1 Samuel 12:4
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New International Version (©2011)
"You have not cheated or oppressed us," they replied. "You have not taken anything from anyone's hand."

New Living Translation (©2007)
"No," they replied, "you have never cheated or oppressed us, and you have never taken even a single bribe."

English Standard Version (©2001)
They said, “You have not defrauded us or oppressed us or taken anything from any man’s hand.”

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
They said, "You have not defrauded us or oppressed us or taken anything from any man's hand."

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken ought of any man's hand.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
"You haven't wronged us, you haven't mistreated us, and you haven't taken anything from anyone's hand," they responded.

International Standard Version (©2012)
They said, "You haven't cheated us or oppressed us, and you haven't taken anything from anyone's hand."

NET Bible (©2006)
They replied, "You have not wronged us or oppressed us. You have not taken anything from the hand of anyone."

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
They answered, "You didn't cheat us, oppress us, or take anything from anyone."

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And they said, you have not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither have you taken anything of any man's hand.

American King James Version
And they said, You have not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither have you taken ought of any man's hand.

American Standard Version
And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken aught of any man's hand.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they said: Thou hast not wronged us, nor oppressed us, nor taken ought at any man's hand.

Darby Bible Translation
And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, and thou hast not injured us, neither hast thou taken aught of any man's hand.

English Revised Version
And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken aught of any man's hand.

Webster's Bible Translation
And they said thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken aught from any man's hand.

World English Bible
They said, "You have not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither have you taken anything of any man's hand."

Young's Literal Translation
And they say, 'Thou hast not oppressed us, nor hast thou crushed us, nor hast thou taken from the hand of any one anything.'

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

12:1-5 Samuel not only cleared his own character, but set an example before Saul, while he showed the people their ingratitude to God and to himself. There is a just debt which all men to their own good name, especially men in public stations, which is, to guard it against unjust blame and suspicions, that they may finish their course with honour, as well as with joy. And that we have in our places lived honestly, will be our comfort, under any slights and contempt that may be put upon us.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And they said,.... One in the name of the rest, or they all cried out as one man:

thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us; had done them no wrong, neither privately nor publicly, by fraud or by force:

neither hast thou taken ought of any man's hand; as a gift, present, or bribe, to fit your his cause. Some would infer hence that be took nothing of them for his support and maintenance, and that he lived upon his own substance; but that is not likely or reasonable; it was but just that they should support him and his family suitably to his character as a judge, whose whole life was spent in their service.

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Samuel's Farewell Address
…3Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind my eyes therewith? and I will restore it you. 4And they said, You have not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither have you taken ought of any man's hand. 5And he said to them, The LORD is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that you have not found ought in my hand. And they answered, He is witness. …

Hebrews 11:33 who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions,
1 Samuel 12:3 Here I stand. Testify against me in the presence of the LORD and his anointed. Whose ox have I taken? Whose donkey have I taken? Whom have I cheated? Whom have I oppressed? From whose hand have I accepted a bribe to make me shut my eyes? If I have done any of these things, I will make it right."
1 Samuel 12:5 Samuel said to them, "The LORD is witness against you, and also his anointed is witness this day, that you have not found anything in my hand." "He is witness," they said.