1 Samuel 24:7
New International Version
With these words David sharply rebuked his men and did not allow them to attack Saul. And Saul left the cave and went 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,

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.

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.

King James Bible
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.

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 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.

NASB 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.

NASB 1977
And 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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And David moved the men who were with him to regret with these words, and he did not allow them to rise against Shaul. And Shaul arose from the cave and he went on in the way

Brenton Septuagint Translation
So David persuaded his men by his words, and did not suffer them to arise and slay Saul: and Saul arose and went his way.

Douay-Rheims Bible
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.

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.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
So David stopped his men by saying this to them and didn't let them attack Saul. Saul left the cave and went out onto the road.

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

International Standard Version
David restrained his men with his words and did not allow them to rebel against Saul. Saul got up from the cave and started off.

JPS Tanakh 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.

Literal Standard Version
And David subdues his men by words, and has not permitted them to rise against Saul; and Saul has risen from the cave, and goes on the way;

Majority 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.

New American Bible
With these words David restrained his men and would not permit them to attack Saul. Saul then left the cave and went on his way.

NET Bible
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.

New Revised Standard Version
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.

New Heart English Bible
So David restrained 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.

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;

Additional Translations ...
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Context
David Spares Saul
6So he said to his men, “The LORD forbid that I should do such a thing to my master, the LORD’s anointed. May I never lift my hand against him, since he is the LORD’s anointed.” 7With 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. 8After that, David got up, went out of the cave, and called out to Saul, “My lord the king!” When Saul looked behind him, David bowed facedown in reverence…

Cross References
1 Samuel 24:6
So he said to his men, "The LORD forbid that I should do such a thing to my master, the LORD's anointed. May I never lift my hand against him, since he is the LORD's anointed."

1 Samuel 24:8
After that, David got up, went out of the cave, and called out to Saul, "My lord the king!" When Saul looked behind him, David bowed facedown in reverence

1 Samuel 26:9
But David said to Abishai, "Do not destroy him, for who can lift a hand against the LORD's anointed and be guiltless?"

Psalm 7:4
if I have rewarded my ally with evil, if I have plundered my foe without cause,


Treasury of Scripture

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.

stayed [heb] cut off

Psalm 7:4
If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)

Matthew 5:44
But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;

Romans 12:17-21
Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men…

suffered

1 Samuel 25:33
And blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself with mine own hand.

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1 Samuel 24
1. David, in a cave at En Gedi, spares his life
8. He shows thereby his innocence,
16. Saul, acknowledging his fault, takes an oath of David, and departs.
















Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
With these words
בַּדְּבָרִ֔ים (bad·də·ḇā·rîm)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause

David
דָּוִ֤ד (dā·wiḏ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse

restrained
וַיְשַׁסַּ֨ע (way·šas·sa‘)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 8156: To split, tear, to upbraid

his men,
אֲנָשָׁיו֙ (’ă·nā·šāw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

and he did not
וְלֹ֥א (wə·lō)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

let
נְתָנָ֖ם (nə·ṯā·nām)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

them rise up
לָק֣וּם (lā·qūm)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 6965: To arise, stand up, stand

against
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

Saul.
שָׁא֑וּל (šā·’ūl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 7586: Saul -- first king of Israel, also an Edomite and two Israelites

Then Saul
וְשָׁא֛וּל (wə·šā·’ūl)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 7586: Saul -- first king of Israel, also an Edomite and two Israelites

left
קָ֥ם (qām)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6965: To arise, stand up, stand

the cave
מֵהַמְּעָרָ֖ה (mê·ham·mə·‘ā·rāh)
Preposition-m, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 4631: A cavern

and went
וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ (way·yê·leḵ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

on his way.
בַּדָּֽרֶךְ׃ (bad·dā·reḵ)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action


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