1 Samuel 12:4

They said, “You have not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither have you taken anything from anyone’s hand.”

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WEBBE

They said, “You have not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither have you taken anything from anyone’s hand.”

BSB

“You have not cheated us or oppressed us,” they replied, “nor have you taken anything from the hand of man.”

KJV

And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken ought of any man’s hand.

ASV

And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken aught of any man’s hand.

BBE

And they said, You have never been untrue to us or cruel to us; you have taken nothing from any man.

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וַיֹּאמְרוּ vai·yo·me·ru and they said H559 לֹא lo' not H3808 עֲשַׁקְתָּנוּ 'a·shak·ta·nu you have oppressed us H6231 וְלֹא ve·lo' and not H3808 רַצּוֹתָנוּ ra·tzo·ta·nu you have crushed us H7533 וְלֹא־ ve·lo'- and not H3808 לָקַחְתָּ la·kach·ta you have taken H3947 מִיַּד־ mi·yad- from [the] hand of H3027 אִישׁ 'ish anyone H376 מְאוּמָה me·'u·mah anything H3972

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 1–5

Samuel not only cleared his own character, but set an example before Saul, while he showed the people their ingratitude to God and to himself. There is a just debt which all men to their own good name, especially men in public stations, which is, to guard it against unjust blame and suspicions, that they may finish their course with honour, as well as with joy. And that we have in our places lived honestly, will be our comfort, under any slights and contempt that may be put upon us.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.