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


In Context

1 Samuel said to all Israel, |Behold, I have listened to your voice in all that you said to me, and have made a king over you.

2 Now, behold, the king walks before you; and I am old and gray-headed; and behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you from my youth to this day.

3 Here I am. Witness against me before Yahweh, and before his anointed. Whose ox have I taken? Whose donkey have I taken? Whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed? Of whose hand have I taken a ransom to blind my eyes therewith? I will restore it to you.|

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

5 He said to them, |Yahweh is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that you have not found anything in my hand.| They said, |He is witness.|

6 Samuel said to the people, |It is Yahweh who appointed Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.

1 Samuel 12:4 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

12:4"You have not cheated or oppressed us," they replied. "You have not taken anything from anyone's hand."

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 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.