1 Samuel 24:7
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
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.
In context
5 Afterward, David’s conscience was stricken because he had cut off the corner of Saul’s robe.
6 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.”
7 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.
8 After that, David got up, went out of the cave, and called out to Saul, “My lord the king!” When Saul looked behind him, David bowed facedown in reverence
9 and said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of men who say, ‘Look, David intends to harm you’?
1 Samuel 24:7 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- 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.
- KJV King James Version
- 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.
- WEB World English Bible
- 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.
- ASV American Standard Version
- 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.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- 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;
- DBY Darby Translation
- 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.
- WBS Webster Bible
- 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.