1 Samuel 27:1 · Clearspring

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WEBBE

David said in his heart, “I will now perish one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than that I should escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me, to seek me any more in all the borders of Israel. So I will escape out of his hand.”

BSB

David, however, said to himself, “One of these days now I will be swept away by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will stop searching for me all over Israel, and I will slip out of his hand.”

KJV

And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.

ASV

And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me, to seek me any more in all the borders of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.

BBE

And David said to himself, Some day death will come to me by the hand of Saul: the only thing for me to do is to get away into the land of the Philistines; then Saul will give up hope of taking me in any part of the land of Israel: and so I may be able to get away from him.

Original Hebrew

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וַיֹּאמֶר vai·yo·mer and he said H559 דָּוִד da·vid David H1732 אֶל־ 'el- to H413 לִבּוֹ li·bo heart his H3820 עַתָּה 'a·tah now H6258 אֶסָּפֶה 'e·sa·peh I will be swept away H5595 יוֹם־ yom- a day H3117 אֶחָד 'e·chad one H259 בְּיַד־ be·yad- by [the] hand of H3027 שָׁאוּל sha·'ul Saul H7586 אֵין־ 'ein- not H369 לִי li [belongs] to (the) me H9030 טוֹב tov good H2896 כִּי ki for H3588 הִמָּלