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21 Then Saul said, “I have done wrong; come back, my son David, for I will never harm you again, because my life was precious in your sight today; I have been a fool and have made a great mistake.”(A)

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21 Then Saul said, “I have sinned.(A) Come back, David my son. Because you considered my life precious(B) today, I will not try to harm you again. Surely I have acted like a fool and have been terribly wrong.”

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17 He said to David, “You are more righteous than I, for you have repaid me good, whereas I have repaid you evil.(A)

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17 “You are more righteous than I,”(A) he said. “You have treated me well,(B) but I have treated you badly.(C)

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24 Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned, for I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord and your words because I feared the people and obeyed their voice.(A)

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24 Then Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned.(A) I violated(B) the Lord’s command and your instructions. I was afraid(C) of the men and so I gave in to them.

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27 Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said to them, “This time I have sinned; the Lord is in the right, and I and my people are in the wrong.(A)

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27 Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron. “This time I have sinned,”(A) he said to them. “The Lord is in the right,(B) and I and my people are in the wrong.

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He said, “I have sinned by betraying innocent[a] blood.” But they said, “What is that to us? See to it yourself.”(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 27.4 Other ancient authorities read righteous

“I have sinned,” he said, “for I have betrayed innocent blood.”

“What is that to us?” they replied. “That’s your responsibility.”(A)

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30 Then Saul[a] said, “I have sinned; yet honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel, and return with me, so that I may worship the Lord your God.”(A)

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  1. 15.30 Heb he

30 Saul replied, “I have sinned.(A) But please honor(B) me before the elders of my people and before Israel; come back with me, so that I may worship the Lord your God.”

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15 Precious in the sight of the Lord
    is the death of his faithful ones.(A)

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15 Precious in the sight(A) of the Lord
    is the death of his faithful servants.(B)

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For the ransom of life is costly
    and can never suffice,(A)

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the ransom(A) for a life is costly,
    no payment is ever enough—(B)

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When Saul was told that David had fled to Gath, he no longer sought for him.

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When Saul was told that David had fled to Gath, he no longer searched for him.

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24 As your life was precious today in my sight, so may my life be precious in the sight of the Lord, and may he rescue me from all tribulation.”(A)

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24 As surely as I valued your life today, so may the Lord value my life and deliver(A) me from all trouble.”

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30 Then the commanders of the Philistines came out to battle, and as often as they came out, David had more success than all the servants of Saul, so that his fame became very great.(A)

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30 The Philistine commanders continued to go out to battle, and as often as they did, David met with more success(A) than the rest of Saul’s officers, and his name became well known.

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34 Then Balaam said to the angel of the Lord, “I have sinned, for I did not know that you were standing in the road to oppose me. Now therefore, if it is displeasing to you, I will return home.”(A)

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34 Balaam said to the angel of the Lord, “I have sinned.(A) I did not realize you were standing in the road to oppose me. Now if you are displeased, I will go back.”

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