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1 Samuel 26:18-20
Christian Standard Bible
1 Samuel 26:18-20
Christian Standard Bible
18 Then he continued, “Why is my lord pursuing his servant? What have I done? What crime have I committed?(A) 19 Now, may my lord the king please hear the words of his servant: If it is the Lord who has incited you against me,(B) then may he accept an offering.(C) But if it is people,(D) may they be cursed in the presence of the Lord, for today they have banished me from sharing in the inheritance of the Lord, saying,(E) ‘Go and worship other gods.’ 20 So don’t let my blood fall to the ground far from the Lord’s presence, for the king of Israel has come out to search for a single flea,(F) like one who pursues a partridge in the mountains.”
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1 Samuel 26:18-20
New International Version
1 Samuel 26:18-20
New International Version
18 And he added, “Why is my lord pursuing his servant? What have I done, and what wrong(A) am I guilty of? 19 Now let my lord the king listen(B) to his servant’s words. If the Lord has incited you against me, then may he accept an offering.(C) If, however, people have done it, may they be cursed before the Lord! They have driven me today from my share in the Lord’s inheritance(D) and have said, ‘Go, serve other gods.’(E) 20 Now do not let my blood(F) fall to the ground far from the presence of the Lord. The king of Israel has come out to look for a flea(G)—as one hunts a partridge in the mountains.(H)”
1 Samuel 26:18-20
King James Version
1 Samuel 26:18-20
King James Version
18 And he said, Wherefore doth my lord thus pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in mine hand?
19 Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If the Lord have stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offering: but if they be the children of men, cursed be they before the Lord; for they have driven me out this day from abiding in the inheritance of the Lord, saying, Go, serve other gods.
20 Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth before the face of the Lord: for the king of Israel is come out to seek a flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains.
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