1 Samuel 26:8-10
English Standard Version
8 Then Abishai said to David, (A)“God has given your enemy into your hand this day. Now please let me pin him to the earth with one stroke of the spear, and I will not strike him twice.” 9 But David said to Abishai, “Do not destroy him, for who can put out his hand (B)against the Lord's anointed and be guiltless?” 10 And David said, (C)“As the Lord lives, (D)the Lord will strike him, or (E)his day will come to die, (F)or he will go down into battle and perish.
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1 Samuel 26:8-10
New American Standard Bible
8 Then Abishai said to David, “Today God has handed your enemy over to you; now then, please let me [a]pin him with the spear to the ground with one thrust, and I will not [b]do it to him a second time.” 9 But David said to Abishai, “Do not [c]kill him, for (A)who can reach out with his hand against the Lord’s anointed and remain innocent?” 10 David also said, “As the Lord lives, (B)the Lord certainly will strike him, or (C)his day will come that he dies, or (D)he will go down in battle and [d]perish.
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- 1 Samuel 26:8 Lit strike him...even into
- 1 Samuel 26:8 Lit repeat it to him
- 1 Samuel 26:9 Lit destroy
- 1 Samuel 26:10 Lit be carried away
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