1 Samuel 24:15

Young's Literal Translation

And Jehovah hath been for judge, and hath judged between me and thee, yea, he seeth and pleadeth my cause, and doth deliver me out of thy hand.'

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
May the Lord be judge and decide between you and me. May he take notice and plead my case and deliver me from you.”

Hebrew Names Version
The LORD therefore be judge, and give sentence between me and you, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of your hand.

King James Version
The Lord therefore be judge, and judge between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand.

Lexham English Bible
May Yahweh be the judge, and let him judge between me and you, and may he see and plead my case. May he vindicate me against you!"

English Standard Version
May the Lord therefore be judge and give sentence between me and you, and see to it and plead my cause and deliver me from your hand."

New Century Version
May the Lord be our judge and decide between you and me. May he support me and show that I am right. May he save me from you!"

New English Translation
May the Lord be our judge and arbiter. May he see and arbitrate my case and deliver me from your hands!"

Amplified Bible
"May the LORD be the judge and render judgment between me and you; and may He see and plead my cause and vindicate me by saving me from your hand."

New American Standard Bible
"May the LORD therefore be judge and decide between you and me; and may He see and plead my cause and save me from your hand."

Geneva Bible (1587)
The Lord therfore be iudge, and iudge betweene thee and me, and see, & pleade my cause, and deliuer me out of thine hand.

Legacy Standard Bible
Therefore Yahweh be judge and execute justice between you and me; and may He see and plead my cause and execute justice for me to escape from your hand."

Contemporary English Version
I pray that the Lord will help me escape and show that I am in the right.

Complete Jewish Bible
The king of Isra'el has come on a campaign — after whom? Whom are you chasing? A dead dog! A single flea!

Darby Translation
Jehovah therefore shall be judge, and judge between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and do me justice [in delivering me] out of thy hand.

Easy-to-Read Version
Let the Lord be the judge. Let him decide between you and me. He will support me and show that I am right. He will save me from you."

George Lamsa Translation
The LORD therefore shall be judge, and judge between me and you, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me from your hands.

Good News Translation
The Lord will judge, and he will decide which one of us is wrong. May he look into the matter, defend me, and save me from you."

Literal Translation
Yea, Jehovah shall be judge, and shall judge between you and me. Yea, He shall see and contend for my cause, and shall deliver me out of your hand.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The LORDE be iudge, and geue sentence betwene me and the, and cosidre it, and defende my cause, and delyuer me from thy hande.

American Standard Version
Jehovah therefore be judge, and give sentence between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thy hand.

Bible in Basic English
So let the Lord be judge, and give a decision between me and you, and see and give support to my cause, and keep me from falling into your hands.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
The Lorde therfore be iudge, & iudge betweene thee & me, and see & pleade my cause, & auenge me out of thyne hande.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
The LORD therefore be judge, and give sentence between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thy hand.'

King James Version (1611)
The Lord therfore be Iudge, and iudge betweene me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliuer me out of thine hand.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And now after whom dost thou come forth, O king of Israel? After whom dost thou pursue? After a dead dog, and after a flea?

English Revised Version
The LORD therefore be judge, and give sentence between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand.

Berean Standard Bible
May the LORD be our judge and decide between you and me. May He take notice and plead my case and deliver me from your hand."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The Lord be iuge, and the Lord deme bitwixe me and thee, and se, and deme my cause, and delyuere me fro thin hond.

Update Bible Version
Yahweh therefore be judge, and give sentence between me and you, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of your hand.

Webster's Bible Translation
The LORD therefore be judge, and judge between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thy hand.

World English Bible
Yahweh therefore be judge, and give sentence between me and you, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of your hand.

New King James Version
Therefore let the LORD be judge, and judge between you and me, and see and plead my case, and deliver me out of your hand."

New Living Translation
May the Lord therefore judge which of us is right and punish the guilty one. He is my advocate, and he will rescue me from your power!"

New Life Bible
May the Lord be the One to judge between you and me. May He see and help me, and save me from you."

New Revised Standard
May the Lord therefore be judge, and give sentence between me and you. May he see to it, and plead my cause, and vindicate me against you."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Therefore shall, Yahweh, become, judge, and do justice betwixt me and thee, - that he may see, and plead my cause, and justly deliver me out of thy hand.

Douay-Rheims Bible
(24-16) Be the Lord judge, and judge between me and thee, and see, and judge my cause, and deliver me out of thy hand.

Revised Standard Version
May the LORD therefore be judge, and give sentence between me and you, and see to it, and plead my cause, and deliver me from your hand."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"The LORD therefore be judge and decide between you and me; and may He see and plead my cause and deliver me from your hand."

Contextual Overview

⁹ And David saith to Saul, `Why dost thou hear the words of man, saying, Lo, David is seeking thine evil? <sup>10</sup> Lo, this day have thine eyes seen how that Jehovah hath given thee to-day into my hand in the cave; and [one] said to slay thee, and [mine eye] hath pity on thee, and I say, I do not put forth my hand against my lord, for the anointed of Jehovah he [is]. <sup>11</sup> `And, my father, see, yea see the skirt of thine upper robe in my hand; for by cutting off the skirt of thy upper robe, and I have not slain thee, know and see that there is not in my hand evil and transgression, and I have not sinned against thee, and thou art hunting my soul to take it! ¹² `Jehovah doth judge between me and thee, and Jehovah hath avenged me of thee, and my hand is not on thee; <sup>13</sup> as saith the simile of the ancients, From the wicked goeth out wickedness, and my hand is not on thee. <sup>14</sup> `After whom hath the king of Israel come out? after whom art thou pursuing? -- after a dead dog! after one flea! ¹⁵ And Jehovah hath been for judge, and hath judged between me and thee, yea, he seeth and pleadeth my cause, and doth deliver me out of thy hand.'

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

be judge: 1 Samuel 24:12, 2 Chronicles 24:22, Micah 1:2

plead: Psalms 35:1, Psalms 43:1, Psalms 119:154, Micah 7:9

deliver: Heb. judge, 1 Samuel 26:4

Reciprocal: Genesis 32:11 - Deliver Judges 11:27 - be judge 1 Samuel 25:31 - avenged 1 Samuel 26:10 - the Lord liveth 2 Samuel 3:8 - Amos I a dog's head 2 Samuel 9:8 - a dead dog 2 Samuel 22:1 - and out Psalms 26:1 - Judge Psalms 124:7 - Our soul Proverbs 22:23 - the Lord Jeremiah 11:20 - revealed Mark 14:48 - Are

Cross-References

Genesis 11:27
And these [are] births of Terah: Terah hath begotten Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran hath begotten Lot;

Genesis 21:14
And Abraham riseth early in the morning, and taketh bread, and a bottle of water, and giveth unto Hagar (placing [it] on her shoulder), also the lad, and sendeth her out; and she goeth on, and goeth astray in the wilderness of Beer-Sheba;

Genesis 24:18
and she saith, `Drink, my lord;' and she hasteth, and letteth down her pitcher upon her hand, and giveth him drink.

Genesis 24:19
And she finisheth giving him drink, and saith, `Also for thy camels I draw till they have finished drinking;'

Genesis 24:20
and she hasteth, and emptieth her pitcher into the drinking-trough, and runneth again unto the well to draw, and draweth for all his camels.

Genesis 24:23
and saith, `Whose daughter [art] thou? declare to me, I pray thee, is the house of thy father a place for us to lodge in?'

Genesis 24:24
And she saith unto him, `I [am] daughter of Bethuel, son of Milcah, whom she hath borne to Nahor.'

Genesis 24:36
and Sarah, my lord's wife, beareth a son to my lord, after she hath been aged, and he giveth to him all that he hath.

Genesis 24:40
and he saith unto me, Jehovah, before whom I have walked habitually, doth send His messenger with thee, and hath prospered thy way, and thou hast taken a wife for my son from my family, and from the house of my father;

Genesis 24:45
`Before I finish speaking unto my heart, then lo, Rebekah is coming out, and her pitcher on her shoulder, and she goeth down to the fountain, and draweth; and I say unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The Lord therefore be Judge, and judge between me and thee,.... Signifying he did not desire to be judge in his own cause, but leave it with God to determine it for him in his providence:

and see, and plead my cause; look with pity upon him, take his cause in his hand, plead it, and do him justice:

and deliver me out of thine hand: which was a prayer of faith, believing he would do it in due time, see Psalms 7:6.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 24:15. The Lord therefore be judge — Let God determine who is guilty.