11David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring them to Gath, saying, |Lest they should tell of us, saying, 'So did David, and so has been his way all the while he has lived in the country of the Philistines.'|


In Context

8 David and his men went up, and made a raid on the Geshurites, and the Girzites, and the Amalekites; for those nations were the inhabitants of the land, who were of old, as you go to Shur, even to the land of Egypt.

9 David struck the land, and saved neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the cattle, and the donkeys, and the camels, and the clothing; and he returned, and came to Achish.

10 Achish said, |Against whom have you made a raid today?| David said, |Against the South of Judah, against the South of the Jerahmeelites, and against the South of the Kenites.|

11 David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring them to Gath, saying, |Lest they should tell of us, saying, 'So did David, and so has been his way all the while he has lived in the country of the Philistines.'|

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

1 Samuel 27:11 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

27:11He 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.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

27:11And David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring [tidings] to Gath, saying, Lest they should tell on us, saying, So did David, and so [will be] his manner all the while he dwelleth in the country of the Philistines.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

27:11And David saved neither man nor woman, neither brought he any of them to Geth, saying: Lest they should speak against us. So did David, and such was his proceeding all the days that he dwelt in the country of the Philistines.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

27:11And David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring them to Gath, saying, Lest they should tell of us, saying, So did David, and so hath been his manner all the while he hath dwelt in the country of the Philistines.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:11And David left neither man nor woman alive, to bring them to Gath, for he said, Lest they should tell of us, saying, So did David. And such was his custom as long as he abode in the country of the Philistines.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

27:11And David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring them to Gath, saying, Lest they should tell on us, saying: So did David, and so hath been his manner all the while he hath dwelt in the country of the Philistines.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:11And David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring tidings to Gath, saying, Lest they should inform against us, saying, So did David, and so will be his manner all the while he dwelleth in the country of the Philistines.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

27:11Neither man nor woman doth David keep alive, to bring in word to Gath, saying, 'Lest they declare it against us, saying, Thus hath David done, and thus is his custom all the days that he hath dwelt in the fields of the Philistines.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

27:11And David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring tidings to Gath, saying, Lest they should tell on us, saying, So did David, and so will be his manner all the while he dwells in the country of the Philistines.