17And he said to David: Thou art more just than I: for thou hast done good to me, and I have rewarded thee with evil.


In Context

14 After whom dost thou pursue? After a dead dog, after a flea.

15 Be the Lord judge, and judge between me and thee, and see, and judge my cause, and deliver me out of thy hand.

16 And when David had made an end of speaking these words to Saul, Saul said: Is this thy voice, my son David? And Saul lifted up his voice, and wept.

17 And he said to David: Thou art more just than I: for thou hast done good to me, and I have rewarded thee with evil.

18 And thou hast shewn this day what good things thou hast done to me: how the Lord delivered me into thy hand, and thou hast not killed me.

19 For who when he hath found his enemy, will let him go well away? But the Lord reward thee for this good turn, for what thou hast done to me this day.

1 Samuel 24:17 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

24:17"You are more righteous than I," he said. "You have treated me well, but I have treated you badly.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:17And he said to David, Thou [art] more righteous than I: for thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

24:17And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I; for thou hast rendered unto me good, whereas I have rendered unto thee evil.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:17And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I; for thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

24:17And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I: for thou hast rendered unto me good, whereas I have rendered unto thee evil.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:17And he said to David, thou art more righteous than I: for thou hast rewarded me with good, whereas I have rewarded thee with evil.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:17He said to David, |You are more righteous than I; for you have done good to me, whereas I have done evil to you.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

24:17And he saith unto David, 'More righteous thou art than I; for thou hast done me good, and I have done thee evil;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:17And he said to David, You are more righteous than I: for you have rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded you evil.