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1 Samuel 26:8-10
Holman Christian Standard Bible
1 Samuel 26:8-10
Holman Christian Standard Bible
8 Then Abishai said to David, “Today God has handed your enemy over to you. Let me thrust the spear through him into the ground just once. I won’t have to strike him twice!”
9 But David said to Abishai, “Don’t destroy him, for who can lift a hand against the Lord’s anointed and be blameless?”(A) 10 David added, “As the Lord lives, the Lord will certainly strike him down:(B) either his day will come and he will die, or he will go into battle and perish.
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1 Samuel 26:8-10
New International Version
1 Samuel 26:8-10
New International Version
8 Abishai said to David, “Today God has delivered your enemy into your hands. Now let me pin him to the ground with one thrust of the spear; I won’t strike him twice.”
9 But David said to Abishai, “Don’t destroy him! Who can lay a hand on the Lord’s anointed(A) and be guiltless?(B) 10 As surely as the Lord lives,” he said, “the Lord himself will strike(C) him, or his time(D) will come and he will die,(E) or he will go into battle and perish.
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