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


In Context

15 And David said to Abner, Art not thou a valiant man? and who is like thee in Israel? wherefore then hast thou not kept watch over thy lord the king? for there came one of the people in to destroy the king thy lord.

16 This thing is not good that thou hast done. As the LORD liveth, ye are worthy to die, because ye have not kept watch over your lord, the LORD'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, Wherefore doth my lord pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in mine hand?

19 Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If it be the LORD that hath stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offering: but if it be the children of men, cursed be they before the LORD; for they have driven me out this day that I should not cleave unto the inheritance of the LORD, saying, Go, serve other gods.

20 Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth away from the presence of the LORD: for the king of Israel is come out to seek a flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in 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 Darby Bible Translation 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?

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?