1 Samuel 24:12
◄  1 Samuel 24:12  ►
New International Version (©2011)
May the LORD judge between you and me. And may the LORD avenge the wrongs you have done to me, but my hand will not touch you.

New Living Translation (©2007)
"May the LORD judge between us. Perhaps the LORD will punish you for what you are trying to do to me, but I will never harm you.

English Standard Version (©2001)
May the LORD judge between me and you, may the LORD avenge me against you, but my hand shall not be against you.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"May the LORD judge between you and me, and may the LORD avenge me on you; but my hand shall not be against you.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
The LORD judge between me and thee, and the LORD avenge me of thee: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
"May the LORD judge between you and me, and may the LORD take vengeance on you for me, but my hand will never be against you.

International Standard Version (©2012)
May the LORD judge between me and you, and may he take vengeance on you for me, but I won't be attacking you.

NET Bible (©2006)
May the LORD judge between the two of us, and may the LORD vindicate me over you, but my hand will not be against you.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
May the LORD decide between you and me. May the LORD take revenge on you for what you did to me. However, I will not lay a hand on you.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
The LORD judge between me and you, and the LORD avenge me of you: but my hand shall not be upon you.

American King James Version
The LORD judge between me and you, and the LORD avenge me of you: but my hand shall not be on you.

American Standard Version
Jehovah judge between me and thee, and Jehovah avenge me of thee; but my hand shall not be upon thee.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The Lord judge between me and thee, and the Lord revenge me of thee: but my hand shall not be upon thee.

Darby Bible Translation
Jehovah judge between me and thee, and Jehovah avenge me of thee; but my hand shall not be upon thee.

English Revised Version
The LORD judge between me and thee, and the LORD avenge me of thee: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.

Webster's Bible Translation
The LORD judge between me and thee, and the LORD avenge me of thee: but my hand shall not be upon thee.

World English Bible
May Yahweh judge between me and you, and may Yahweh avenge me of you; but my hand shall not be on you.

Young's Literal Translation
'Jehovah doth judge between me and thee, and Jehovah hath avenged me of thee, and my hand is not on thee;

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

24:8-15 David was falsely charged with seeking Saul's hurt; he shows Saul that God's providence had given him opportunity to do it. And it was upon a good principle that he refused to do it. He declares his fixed resolution never to be his own avenger. If men wrong us, God will right us, at farthest, in the judgment of the great day.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The Lord judge between me and thee,.... And make it appear who is in the right, and who in the wrong:

and the Lord avenge me of thee; if he continued thus to persecute him:

but mine hand shall not be upon thee; to kill thee, though it may be in my power again to do it, as it has been; but this I am determined upon, let me suffer what I will, I will not lay hands on thee to do thee any hurt, but leave thee with God to requite all the evil done to me by thee.

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David Spares Saul
…11Moreover, my father, see, yes, see the skirt of your robe in my hand: for in that I cut off the skirt of your robe, and killed you not, know you and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in my hand, and I have not sinned against you; yet you hunt my soul to take it. 12The LORD judge between me and you, and the LORD avenge me of you: but my hand shall not be on you. 13As said the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceeds from the wicked: but my hand shall not be on you. …

Genesis 16:5 Then Sarai said to Abram, "You are responsible for the wrong I am suffering. I put my slave in your arms, and now that she knows she is pregnant, she despises me. May the LORD judge between you and me."
Genesis 31:53 May the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us." So Jacob took an oath in the name of the Fear of his father Isaac.
Judges 11:27 I have not wronged you, but you are doing me wrong by waging war against me. Let the LORD, the Judge, decide the dispute this day between the Israelites and the Ammonites."
1 Samuel 24:15 May the LORD be our judge and decide between us. May he consider my cause and uphold it; may he vindicate me by delivering me from your hand."
1 Samuel 26:10 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.
1 Samuel 26:11 But the LORD forbid that I should lay a hand on the LORD's anointed. Now get the spear and water jug that are near his head, and let's go."
1 Samuel 26:23 The LORD rewards everyone for their righteousness and faithfulness. The LORD delivered you into my hands today, but I would not lay a hand on the LORD's anointed.
2 Samuel 22:48 He is the God who avenges me, who puts the nations under me,