World English Bible
"Achish believed David, saying, "He has made his people Israel utterly to abhor him. Therefore he shall be my servant forever.""
— 1 Samuel 27:12, World English Bible
“And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever. ”
“And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever. ”
“So Achish trusted David, thinking to himself,“He is really hated among his own people in Israel! From now on he will be my servant.””
“And Achis believed David, saying: He hath done much harm to his people Israel: Therefore he shall be my servant for ever. ”
“And Achish had belief in what David said, saying, He has made himself hated by all his people Israel, and so he will be my servant for ever.”
“And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever. ”
David struck the land, and saved neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the cattle, and the donkeys, and the camels, and the clothing; and he returned, and came to Achish.
Achish said, "Against whom have you made a raid today?" David said, "Against the South of Judah, against the South of the Jerahmeelites, and against the South of the Kenites."
David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring them to Gath, saying, "Lest they should tell of us, saying, 'So did David, and so has been his way all the while he has lived in the country of the Philistines.'"
Achish believed David, saying, "He has made his people Israel utterly to abhor him. Therefore he shall be my servant forever."