1 Samuel 26:18
World English Bible (WEB)
He said, “Why does my lord pursue his servant? For what have I done? What evil is in my hand?
In context
16 This thing isn’t good that you have done. As the LORD lives, you are worthy to die, because you have not kept watch over your lord, the LORD’s anointed. Now see where the king’s spear is, and the jar of water that was at his head.”
17 Saul recognized David’s voice, and said, “Is this your voice, my son David?” David said, “It is my voice, my lord, O king.”
18 He said, “Why does my lord pursue his servant? For what have I done? What evil is in my hand?
19 Now therefore, please let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If it is so that the LORD has stirred you up against me, let him accept an offering. But if it is the children of men, they are cursed before the LORD; for they have driven me out today that I shouldn’t cling to the LORD’s inheritance, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods!’
20 Now therefore, don’t let my blood fall to the earth away from the presence of the LORD; for the king of Israel has come out to seek a flea, as when one hunts a partridge in the mountains.”
1 Samuel 26:18 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- He said, “Why does my lord pursue his servant? For what have I done? What evil is in my hand?
- KJV King James Version
- And he said, Wherefore doth my lord thus pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in mine hand?
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- And he continued, “Why is my lord pursuing his servant? What have I done? What evil is in my hand?
- ASV American Standard Version
- And he said, Wherefore doth my lord pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in my hand?
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- and he saith, 'Why [is] this — my lord is pursuing after his servant? for what have I done, and what [is] in my hand evil?
- DBY Darby Translation
- And he said, Why does my lord thus pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in my hand?
- WBS Webster Bible
- And he said, Why doth my lord thus pursue his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in my hand?