Verse 8
1 Samuel 29:8
American Standard Version
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And David said unto Achish, But what have I done? and what hast thou found in thy servant so long as I have been before thee unto 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."
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 29 Context
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Now the Philistines gathered together all their hosts to Aphek: and the Israelites encamped by the f...
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And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by thousands; and David and his men pass...
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3
Then said the princes of the Philistines, What [do] these Hebrews [here]? And Achish said unto the p...
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But he princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines said unto...
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Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands...
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Then Achish called David, and said unto him, As Jehovah liveth, thou hast been upright, and thy goin...
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Wherefore now return, and go in peace, that thou displease not the lords of the Philistines.
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And David said unto Achish, But what have I done? and what hast thou found in thy servant so long as...
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And Achish answered and said to David, I know that thou art good in my sight, as an angel of God (El...
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10
Wherefore now rise up early in the morning with the servants of thy lord that are come with thee; an...
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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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