1 SAM 24:7 Parallel Verse View

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Original SA1 24:8: Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

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 24:8) Καὶ ἔπεισε Δαυὶδ τοὺς ἄνδρας αὐτοῦ ἐν λόγοις, καὶ οὐκ ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς ἀναστάντας θῦσαι τὸν Σαούλ· καὶ ἀνέστη Σαοὺλ καὶ κατέβη τὴν ὁδόν.
(Kai epeise Dawid tous andras autou en logois, kai ouk edōken autois anastantas thusai ton Saoul; kai anestaʸ Saʼoul kai katebaʸ taʸn hodon.)

BrTr (SA1 24:8) So David persuaded his men by his words, and did not suffer them to arise and slay Saul: and Saul arose and went his way.

ULT And David dispersed his men with words and did not allow them to arise against Saul. And Saul arose from the cave and went in the way.

UST By saying that, David made his men move farther back into the cave away from Saul.
¶ He did not allow them to kill him. After Saul left the cave and started to search for David again,

BSB & MSB With these words David restrained his men, and he did not let them rise up against Saul. Then Saul left the cave and went on his way.

OEB No OEB SA1 24:7 book available

WEBBE & WMBB So David checked his men with these words, and didn’t allow them to rise against Saul. Saul rose up out of the cave, and went on his way.

NET David restrained his men with these words and did not allow them to rise up against Saul. Then Saul left the cave and started down the road.

LSV And David subdues his men by words, and has not permitted them to rise against Saul; and Saul has risen from the cave, and goes on the way;

FBV He reprimanded his men and didn't allow them to attack Saul.
¶ Saul stood up and went on his way.

T4T By saying that, David restrained his men, and did not allow them to kill Saul.

LEB So David rebuked his men with the words and did not allow them to rise against Saul. And Saul got up from the cave, and he went on his[fn] way.

24:7 Hebrew “the”

BBE So with these words David kept his servants back, and did not let them make an attack on Saul. And Saul got up and went on his way.

Moff No Moff SA1 24:7 book available

JPS (SA1 24:8) (24-9) David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried after Saul, saying: 'My lord the king.' And when Saul looked behind him, David bowed with his face to the earth, and prostrated himself.

ASV 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.

DRA (SA1 24:8) And David stopped his men with his words, and suffered them not to rise against Saul. But Saul rising up out of the cave, went on his way.

YLT And David subdueth his men by words, and hath not permitted them to rise against Saul; and Saul hath risen from the cave, and goeth on the way;

Drby And 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.

RV 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.

SLT And David will divide his men with words, and he gave them not to rise against Saul, and Saul rose up from the cave and went in the way.

Wbstr So David restrained his servants with these words, and suffered them not to rise against Saul. But Saul rose out of the cave, and went on his way.

KJB-1769 So David stayed his servants with these words, and suffered them not to rise against Saul. But Saul rose up out of the cave, and went on his way.[fn]

24.7 stayed: Heb. cut off

KJB-1611 So Dauid [fn]stayed his seruants with these wordes, and suffered them not to rise against Saul: but Saul rose vp out of the caue, and went on his way.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation and footnotes)

24:7 Hebr. cut off.

Bshps And so Dauid kept of his seruauntes with these wordes, and suffred them not to rise against Saul: But Saul rose vp out of the caue, and went away.
(And so David kept of his servants with these words, and suffered them not to rise against Saul: But Saul rose up out of the cave, and went away.)

Gnva And he said vnto his men, The Lord keepe mee from doing that thing vnto my master the Lords Anoynted, to lay mine hand vpon him: for he is the Anoynted of the Lord.
(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: for he is the Anointed of the Lord.)

Cvdl And Dauid withelde his seruautes with wordes, & suffred the not to ryse vp agaynst Saul. But whan Saul gat him vp out of the caue, and was goinge his waye,
(And David withheld his servants with words, and suffered the not to rise up against Saul. But when Saul gat him up out of the cave, and was going his way,)

Wycl (SA1 24:8) Forsothe Saul roos out of the denne, and yede in the weie bigunnun.
(For_certain/Truly Saul rose out of the den, and went in the way begun.)

