18And he said, Why does my lord thus pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in my hand?


In Context

15 And David said to Abner, Art not thou a man? and who is like to thee in Israel? and why hast thou not guarded thy lord the king? for one of the people came in to destroy the king thy lord.

16 This thing is not good which thou hast done. As Jehovah liveth, ye are worthy to die, because ye have not guarded your master, Jehovah's anointed. And now see where the king's spear is, and the cruse of water that was at his head.

17 And Saul knew David's voice, and said, Is this thy voice, my son David? And David said, It is my voice, my lord, O king.

18 And he said, Why does my lord thus pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in my hand?

19 And now, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If Jehovah have moved thee against me, let him accept an oblation; but if the sons of men, cursed be they before Jehovah; for they have driven me out this day from adhering to the inheritance of Jehovah, saying, Go, serve other gods.

20 And now, let not my blood fall to the earth far from the face of Jehovah; for the king of Israel is come out to seek a single flea, as when they hunt a partridge on the mountains.

1 Samuel 26:18 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

26:18And he added, "Why is my lord pursuing his servant? What have I done, and what wrong am I guilty of?

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

26:18And he said, Wherefore doth my lord thus pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil [is] in mine hand?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

26:18And he said: Wherefore doth my lord persecute his servant? What have I done? or what evil is there in my hand?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

26:18And he said, Wherefore doth my lord pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in my hand?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

26:18And he said, Wherefore doth my lord pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in mine hand?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:18And he said, Why doth my lord thus pursue his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in my hand?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:18He said, |Why does my lord pursue after his servant? For what have I done? Or what evil is in my hand?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

26:18and he saith, 'Why is this — my lord is pursuing after his servant? for what have I done, and what is in my hand evil?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

26:18And he said, Why does my lord thus pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in my hand?