1 Samuel 26:23 — compare English translations
Compare translations1 Samuel 26:23 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 →
וַֽיהוָה֙
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
יָשִׁ֣יב
shûwb
H7725
to return
לָאִ֔ישׁ
ʼîysh
H376
man
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
-
צִדְקָת֖וֹ
tsᵉdâqâh
H6666
righteousness
וְאֶת
ʼêth
H853
-
אֱמֻנָת֑וֹ
ʼĕmûwnâh
H530
fidelity
אֲשֶׁר֩
ʼăsher
H834
which
נְתָנְךָ֨
nâthan
H5414
to give
יְהוָ֤ה
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
הַיּוֹם֙
yôwm
H3117
day
בְּיָ֔ד
yâd
H3027
hand
וְלֹ֣א
lôʼ
H3808
not
אָבִ֔יתִי
ʼâbâh
H14
to be willing
לִשְׁלֹ֥חַ
shâlach
H7971
to send
יָדִ֖י
yâd
H3027
hand
בִּמְשִׁ֥יחַ
mâshîyach
H4899
anointed one
יְהוָֽה
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
Highlighted words mark where these versions differ — a whole-verse word diff, not a word-by-word alignment.
Layout
-
World English Bible Public Domain
Yahweh will render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness; because Yahweh delivered you into my hand today, and I wouldn't put forth my hand against Yahweh's anointed.
-
King James Version Public Domain
The LORD render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness; for the LORD delivered thee into my hand to day, but I would not stretch forth mine hand against the LORD's anointed.
-
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And may Yahweh return to a man his righteousness and his faithfulness, for Yahweh gave you into hand today, but I was not willing to stretch out my hand against the anointed one of Yahweh.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).