Luth (SA1 24:8) Und David weisete seine Männer von sich mit Worten und ließ sie nicht wider Saul sich auflehnen. Da aber Saul sich aufmachte aus der Höhle und ging auf dem Wege,
(And David pointed his men from itself/yourself/themselves with words and left/let they/she/them not against Saul itself/yourself/themselves rebel/revolt. So but Saul itself/yourself/themselves opened out_of the/of_the cave and went on/in/to to_him ways,)

ClVg (SA1 24:8) Et confregit David viros suos sermonibus, et non permisit eos ut consurgerent in Saul: porro Saul exsurgens de spelunca, pergebat cœpto itinere.
(And he_broke David men his_own conversations, and not/no allowed them as they_would_rise in/into/on Saul: besides/further Saul rising from/about cave, was_going begun travel.)

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / events

וַ⁠יְשַׁסַּ֨ע דָּוִ֤ד אֶת־אֲנָשָׁי⁠ו֙ בַּ⁠דְּבָרִ֔ים וְ⁠לֹ֥א נְתָנָ֖⁠ם לָ⁠ק֣וּם אֶל־שָׁא֑וּל

(Some words not found in UHB: and,he_reprimanded Dāvid DOM men_of,his by,words and=not he,permitted_them to,rise_up to/towards Shāʼūl/(Saul) and,Saul got_up from,the,cave and=he/it_went on,way )

It is possible that David’s men told him that if he did not feel he could attack and kill Saul himself, they would do it for him. (In [26:8](../26/08.md), Abishai tells David that directly when David gets another opportunity to kill Saul.) If that is the case, then the author is describing one event before describing another event that preceded it. In your translation, you may wish to relate these events in the order in which they would have happened. Alternate translation: [And David did not allow his men to arise against Saul, but he dispersed them with words]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וַ⁠יְשַׁסַּ֨ע דָּוִ֤ד אֶת־אֲנָשָׁי⁠ו֙

(Some words not found in UHB: and,he_reprimanded Dāvid DOM men_of,his by,words and=not he,permitted_them to,rise_up to/towards Shāʼūl/(Saul) and,Saul got_up from,the,cave and=he/it_went on,way )

In its few other uses in the Hebrew Bible, the term translated as dispersed means to tear in pieces or to divide. Here it could mean: (1) that David’s men had gathered in a large group in preparation to attack Saul, but by refusing to allow them to do that, David caused them to move back into various parts of the cave in smaller groups. The ULT suggests this meaning. (2) that David spoke harshly to his men to keep them from attacking Saul. In that case, the author would be speaking of David’s action as if he had slashed at the crowd of men the way someone might slash a sacrificial animal in order to divide it into pieces. Alternate translation: [And David rebuked his men]; (3) that David restrained his men. Some interpreters believe that the text originally had a word with this meaning that was altered in the process of transmission. Alternate translation: [And David restrained his men]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

בַּ⁠דְּבָרִ֔ים

(Some words not found in UHB: and,he_reprimanded Dāvid DOM men_of,his by,words and=not he,permitted_them to,rise_up to/towards Shāʼūl/(Saul) and,Saul got_up from,the,cave and=he/it_went on,way )

The author is using the term words to represent what David said by using words. The author could be referring to: (1) what David said in the previous verse. Alternate translation: [by saying this]; (2) something further that David said to keep his men from killing Saul themselves. Alternate translation: [by persuading them that they too should respect Saul as Yahweh’s anointed]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

לָ⁠ק֣וּם אֶל־שָׁא֑וּל

to,rise_up to/towards (Some words not found in UHB: and,he_reprimanded Dāvid DOM men_of,his by,words and=not he,permitted_them to,rise_up to/towards Shāʼūl/(Saul) and,Saul got_up from,the,cave and=he/it_went on,way )

See how you translated this expression in [1:9](../01/09.md). Alternate translation: [to take action against Saul]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וְ⁠שָׁא֛וּל קָ֥ם מֵ⁠הַ⁠מְּעָרָ֖ה

(Some words not found in UHB: and,he_reprimanded Dāvid DOM men_of,his by,words and=not he,permitted_them to,rise_up to/towards Shāʼūl/(Saul) and,Saul got_up from,the,cave and=he/it_went on,way )

The cave was not a hole in the ground that Saul had to climb out of. The author says that he arose from the cave to indicate that he left the cave and continued his search for David once he had finished relieving himself. Alternate translation: [And Saul moved on from the cave]

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