4"You have not cheated or oppressed us," they replied. "You have not taken anything from anyone's hand."


In Context

1 Samuel said to all Israel, "I have listened to everything you said to me and have set a king over you.

2 Now you have a king as your leader. As for me, I am old and gray, and my sons are here with you. I have been your leader from my youth until this day.

3 Here I stand. Testify against me in the presence of the Lord and his anointed. Whose ox have I taken? Whose donkey have I taken? Whom have I cheated? Whom have I oppressed? From whose hand have I accepted a bribe to make me shut my eyes? If I have done any of these, I will make it right."

4 "You have not cheated or oppressed us," they replied. "You have not taken anything from anyone's hand."

5 Samuel said to them, "The Lord is witness against you, and also his anointed is witness this day, that you have not found anything in my hand." "He is witness," they said.

6 Then Samuel said to the people, "It is the Lord who appointed Moses and Aaron and brought your forefathers up out of Egypt.

1st Samuel 12:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:4And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken ought of any man’s hand.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

12:4And they said: Thou hast not wronged us, nor oppressed us, nor taken ought at any man's hand.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:4And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken aught of any man's hand.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:4And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, and thou hast not injured us, neither hast thou taken aught of any man's hand.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:4And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken aught of any man's hand.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:4And they said thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken aught from any man's hand.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:4They said, |You have not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither have you taken anything of any man's hand.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

12:4And they say, 'Thou hast not oppressed us, nor hast thou crushed us, nor hast thou taken from the hand of any one anything.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:4And they said, You have not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither have you taken ought of any man's hand.