1 Samuel 24:18
New International Version
You have just now told me about the good you did to me; the LORD delivered me into your hands, but you did not kill me.

New Living Translation
Yes, you have been amazingly kind to me today, for when the LORD put me in a place where you could have killed me, you didn’t do it.

English Standard Version
And you have declared this day how you have dealt well with me, in that you did not kill me when the LORD put me into your hands.

Berean Standard Bible
And you have shown this day how well you have dealt with me; for when the LORD delivered me into your hand, you did not kill me.

King James Bible
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.

New King James Version
And you have shown this day how you have dealt well with me; for when the LORD delivered me into your hand, you did not kill me.

New American Standard Bible
You have declared today that you have done good to me, that the LORD handed me over to you and yet you did not kill me.

NASB 1995
“You have declared today that you have done good to me, that the LORD delivered me into your hand and yet you did not kill me.

NASB 1977
“And you have declared today that you have done good to me, that the LORD delivered me into your hand and yet you did not kill me.

Legacy Standard Bible
And you have declared today that you have done good to me, that Yahweh surrendered me into your hand, and yet you did not kill me.

Amplified Bible
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.

Christian Standard 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.

Holman Christian Standard 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.

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.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And you have shown today that you have done good to me, for LORD JEHOVAH delivered me into your hands, and you did not kill me!

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And thou hast told me to-day what good thou hast done me, how the Lord shut me up into thy hands to-day, and thou didst not slay me.

Contemporary English Version
You've told me how you were kind enough not to kill me when the LORD gave you the chance.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And thou hast shewn this day what good things thou hast done to me: how the Lord delivered me into thy hand, and thou hast not killed me.

English Revised Version
And thou hast declared this day how that thou hast dealt well with me: forasmuch as when the LORD had delivered me up into thine hand, thou killedst me not.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Today you have proved how good you've been to me. When the LORD handed me over to you, you didn't kill me.

Good News Translation
Today you have shown how good you are to me, because you did not kill me, even though the LORD put me in your power.

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.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And thou hast declared this day how that thou hast dealt well with me; forasmuch as when the LORD had delivered me up into thy hand, thou didst not kill me.

Literal Standard Version
and you have declared today how that you have done good with me, how that YHWH shut me up into your hand, and you did not slay me,

Majority Standard Bible
And you have shown this day how well you have dealt with me; for when the LORD delivered me into your hand, you did not kill me.

New American Bible
You have declared this day how you treated me graciously: the LORD delivered me into your hand and you did not kill me.

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 Revised Standard Version
Today you have explained how you have dealt well with me, in that you did not kill me when the LORD put me into your hands.

New Heart English Bible
And you have declared this day how you have dealt well with me, in that the LORD had delivered me up into your hand and you did not kill me.

Webster's Bible Translation
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 today how you have dealt well with me, because when Yahweh had delivered me up into your hand, you didn’t kill me.

Young's 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,

Additional Translations ...
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Context
David's Oath to Saul
17and said to David, “You are more righteous than I, for you have rewarded me with good, though I have rewarded you with evil. 18And you have shown this day how well you have dealt with me; for when the LORD delivered me into your hand, you did not kill me. 19When a man finds his enemy, does he let him go away unharmed? May the LORD reward you with good for what you have done for me this day.…

Cross References
1 Samuel 26:23
May the LORD repay every man for his righteousness and faithfulness. For the LORD delivered you into my hand today, but I would not stretch out my hand against the LORD's anointed.

1 Samuel 24:19
When a man finds his enemy, does he let him go away unharmed? May the LORD reward you with good for what you have done for me this day.


Treasury of Scripture

And you have showed this day how that you have dealt well with me: for as much as when the LORD had delivered me into your hand, you killed me not.

Lord

1 Samuel 24:10
Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the LORD had delivered thee to day into mine hand in the cave: and some bade me kill thee: but mine eye spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth mine hand against my lord; for he is the LORD'S anointed.

1 Samuel 23:7
And it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah. And Saul said, God hath delivered him into mine hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that hath gates and bars.

1 Samuel 26:23
The LORD render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness: for the LORD delivered thee into my hand to day, but I would not stretch forth mine hand against the LORD'S anointed.

delivered me [heb] shut me up

1 Samuel 23:12
Then said David, Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul? And the LORD said, They will deliver thee up.

1 Samuel 26:8
Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered thine enemy into thine hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear even to the earth at once, and I will not smite him the second time.

Psalm 31:8
And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.

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1. David, in a cave at En Gedi, spares his life
8. He shows thereby his innocence,
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Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
And you
וְאַתָּה֙ (wə·’at·tāh)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person masculine singular
Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you

have shown
הִגַּ֣דְתָּ (hig·gaḏ·tā)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 5046: To be conspicuous

this day
הַיּ֔וֹם (hay·yō·wm)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3117: A day

how
אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

well
טוֹבָ֑ה (ṭō·w·ḇāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good

you have dealt
עָשִׂ֥יתָה (‘ā·śî·ṯāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make

with me;
אִתִּ֖י (’it·tî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's 854: Nearness, near, with, by, at, among

for when
אֲשֶׁ֨ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

the LORD
יְהוָ֛ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

delivered me
סִגְּרַ֧נִי (sig·gə·ra·nî)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's 5462: To shut up, to surrender

into your hand,
בְּיָדְךָ֖ (bə·yā·ḏə·ḵā)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 3027: A hand

you did not
וְלֹ֥א (wə·lō)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

kill me.
הֲרַגְתָּֽנִי׃ (hă·raḡ·tā·nî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's 2026: To smite with deadly intent


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