NET Bible
"David said to Saul,“Why do you pay attention when men say,‘David is seeking to do you harm’?"
— 1 Samuel 24:9, NET Bible
“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?'”
“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?”
He said to his men,“May the LORD keep me far away from doing such a thing to my lord, who is the LORD’s chosen one, by extending my hand against him. After all, he is the LORD’s chosen one.”
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.
Afterward David got up and went out of the cave. He called out after Saul,“My lord, O king!” When Saul looked behind him, David kneeled down and bowed with his face to the ground.
David said to Saul,“Why do you pay attention when men say,‘David is seeking to do you harm’?
Today your own eyes see how the LORD delivered you– this very day– into my hands in the cave. Some told me to kill you, but I had pity on you and said,‘I will not extend my hand against my lord, for he is the LORD’s chosen one.’
Look, my father, and see the edge of your robe in my hand! When I cut off the edge of your robe, I didn’t kill you. So realize and understand that I am not planning evil or rebellion. Even though I have not sinned against you, you are waiting in ambush to take my life.
May the LORD judge between the two of us, and may the LORD vindicate me over you, but my hand will not be against you.