1st Samuel Chapter 24 verse 17 Holy Bible
And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I; for thou hast rendered unto me good, whereas I have rendered unto thee evil.
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Now when David had said these words to Saul, Saul said, Is this your voice, David, my son? And Saul was overcome with weeping.
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And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I; for thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil.
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And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I: for thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil.
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And it came to pass when David had made an end of speaking these words to Saul, that Saul said, Is this thy voice, my son David? And Saul lifted up his voice, and wept.
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He said to David, You are more righteous than I; for you have rendered to me good, whereas I have rendered to you evil.
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And he saith unto David, `More righteous thou `art' than I; for thou hast done me good, and I have done thee evil;
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Ellicott's Commentary
Parallel Commentaries ...Hebrewand saidוַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (way·yō·mer)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 559: To utter, saytoאֶל־ (’el-)PrepositionStrong's 413: Near, with, among, toDavid,דָּוִ֔ד (dā·wiḏ)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse“Youאַתָּ֖ה (’at·tāh)Pronoun - second person masculine singularStrong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and youare more righteousצַדִּ֥יק (ṣad·dîq)Adjective - masculine singularStrong's 6662: Just, righteousthan I,מִמֶּ֑נִּי (mim·men·nî)Preposition | first person common singularStrong's 4480: A part of, from, out offorכִּ֤י (kî)ConjunctionStrong's 3588: A relative conjunctionyouאַתָּה֙ (’at·tāh)Pronoun - second person masculine singularStrong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and youhave rewarded meגְּמַלְתַּ֣נִי (gə·mal·ta·nî)Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular | first person common singularStrong's 1580: To deal fully or adequately with, deal out to, wean, ripenwith good,הַטּוֹבָ֔ה (haṭ·ṭō·w·ḇāh)Article | Noun - feminine singularStrong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, goodthough Iוַאֲנִ֖י (wa·’ă·nî)Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - first person common singularStrong's 589: Ihave rewarded youגְּמַלְתִּ֥יךָ (gə·mal·tî·ḵā)Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singularStrong's 1580: To deal fully or adequately with, deal out to, wean, ripenwith evil.הָרָעָֽה׃ (hā·rā·‘āh)Article | Adjective - feminine singularStrong's 7451: Bad, evilJump to PreviousBadly David Dealt Evil Rendered Repaid Rewarded Right Righteous Treated Whereas Wickedly Wrong
