7Wherefore now return, and go in peace, that thou displease not the lords of the Philistines.


In Context

4 But he princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines said unto him, Make the man return, that he may go back to his place where thou hast appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he become an adversary to us: for wherewith should this fellow reconcile himself unto his lord? should it not be with the heads of these men?

5 Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, And David his ten thousands?

6 Then Achish called David, and said unto him, As Jehovah liveth, thou hast been upright, and thy going out and thy coming in with me in the host is good in my sight; for I have not found evil in thee since the day of thy coming unto me unto this day: nevertheless the lords favor thee not.

7 Wherefore now return, and go in peace, that thou displease not the lords of the Philistines.

8 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?

9 And Achish answered and said to David, I know that thou art good in my sight, as an angel of God: notwithstanding the princes of the Philistines have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle.

1 Samuel 29:7 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

29:7Turn back and go in peace; do nothing to displease the Philistine rulers."

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

29:7Wherefore now return, and go in peace, that thou displease not the lords of the Philistines.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

29:7Return therefore, and go in peace, and offend not the eyes of the princes of the Philistines.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

29:7And now return, and go in peace, that thou displease not the lords of the Philistines.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

29:7Wherefore now return, and go in peace, that thou displease not the lords of the Philistines.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

29:7Therefore now return, and go in peace, that thou displease not the lords of the Philistines.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

29:7Therefore now return, and go in peace, that you not displease the lords of the Philistines.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

29:7and now, turn back, and go in peace, and thou dost do no evil in the eyes of the princes of the Philistines.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

29:7Why now return, and go in peace, that you displease not the lords of the Philistines.