1 Samuel 12:5

He said to them, “Yahweh is witness against you, and his anointed is witness today, that you have not found anything in my hand.” They said, “He is witness.”

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WEBBE

He said to them, “The LORD is witness against you, and his anointed is witness today, that you have not found anything in my hand.” They said, “He is witness.”

BSB

Samuel said to them, “The LORD is a witness against you, and His anointed is a witness today, that you have not found anything in my hand.” “He is a witness,” they replied.

KJV

And he said unto them, The LORD is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found ought in my hand. And they answered, He is witness.

ASV

And he said unto them, Jehovah is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found aught in my hand. And they said, He is witness.

BBE

Then he said, The Lord is witness against you, and the man on whom he has put the holy oil is witness this day that you have seen no wrong in me. And they said, He is witness.

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וַיֹּאמֶר vai·yo·mer and he said H559 אֲלֵיהֶם 'a·lei·hem to them H413 עֵד 'ed [is] a witness H5707 יְהוָה yah·weh Yahweh H3068 בָּכֶם ba·khem on (the) you H9036 וְעֵד ve·'ed and [is] a witness H5707 מְשִׁיחוֹ me·shi·cho anointed his H4899 הַיּוֹם hai·yom the day H3117 הַזֶּה ha·zeh (the) this H2088 כִּי ki that H3588 לֹא lo' not H3808 מְצָאתֶם me·tza·tem you have found H4672 בְּיָדִי be·ya·di in hand my H3027 מְאוּמָה me·'u·mah anything H3972 וַיֹּאמֶר vai·yo·mer and someone said H559 עֵד פ 'ed [he is] a witness H5707

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.