Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “Here is the king’s spear,” David answered. “Let one of your young men come over and get it. New Living Translation “Here is your spear, O king,” David replied. “Let one of your young men come over and get it. English Standard Version And David answered and said, “Here is the spear, O king! Let one of the young men come over and take it. Berean Standard Bible “Here is the king’s spear,” David answered. “Let one of the young men come over and get it. King James Bible And David answered and said, Behold the king's spear! and let one of the young men come over and fetch it. New King James Version And David answered and said, “Here is the king’s spear. Let one of the young men come over and get it. New American Standard Bible David replied, “Behold, the spear of the king! Now have one of the young men come over and take it. NASB 1995 David replied, “Behold the spear of the king! Now let one of the young men come over and take it. NASB 1977 And David answered and said, “Behold the spear of the king! Now let one of the young men come over and take it. Legacy Standard Bible And David replied, “Behold the spear of the king! Now let one of the young men come over and take it. Amplified Bible David answered, “Look, here is the king’s spear! Now let one of the young men come over and get it. Christian Standard Bible David answered, “Here is the king’s spear; have one of the young men come over and get it. Holman Christian Standard Bible David answered, “Here is the king’s spear; have one of the young men come over and get it. American Standard Version And David answered and said, Behold the spear, O king! let then one of the young men come over and fetch it. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And David answered and said: “Behold, the scepterspear of the King! Let one of the young men cross over and take it! Brenton Septuagint Translation And David answered and said, Behold, the spear of the king: let one of the servants come over and take it. Contemporary English Version "Your Majesty, here's your spear! Let one of your soldiers come and get it. Douay-Rheims Bible And David answering, said: Behold the king's spear: let one of the king's servants come over and fetch it. English Revised Version And David answered and said, Behold the spear, O king! let then one of the young men come over and fetch it. GOD'S WORD® Translation David responded, "Here's the king's spear. One of the young men should come over and get it. Good News Translation David replied, "Here is your spear, Your Majesty. Let one of your men come over and get it. International Standard Version David replied, "Here's the king's spear. Have one of the young men come over and get it. JPS Tanakh 1917 And David answered and said: 'Behold the king's spear! let then one of the young men come over and fetch it. Literal Standard Version And David answers and says, “Behold, the king’s spear; and let one of the young men pass over, and receive it; Majority Standard Bible “Here is the king’s spear,” David answered. “Let one of the young men come over and get it. New American Bible But David answered: “Here is the king’s spear. Let an attendant come over to get it. NET Bible David replied, "Here is the king's spear! Let one of your servants cross over and get it. New Revised Standard Version David replied, “Here is the spear, O king! Let one of the young men come over and get it. New Heart English Bible And David answered and said, "Look, the king's spear. Now let one of the young men come over and get it. Webster's Bible Translation And David answered and said, Behold the king's spear! and let one of the young men come over and take it. World English Bible David answered, “Behold the spear, O king! Let one of the young men come over and get it. Young's Literal Translation And David answereth and saith, 'Lo, the king's spear; and let one of the young men pass over, and receive it; Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Saul Acknowledges His Sin21Then Saul replied, “I have sinned. Come back, David my son. I will never harm you again, because today you considered my life precious. I have played the fool and have committed a grave error!” 22“Here is the king’s spear,” David answered. “Let one of the young men come over and get it. 23May the LORD repay every man for his righteousness and faithfulness. For the LORD delivered you into my hand today, but I would not stretch out my hand against the LORD’s anointed.… Cross References 1 Samuel 26:21 Then Saul replied, "I have sinned. Come back, David my son. I will never harm you again, because today you considered my life precious. I have played the fool and have committed a grave error!" 1 Samuel 26:23 May the LORD repay every man for his righteousness and faithfulness. For the LORD delivered you into my hand today, but I would not stretch out my hand against the LORD's anointed. Treasury of Scripture And David answered and said, Behold the king's spear! and let one of the young men come over and fetch it. Jump to Previous David King's Receive Spear YoungJump to Next David King's Receive Spear Young1 Samuel 26 1. Saul, by the discovery of the Ziphites, comes to Hachilah against David4. David coming into the trench keeps Abishai from killing Saul, 11. but takes his spear and jug 13. David reproves Abner 17. and exhorts Saul 21. Saul acknowledges his sin Verses 22-24. - Behold the king's spear. Rather, "Behold the spear, O king." The other is an unnecessary correction of the Kri. Having restored to Saul this ensign of his authority, David prays that Jehovah may render to every man his righteousness, i.e. may requite David for his upright conduct towards Saul, and by implication punish Saul himself for his unjust conduct. And also his faithfulness, his fidelity, and steady allegiance. This refers exclusively to David, who gives as proof of his faithfulness to his king that he had spared his life when it was delivered into his power. In return for which act God, he affirms, will protect his life. Ver. 24 would be better translated, "And behold, as thy life was great (in value) in my sight this day, so shall my life be great (in value) in the sight of Jehovah, and he shall deliver me out of every strait," every narrowness and difficulty into which Saul's persecution might drive him. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew “Hereהִנֵּ֖ה (hin·nêh) Interjection Strong's 2009: Lo! behold! is the king’s הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4428: A king spear,” חֲנִ֣ית (ḥă·nîṯ) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 2595: A lance David דָּוִד֙ (dā·wiḏ) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse answered. וַיַּ֤עַן (way·ya·‘an) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 6030: To answer, respond “Let one of אֶחָ֥ד (’e·ḥāḏ) Number - masculine singular Strong's 259: United, one, first the young men מֵֽהַנְּעָרִ֖ים (mê·han·nə·‘ā·rîm) Preposition-m, Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 5288: A boy, lad, youth, retainer come over וְיַעֲבֹ֛ר (wə·ya·‘ă·ḇōr) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5674: To pass over, through, or by, pass on and get it. וְיִקָּחֶֽהָ׃ (wə·yiq·qā·ḥe·hā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singular Strong's 3947: To take Links 1 Samuel 26:22 NIV1 Samuel 26:22 NLT 1 Samuel 26:22 ESV 1 Samuel 26:22 NASB 1 Samuel 26:22 KJV 1 Samuel 26:22 BibleApps.com 1 Samuel 26:22 Biblia Paralela 1 Samuel 26:22 Chinese Bible 1 Samuel 26:22 French Bible 1 Samuel 26:22 Catholic Bible OT History: 1 Samuel 26:22 David answered Behold the spear O king! 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