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B I ◄ ← 1 Sam 24:6 ↓ → ► ≡ ═ ©
Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)
OET (OET-RV) and he said to his men, “By Yahweh, I shouldn’t have done that to my master—to Yahweh’s anointed king—to do him harm because he’s the one Yahweh anointed.”[ref]
OET-LV (SA1 24:7) [fn] and_he/it_said to_men_of_his far_be_it to/for_me from_YHWH if I_will_do DOM the_thing the_this to_master_of_my to_the_one_anointed_of YHWH by_stretching_out hand_of_my in/on/over_him/it if/because is_the_one_anointed_of YHWH he.
_C24.htm#C24V6">24:7 Note: KJB: 1Sam.24.6
UHB 7 וַיֹּ֨אמֶר לַאֲנָשָׁ֜יו חָלִ֧ילָה לִּ֣י מֵֽיהוָ֗ה אִם־אֶעֱשֶׂה֩ אֶת־הַדָּבָ֨ר הַזֶּ֤ה לַֽאדֹנִי֙ לִמְשִׁ֣יחַ יְהוָ֔ה לִשְׁלֹ֥חַ יָדִ֖י בּ֑וֹ כִּֽי־מְשִׁ֥יחַ יְהוָ֖ה הֽוּא׃ ‡
(7 vayyoʼmer laʼₐnāshāyv ḩālilāh liy mēyhvāh ʼim-ʼeˊₑseh ʼet-haddāⱱār hazzeh laʼdoniy liməshiyaḩ yhwh lishəloaḩ yādiy bō kiy-məshiyaḩ yhwh hūʼ.)
Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
BrLXX (SA1 24:7) Καὶ εἶπε Δαυὶδ πρὸς τοὺς ἄνδρας αὐτοῦ, μηδαμῶς μοι παρὰ Κυρίου, εἰ ποιήσω τὸ ῥῆμα τοῦτο τῷ κυρίῳ μου τῷ χριστῷ Κυρίου, ἐπενέγκαι χεῖρά μου ἐπʼ αὐτὸν, ὅτι χριστὸς Κυρίου ἐστὶν οὗτος.
(Kai eipe Dawid pros tous andras autou, maʸdamōs moi para Kuriou, ei poiaʸsō to ɽaʸma touto tōi kuriōi mou tōi ⱪristōi Kuriou, epenegkai ⱪeira mou epʼ auton, hoti ⱪristos Kuriou estin houtos.)
BrTr (SA1 24:7) And David said to his men, The Lord forbid it me, that I should do this thing to my lord the anointed of the Lord, to lift my hand against him; for he is the anointed of the Lord.
ULT And he said to his men, “Profane to me from Yahweh if I have done this thing to my master, to the anointed one of Yahweh, to stretch out my hand against him. For he, is the anointed one of Yahweh.”
UST David told his men, “Yahweh is very displeased with me for doing that to my master, the man Yahweh appointed as king! Because Yahweh chose him to be the king, I should not have done anything hostile to him.”
BSB & MSB 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.”
OEB No OEB SA1 24:6 book available
WEBBE & WMBB He said to his men, “The LORD forbid that I should do this thing to my lord, the LORD’s anointed, to stretch out my hand against him, since he is the LORD’s anointed.”
NET He said to his men, “May the Lord keep me far away from doing such a thing to my lord, who is the Lord’s chosen one, by extending my hand against him. After all, he is the Lord’s chosen one.”
LSV and he says to his men, “Far be it from me, by YHWH; I do not do this thing to my lord—to the anointed of YHWH—to put forth my hand against him, for he [is] the anointed of YHWH.”
FBV He told his men, “May the Lord prevent me from doing anything like this[fn] to my master, the Lord's anointed one. I will never attack him, for he is the Lord's anointed one.”
24:6 “Like this”: probably referring his men's desire to attack the king.
T4T He said to his men, “I should not have done that to the king! I hope/desire that Yahweh will never allow me to attack the one whom God has appointed, because Yahweh is the one who chose him to be the king.”
LEB He said to his men, “Far be it from me in[fn] Yahweh, that I do this thing to my lord, to Yahweh’s anointed one, by stretching out my hand against him! For he is the anointed one of Yahweh.”
