Verse 8
1 Samuel 29:8
World English Bible, British Edition
8
David said to Achish, “But what have I done? What have you found
in your servant so long as I have been before you to this day, that I may not go and fight against the
enemies of my lord the king?”
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר דָּוִ֜ד אֶל אָכִ֗ישׁ כִּ֣י מֶ֤ה עָשִׂ֨יתִי֙ וּ/מַה מָּצָ֣אתָ בְ/עַבְדְּ/ךָ֔ מִ/יּוֹם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הָיִ֣יתִי לְ/פָנֶ֔י/ךָ עַ֖ד הַ/יּ֣וֹם הַ/זֶּ֑ה כִּ֣י לֹ֤א אָבוֹא֙ וְ/נִלְחַ֔מְתִּי בְּ/אֹיְבֵ֖י אֲדֹנִ֥/י הַ/מֶּֽלֶךְ
English Translation
And David said to Achish, "What have I done, and what have you found in your servant from the day that I came before you until this day? For I have not sinned and fought against the enemies of my lord the king."
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Chapter 29 Context
1
Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek; and the
Israelites encamped by the...
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2
The lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds and by thousands;
and David and his men passed on...
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3
Then the princes of the Philistines said, “What about these Hebrews?”
Achish said to the princes of...
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4
But the princes of the Philistines were angry with him; and the
princes of the Philistines said to h...
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5
Isn’t this David, of whom people sang to one another in dances, saying,
‘Saul has slain his thousand...
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6
Then Achish called David and said to him, “As the LORD lives,
you have been upright, and your going...
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7
Therefore now return, and go in peace, that you not displease the lords
of the Philistines.”
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8
David said to Achish, “But what have I done? What have you found
in your servant so long as I have b...
9
Achish answered David, “I know that you are good in my sight,
as an angel of God (Elohim). Notwithst...
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10
Therefore now rise up early in the morning with the servants of your
lord who have come with you; an...
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11
So David rose up early, he and his men, to depart in the morning,
to return into the land of the Phi...
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