Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
You have explained how you treated me well, in that the LORD delivered me into your hand but you didn't kill me.
New American Standard Bible
You have declared today that you have done good to me, that
King James Version
And thou hast shewed this day how that thou hast dealt well with me: forasmuch as when the LORD had delivered me into thine hand, thou killedst me not.
Holman Bible
You yourself have told me today what good you did for me: when the Lord handed me over to you, you didn’t kill me.
A Conservative Version
And thou have declared this day how that thou have dealt well with me, inasmuch as when LORD had delivered me up into thy hand, thou killed me not.
American Standard Version
And thou hast declared this day how that thou hast dealt well with me, forasmuch as when Jehovah had delivered me up into thy hand, thou killedst me not.
Amplified
You have declared today the good that you have done to me, for when the Lord put me into your hand, you did not kill me.
Bible in Basic English
And you have made clear to me how good you have been to me today: because, when the Lord gave me up into your hands, you did not put me to death.
Darby Translation
And thou hast shewed this day how that thou hast dealt well with me, forasmuch as when Jehovah had delivered me up into thy hand, thou didst not kill me.
Julia Smith Translation
And thou didst announce to me this day that thou didst good with me; when Jehovah shut me up in thine hand and thou killedst me not
King James 2000
And you have shown this day how that you have dealt well with me: for when the LORD had delivered me into your hand, you killed me not.
Lexham Expanded Bible
You have explained to me today that you have dealt well with me, how Yahweh delivered me into your hand but you did not kill me.
Modern King James verseion
And you have shown this day how you have dealt well with me, because when Jehovah shut me up into your hand, you did not kill me.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And thou hast showed this day how that thou hast dealt lovingly with me: forasmuch as when the LORD had locked me in thine hands, thou slewest me not.
NET Bible
You have explained today how you have treated me well. The Lord delivered me into your hand, but you did not kill me.
New Heart English Bible
You have declared this day how you have dealt well with me, because when the LORD had delivered me up into your hand, you did not kill me.
The Emphasized Bible
Thou, then, hast told to-day, how thou hast dealt with me, for good, - how, when Yahweh had surrendered me into thy hand, thou didst not slay me.
Webster
And thou hast showed this day how thou hast dealt with me; forasmuch as when the LORD had delivered me into thy hand, thou didst not kill me.
World English Bible
You have declared this day how you have dealt well with me, because when Yahweh had delivered me up into your hand, you didn't kill me.
Youngs Literal Translation
and thou hast declared to-day how that thou hast done good with me, how that Jehovah shut me up into thy hand, and thou didst not slay me,
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Samuel 24:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
David Spares Saul In The Cave At En Gedi
17 to David, "You are more righteous than I am, because you have treated me well even though I've treated you poorly. 18 You have explained how you treated me well, in that the LORD delivered me into your hand but you didn't kill me. 19 For who would find his enemy and then send him away safely? May the LORD repay you for what you have done for me today.
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Cross References
1 Samuel 26:23
The LORD repays a person for his righteousness and his faithfulness. The LORD gave you into my control today, but I refused to raise my hand against the LORD's anointed.
1 Samuel 23:7
It was reported to Saul that David had come to Keilah, and Saul said, "The LORD has delivered him into my hand because he has shut himself in by going into a town with double gates and bars."
1 Samuel 23:12
Then David said, "Will the people of Keilah hand me over to Saul?"
1 Samuel 24:10
Look, this very day you saw with your own eyes that the LORD gave you into my control in the cave, and one of my men told me to kill you, but I had pity on you and responded, "I won't lift my hand against his majesty because he's the LORD's anointed.'
1 Samuel 26:8
Abishai told David, "Today God has delivered your enemy into your hand. Let me run the spear through him into the ground with a single blow. I won't need to strike him twice!"
Psalm 31:8
You have not delivered me into the hand of the enemy, but you have set my feet in a sturdy place.