12Achish trusted David and said to himself, "He has become so odious to his people, the Israelites, that he will be my servant forever."


In Context

9 Whenever David attacked an area, he did not leave a man or woman alive, but took sheep and cattle, donkeys and camels, and clothes. Then he returned to Achish.

10 When Achish asked, "Where did you go raiding today?" David would say, "Against the Negev of Judah" or "Against the Negev of Jerahmeel" or "Against the Negev of the Kenites."

11 He did not leave a man or woman alive to be brought to Gath, for he thought, "They might inform on us and say, 'This is what David did.' " And such was his practice as long as he lived in Philistine territory.

12 Achish trusted David and said to himself, "He has become so odious to his people, the Israelites, that he will be my servant forever."

1st Samuel 27:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

27:12And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

27:12And Achis believed David, saying: He hath done much harm to his people Israel: therefore he shall be my servant for ever.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

27:12And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:12And Achish trusted David, saying, He has made himself utterly odious among his people Israel; and he shall be my servant for ever.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

27:12And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:12And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:12Achish believed David, saying, |He has made his people Israel utterly to abhor him. Therefore he shall be my servant forever.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

27:12And Achish believeth in David, saying, 'He hath made himself utterly abhorred among his people, in Israel, and hath been to me for a servant age-during.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

27:12And Achish believed David, saying, He has made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever.