American King James Version
"And David said to Saul, Why hear you men’s words, saying, Behold, David seeks your hurt? "
— 1 Samuel 24:9, American King James Version
“And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou men’s words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?”
“And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearkenest thou to men’s words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt? ”
“David said to Saul, "Why do you listen to men's words, saying, 'Behold, David seeks your hurt?'”
“David said to Saul,“Why do you pay attention when men say,‘David is seeking to do you harm’?”
“And David also rose up after him: and going out of the cave, cried after Saul, saying: My lord the king. And Saul looked behind him: and David bowing himself down to the ground, worshipped,”
“And David said to Saul, Why do you give any attention to those who say that it is my desire to do you wrong?”
“And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou men’s words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?”
And he said to his men, The LORD forbid that I should do this thing to my master, the LORD’s anointed, to stretch forth my hand against him, seeing he is the anointed of the LORD.
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.
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 stooped with his face to the earth, and bowed himself. ¶
And David said to Saul, Why hear you men’s words, saying, Behold, David seeks your hurt?
Behold, this day your eyes have seen how that the LORD had delivered you to day into my hand in the cave: and some bade me kill you: but my eye spared you; and I said, I will not put forth my hand against my lord; for he is the LORD’s anointed.
Moreover, my father, see, yes, see the skirt of your robe in my hand: for in that I cut off the skirt of your robe, and killed you not, know you and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in my hand, and I have not sinned against you; yet you hunt my soul to take it.
The LORD judge between me and you, and the LORD avenge me of you: but my hand shall not be on you.