lede ayen thidur my sone;

Genesis 24:7
the Lord of heuene that took me fro the hows of my fadir, and fro the lond of my birthe, which spak to me, and swoor, and seide, Y schal yyue this lond to thi seed, he schal sende his aungel bifore thee, and thou schalt take fro thennus a wijf to my sone; forsothe if the womman nyle sue thee,

Genesis 24:16
a damysel ful comeli, and faireste virgyn, and vnknowun of man. Sotheli sche cam doun to the welle, and fillide the watir pot, and turnide ayen.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

So David stayed his servants with these words,.... Or pacified them, as the Targum, and made them quiet and easy in that he had not slain him, and reconciled their minds to his conduct, and restrained them from laying hands on him, by observing to them, that he was the anointed of the Lord:

and suffered them not to rise against Saul; to take away his life; he not only argued with them, but laid his commands on them that they should not slay him:

but Saul rose up out of the cave, and went on [his] way; he rose from his sleep, and went out of the cave unhurt, and proceeded on in the way he came to the sheepcotes, and which led on further, 1 Samuel 24:3.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 24:7. Suffered them not to rise against Saul. — As he could restrain them, it was his duty to do so; had he connived at their killing him, David would have been the murderer. In praying for the king we call God the only Ruler of princes, for this simple reason, that their authority is the highest among men, and next to that of God himself; hence he alone is above them. We find this sentiment well expressed by an elegant poet: -

Regum timendorum in proprios greges,

Reges in ipsos imperium est Jovis.

HORACE, Odar. lib. iii., Od. i., ver. 5.

Kings are supreme over their own subjects;

Jove is supreme over kings themselves.