24:6 Hebrew “from”
BBE And David said to his men, Before the Lord, never let it be said that my hand was lifted up against my lord, the man of the Lord's selection, for the Lord's holy oil has been put on him.
Moff No Moff SA1 24:6 book available
JPS (SA1 24:7) (24-8) 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.
ASV And he said unto his men, Jehovah forbid that I should do this thing unto my lord, Jehovah’s anointed, to put forth my hand against him, seeing he is Jehovah’s anointed.
DRA (SA1 24:7) And he said to his men: The Lord be merciful unto me, that I may do no such thing to my master the Lord’s anointed, as to lay my hand upon him, because he is the Lord’s anointed.
YLT and he saith to his men, 'Far be it from me, by Jehovah; I do not do this thing to my lord — to the anointed of Jehovah — to put forth my hand against him, for the anointed of Jehovah he [is].'
Drby And he said to his men, Jehovah forbid that I should do this thing to my master, Jehovah's anointed, to stretch forth my hand against him, for he is the anointed of Jehovah.
RV And he said unto his men, The LORD forbid that I should do this thing unto my lord, the LORD’S anointed, to put forth mine hand against him, seeing he is the LORD’S anointed.
SLT And he will say to his men, Far be it to me from Jehovah if I shall do this word to my lord, to the Messiah of Jehovah, to stretch forth my hand against him, for he is the Messiah of Jehovah.
Wbstr And he said to his men, The LORD forbid that I should do this thing to my master, the LORD'S anointed, to stretch forth my hand against him, seeing he is the anointed of the LORD.
KJB-1769 And he said unto his men, The LORD forbid that I should do this thing unto my master, the LORD’s anointed, to stretch forth mine hand against him, seeing he is the anointed of the LORD.
KJB-1611 And hee sayd vnto his men, The LORD forbid that I should doe this thing vnto my master the LORDs Anoynted, to stretch forth mine hand against him, seeing he is the Anoynted of the LORD.
(And he said unto his men, The LORD forbid that I should do this thing unto my master the LORD's Anointed, to stretch forth mine hand against him, seeing he is the Anointed of the LORD.)
Bshps And he sayd vnto his men: The Lorde kepe me from doyng that thing vnto my maister the lordes annoynted to lay myne hande vpon him, seing he is the annoynted of the Lorde.
(And he said unto his men: The Lord keep me from doing that thing unto my master the lords anointed to lay mine hand upon him, seeing he is the anointed of the Lord.)
Gnva And afterward Dauid was touched in his heart, because he had cut off the lappe which was on Sauls garment.
(And afterward David was touched in his heart, because he had cut off the lappe which was on Sauls garment.)
Cvdl and sayde vnto his men: The LORDE let that be farre frome, that I shulde do it, & laye my hande vpo my lorde the LORDES anoyntd: for he is ye anoynted of the LORDE.
(and said unto his men: The LORD let that be far frome, that I should do it, and lay my hand upon my lord the LORDS anointd: for he is ye/you_all anointed of the LORD.)
Wycl (SA1 24:7) And Dauid seide to hise men, The Lord be merciful to me, lest Y do this thing to my lord, the crist of the Lord, that Y sende myn hond `in to hym, for he is the crist of the Lord. The Lord lyueth, for no but the Lord smyte hym, ether his dai come, that he die, ether he go doun in to batel and perische, the Lord be merciful to me, that Y sende not myn hond in to the crist of the Lord.
(And David said to his men, The Lord be merciful to me, lest I do this thing to my lord, the crist of the Lord, that I send mine hand in to him, for he is the crist of the Lord. The Lord liveth/lives, for no but the Lord smite/strike him, either his day come, that he die, either he go down in to battle and perish, the Lord be merciful to me, that I send not mine hand in to the crist of the Lord.)
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ClVg (SA1 24:7) Dixitque ad viros suos: Propitius sit mihi Dominus, ne faciam hanc rem domino meo, christo Domini, ut mittam manum meam in eum: quia christus Domini est.
(And_he_said to men his_own: More_merciful be to_me Master, not I_will_do this thing master/dominate mine, to_Christ/Messiah Master, as I_will_send hand of_mine in/into/on him: because anointed Master it_is.)
Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result
חָלִ֧ילָה לִּ֣י מֵֽיהוָ֗ה אִם־אֶעֱשֶׂה֩ אֶת־הַדָּבָ֨ר הַזֶּ֤ה לַֽאדֹנִי֙ לִמְשִׁ֣יחַ יְהוָ֔ה לִשְׁלֹ֥חַ יָדִ֖י בּ֑וֹ כִּֽי־מְשִׁ֥יחַ יְהוָ֖ה הֽוּא
far,be_it (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said to,men_of,his far,be_it to/for=me from,Yahweh if do DOM the,thing the=this to,lord_of,my to,the_[one]_anointed_of YHWH by,stretching_out hand_of,my in/on/over=him/it that/for/because/then/when anointed_of YHWH he/it )
If it would be more natural in your language, you could reverse the order of these phrases, since the second phrase gives the reason for the result that the first phrase describes. Alternate translation: [Since he is the anointed one of Yahweh, profane to me from Yahweh if I have done this thing to my master, to the anointed one of Yahweh, to stretch out my hand against him]
Note 2 topic: grammar-connect-condition-fact
חָלִ֧ילָה לִּ֣י מֵֽיהוָ֗ה אִם־אֶעֱשֶׂה֩ אֶת־הַדָּבָ֨ר הַזֶּ֤ה לַֽאדֹנִי֙
far,be_it (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said to,men_of,his far,be_it to/for=me from,Yahweh if do DOM the,thing the=this to,lord_of,my to,the_[one]_anointed_of YHWH by,stretching_out hand_of,my in/on/over=him/it that/for/because/then/when anointed_of YHWH he/it )
David is speaking as if this were a hypothetical possibility, but he means that it is actually true. If your language does not state something as a condition if it is certain or true, then you could translate this as a confident statement. Alternate translation: [Profane to me from Yahweh, that I have done this thing to my master]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis
חָלִ֧ילָה לִּ֣י מֵֽיהוָ֗ה אִם־אֶעֱשֶׂה֩ אֶת־הַדָּבָ֨ר הַזֶּ֤ה לַֽאדֹנִי֙
far,be_it (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said to,men_of,his far,be_it to/for=me from,Yahweh if do DOM the,thing the=this to,lord_of,my to,the_[one]_anointed_of YHWH by,stretching_out hand_of,my in/on/over=him/it that/for/because/then/when anointed_of YHWH he/it )
The similar assertions in [12:13](../12/13.md) and [Joshua 22:29](../../jos/22/29.md) suggest that David is leaving out some words that in many languages would be needed to complete the meaning. You can supply these words from the context. Alternate translation: [Profane to me from sinning against Yahweh by doing this thing to my master]
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
חָלִ֧ילָה לִּ֣י מֵֽיהוָ֗ה אִם־אֶעֱשֶׂה֩ אֶת־הַדָּבָ֨ר הַזֶּ֤ה לַֽאדֹנִי֙
far,be_it (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said to,men_of,his far,be_it to/for=me from,Yahweh if do DOM the,thing the=this to,lord_of,my to,the_[one]_anointed_of YHWH by,stretching_out hand_of,my in/on/over=him/it that/for/because/then/when anointed_of YHWH he/it )
See how you translated the expression “profane to me” in [2:30](../02/30.md). Alternate translation: [Far be it from me to sin against Yahweh by doing this thing to my master]
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
לִמְשִׁ֣יחַ יְהוָ֔ה & מְשִׁ֥יחַ יְהוָ֖ה הֽוּא
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said to,men_of,his far,be_it to/for=me from,Yahweh if do DOM the,thing the=this to,lord_of,my to,the_[one]_anointed_of YHWH by,stretching_out hand_of,my in/on/over=him/it that/for/because/then/when anointed_of YHWH he/it )
If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [to the one whom Yahweh has anointed … he is the one whom Yahweh has anointed]
Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
לִשְׁלֹ֥חַ יָדִ֖י בּ֑וֹ
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said to,men_of,his far,be_it to/for=me from,Yahweh if do DOM the,thing the=this to,lord_of,my to,the_[one]_anointed_of YHWH by,stretching_out hand_of,my in/on/over=him/it that/for/because/then/when anointed_of YHWH he/it )
See how you translated this expression in [22:17](../22/17.md). Alternate translation: [to attack him] or [to use violence against him in any way]
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