1 Samuel 26:15 — compare English translations
Compare translations1 Samuel 26:15 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וַיֹּאמֶר֩
ʼâmar
H559
to say
דָּוִ֨ד
Dâvid
H1732
David
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
אַבְנֵ֜ר
ʼAbnêr
H74
Abner
הֲלוֹא
lôʼ
H3808
not
אִ֣ישׁ
ʼîysh
H376
man
אַתָּ֗ה
ʼattâh
H859
you
וּמִ֤י
mîy
H4310
who
כָמ֨וֹךָ֙
kᵉmôw
H3644
like
בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
Yisrâʼêl
H3478
Israel
וְלָ֨מָּה֙
mâh
H4100
what
לֹ֣א
lôʼ
H3808
not
שָׁמַ֔רְתָּ
shâmar
H8104
to keep
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
אֲדֹנֶ֖יךָ
ʼâdôwn
H113
lord
הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ
melek
H4428
king
כִּי
kîy
H3588
that
בָא֙
bôwʼ
H935
to enter
אַחַ֣ד
ʼechâd
H259
one
הָעָ֔ם
ʻam
H5971
people
לְהַשְׁחִ֖ית
shâchath
H7843
to destroy
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
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הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ
melek
H4428
king
אֲדֹנֶֽיךָ
ʼâdôwn
H113
lord
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World English Bible Public Domain
David said to Abner, Aren't you a [valiant] man? and who is like you in Israel? why then have you not kept watch over your lord, the king? for there came one of the people in to destroy the king your lord.
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King James Version Public Domain
And David said to Abner, Art not thou a valiant man? and who is like to thee in Israel? wherefore then hast thou not kept thy lord the king? for there came one of the people in to destroy the king thy lord.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And David said to Abner, “ you not a man? And who like you in Israel? So why did you not watch over your master the king? For one of the people came to destroy the king, your master.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).