David’s Oath to Saul
1 Samuel 24:20
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Now I know for sure that you will be king, and that the kingdom of Israel will be established in your hands.
- KJV
- And now, behold, I know well that thou shalt surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in thine hand.
- WEB
- Now, behold, I know that you will surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel will be established in your hand.
- ASV
- And now, behold, I know that thou shalt surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in thy hand.
- LSV
- And now, behold, I have known that you certainly reign, and the kingdom of Israel has stood in your hand;
- YLT
- 'And, now, lo, I have known that thou dost certainly reign, and the kingdom of Israel hath stood in thy hand;
- DBY
- And now behold, I know that thou shalt certainly be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in thy hand.
- DRC24:21
- And now as I know that thou shalt surely be king, and have the kingdom of Israel in thy hand:
- GNV24:21
- For now behold, I know that thou shalt be King, and that the kingdome of Israel shall be stablished in thine hand.
- JPS24:21
- And now, behold, I know that thou shalt surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in thy hand.
- LXXE24:21
- And now, behold, I know that thou shalt surely reign, and the kingdom of Israel shall be established in thy hand.
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Original-language editions
- WLC24:21
- וְעַתָּה֙ הִנֵּ֣ה יָדַ֔עְתִּי כִּ֥י מָלֹ֖ךְ תִּמְל֑וֹךְ וְקָ֨מָה֙ בְּיָ֣דְךָ֔ מַמְלֶ֖כֶת יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃KJV:1Sam.24.20
- LXX-Br24:21
- Καὶ νῦν ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ γινώσκω, ὅτι βασιλεύων βασιλεύσεις, καὶ στήσεται ἐν χειρί σου ἡ βασιλεία Ἰσραήλ.
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◆ Reign of Saul
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Cross-references most cited first
- 1 Samuel 23:17saying, “Do not be afraid, for my father Saul will never lay a hand on you. And you will be king over Israel, and I will be your second-in-command. Even my father Saul knows this is true.”
- Matthew 2:3–6When King Herod heard this, he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him. And when he had assembled all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he asked them where the Christ was to be born. “In Bethlehem in…
- 2 Samuel 3:17–18Now Abner conferred with the elders of Israel and said, “In the past you sought David as your king. Now take action, because the LORD has said to David, ‘Through My servant David I will save My people Israel from the…
- Matthew 2:16When Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was filled with rage. Sending orders, he put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time he had…
- Job 15:25For he has stretched out his hand against God and has vaunted himself against the Almighty,
- 1 Samuel 13:14But now your kingdom will not endure; the LORD has sought a man after His own heart and appointed him ruler over His people, because you have not kept the command of the LORD.”
- 1 Samuel 20:30–31Then Saul’s anger burned against Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a perverse and rebellious woman! Do I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the disgrace of the mother who…
- Matthew 2:13When the Magi had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up!” he said. “Take the Child and His mother and flee to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the Child…
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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 24:21 in some Bibles
- 24:20 in most Bibles