You have declared this day how that you have dealt well with me, because when Yahweh had delivered me up into your hand, you didn't kill me.
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You have declared this day how that you have dealt well with me, because when Yahweh had delivered me up into your hand, you didn't kill me.
And thou hast showed this day how that thou hast dealt well with me: forasmuch as when the LORD had delivered me into thine hand, thou killedst me not.
For you have declared today that you have done good with me, that Yahweh enclosed me in your hand, but you did not kill me.
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You have declared this day how that you have dealt well with me, because when Yahweh had delivered me up into your hand, you didn't kill me.
And you have shown this day how well you have dealt with me; for when the LORD delivered me into your hand, you did not kill me.
And you have declared this day how you have treated me well, for when the LORD delivered me into your hand, you did not kill me.
And thou hast showed this day how that thou hast dealt well with me: forasmuch as when the LORD had delivered me into thine hand, thou killedst me not.
And thou hast declared this day how that thou hast dealt well with me, forasmuch as when Jehovah had delivered me up into thy hand, thou killedst me not.
And thou hast declared this day how that thou hast dealt well with me: forasmuch as when the LORD had delivered me up into thine hand, thou killedst me not.
And sayd to Dauid, Thou art more righteous then I: for thou hast rendred me good, and I haue rendred thee euill.
And he said to David: Thou art more just than I: for thou hast done good to me, and I have rewarded thee with evil.
and thou hast declared to-day how that thou hast done good with me, how that Jehovah shut me up into thy hand, and thou didst not slay me,
and you have declared today how that you have done good with me, how that YHWH shut me up into your hand, and you did not slay me,
You have declared today how you have done good to me, for you did not kill me when Yahweh had put me at your mercy.
For you have declared today that you have done good with me, that Yahweh enclosed me in your hand, but you did not kill me.
And thou hast shewed this day how that thou hast dealt well with me, forasmuch as when Jehovah had delivered me up into thy hand, thou didst not kill me.
You have declared today how you have dealt well with me, because when the LORD had delivered me up into your hand, you didn’t kill me.
\\24:17\\And he said to David, thou art more righteous than I: for thou hast rewarded me with good, whereas I have rewarded thee with evil.
Today you have demonstrated how well you have treated me—for when the Lord handed me over to you, you didn't kill me.
And he said to David, You are right and I am wrong: for you have given me back good, but I have given you evil.
(24-19) And thou hast declared this day how that thou hast dealt well with me; forasmuch as when the LORD had delivered me up into thy hand, thou didst not kill me.
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Hebrew & Septuagint length
In English translation the verse runs 27 words from the Hebrew and 23 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — closely comparable.
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ואת וְאַתָּה֙ הִגַּ֣דְתָּ הַיּ֔וֹם אֵ֛ת אֲשֶׁר עָשִׂ֥יתָה אִתִּ֖י טוֹבָ֑ה אֵת֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר סִגְּרַ֧נִי יְהוָ֛ה בְּיָדְךָ֖ וְלֹ֥א הֲרַגְתָּֽנִי
You have declared this day how that you have dealt well with me, because when Yahweh had delivered me up into your hand, you didn't kill me.
World English Bible · Public Domain
καί εἶπον σαούλ πρός δαυίδ δίκαιος σύ ὑπέρ ἐγώ ὅτι σύ ἀντι ἀποδίδωμι ἐγώ ἀγαθός ἐγώ δέ ἀντι ἀποδίδωμι σύ κακός
And Saul said to David, You are more righteous that I, for you have recompensed me good, but I have recompensed you evil.
LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain
Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) (Public Domain). How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →
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וַאֲמַר לְדָוִד זַכַּאי אַתְּ מִנִי אֲרֵי אַתְּ גְמַלְתַּנִי טַבְתָּא וַאֲנָא גְמַלְתָּךְ בִּישְׁתָא:
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Targum Jonathan — Aramaic: “Mikraot Gedolot” (public domain). English: “Sefaria Community Translation” (CC0 1.0 (public-domain dedication)); “London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.
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1 Samuel, in the Historical, opens this verse with 16 words (13 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is çâgar (“to shut”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.
Commentary
Notes on 1 Samuel 24:18 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.
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Trapp's Complete Commentary
John Trapp
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
John Gill's Exposition
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.