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."
— 1 Samuel 24:7, World English Bible
“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.”
“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. ”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
The men of David said to him, "Behold, the day of which Yahweh said to you, 'Behold, I will deliver your enemy into your hand, and you shall do to him as it shall seem good to you.'" Then David arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul's robe secretly.
It happened afterward, that David's heart struck him, because he had cut off Saul's skirt.
He said to his men, "Yahweh forbid that I should do this thing to my lord, Yahweh's anointed, to put forth my hand against him, since he is Yahweh's anointed."
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.
David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried after Saul, saying, "My lord the king!" When Saul looked behind him, David bowed with his face to the earth, and did obeisance.
David said to Saul, "Why do you listen to men's words, saying, 'Behold, David seeks your hurt?'
Behold, this day your eyes have seen how that Yahweh had delivered you today into my hand in the cave. Some urged me to kill you; but I spared you; and I said, I will not put forth my hand against my lord; for he is Yahweh's anointed.