19When a man finds his enemy, does he let him get away unharmed? May the Lord reward you well for the way you treated me today.


In Context

16 When David finished saying this, Saul asked, "Is that your voice, David my son?" And he wept aloud.

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

18 You have just now told me of the good you did to me; the Lord delivered me into your hands, but you did not kill me.

19 When a man finds his enemy, does he let him get away unharmed? May the Lord reward you well for the way you treated me today.

20 I know that you will surely be king and that the kingdom of Israel will be established in your hands.

21 Now swear to me by the Lord that you will not cut off my descendants or wipe out my name from my father's family."

1st Samuel 24:19 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:19For if a man find his enemy, will he let him go well away? wherefore the LORD reward thee good for that thou hast done unto me this day.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

24:19For 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

24:19For if a man find his enemy, will he let him go well away? wherefore Jehovah reward thee good for that which thou hast done unto me this day.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:19For if a man find his enemy, will he let him go well away? wherefore Jehovah reward thee good for that thou hast done to me this day.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

24:19For if a man find his enemy, will he let him go well away? wherefore the LORD reward thee good for that thou hast done unto me this day.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:19For if a man findeth his enemy, will he let him go away well? wherefore the LORD reward thee with good, for what thou hast done to me this day.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:19For if a man finds his enemy, will he let him go away unharmed? Therefore may Yahweh reward you good for that which you have done to me this day.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

24:19and that a man doth find his enemy, and hath sent him away in a good manner; and Jehovah doth repay thee good for that which thou didst to me this day.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:19For if a man find his enemy, will he let him go well away? why the LORD reward you good for that you have done to me this day.