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1 Samuel 12:5

What does 1 Samuel 12:5 mean?

A plain-English look at 1 Samuel 12:5 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And he said unto them, Jehovah is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found aught in my hand. And they said, He is witness.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And he said unto them, The Lord is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found ought in my hand. And they answered, He is witness.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And he said unto them, Jehovah is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found aught in my hand. And they said, He is witness.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Then he said, The Lord is witness against you, and the man on whom he has put the holy oil is witness this day that you have seen no wrong in me. And they said, He is witness.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And he saith unto them, `A witness <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah against you: and a witness <FI>is<Fi> His anointed this day, that ye have not found anything in my hand;' and they say, `A witness.'

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And he said to them: The Lord is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that you have not found any thing in my hand. And they said: He is witness.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And he said to them, Jehovah is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found aught in my hand! And [the people] said, [He is] witness!

Context

v.4And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken aught of any man’s hand.

v.5This passage

v.6And Samuel said unto the people, It is Jehovah that appointed Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 2 Corinthians 1:12

    For our glorying is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, we behaved ourselves in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.

  • Acts 23:9

    And there arose a great clamor: and some of the scribes of the Pharisees’ part stood up, and strove, saying, We find no evil in this man: and what if a spirit hath spoken to him, or an angel?

  • 1 Samuel 26:9

    And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not; for who can put forth his hand against Jehovah’s anointed, and be guiltless?

  • 1 Corinthians 4:4

    For I know nothing against myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord.

  • Acts 24:20

    Or else let these men themselves say what wrong-doing they found when I stood before the council,

  • Psalms 17:3

    Thou hast proved my heart; thou hast visited me in the night; Thou hast tried me, and findest nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

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