7So David checked his men with these words, and didn't allow them to rise against Saul. Saul rose up out of the cave, and went on his way.


In Context

4 The men of David said to him, |Behold, the day of which Yahweh said to you, 'Behold, I will deliver your enemy into your hand, and you shall do to him as it shall seem good to you.'| Then David arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul's robe secretly.

5 It happened afterward, that David's heart struck him, because he had cut off Saul's skirt.

6 He said to his men, |Yahweh forbid that I should do this thing to my lord, Yahweh's anointed, to put forth my hand against him, since he is Yahweh's anointed.|

7 So David checked his men with these words, and didn't allow them to rise against Saul. Saul rose up out of the cave, and went on his way.

8 David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried after Saul, saying, |My lord the king!| When Saul looked behind him, David bowed with his face to the earth, and did obeisance.

9 David said to Saul, |Why do you listen to men's words, saying, 'Behold, David seeks your hurt?'

1 Samuel 24:7 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

24:7With these words David rebuked his men and did not allow them to attack Saul. And Saul left the cave and went his way.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:7So David stayed his servants with these words, and suffered them not to rise against Saul. But Saul rose up out of the cave, and went on [his] way.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

24:7And David stopped his men with his words, and suffered them not to rise against Saul. But Saul rising up out of the cave, went on his way.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

24:7So David checked his men with these words, and suffered them not to rise against Saul. And Saul rose up out of the cave, and went on his way.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:7And David checked his men with these words, and suffered them not to rise against Saul. And Saul rose up out of the cave, and went on his way.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

24:7So David checked his men with these words, and suffered them not to rise against Saul. And Saul rose up out of the cave, and went on his way.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:7So David restrained his servants with these words, and suffered them not to rise against Saul. But Saul rose out of the cave, and went on his way.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

24:7And David subdueth his men by words, and hath not permitted them to rise against Saul; and Saul hath risen from the cave, and goeth on the way;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:7So David stayed his servants with these words, and suffered them not to rise against Saul. But Saul rose up out of the cave, and went on his way.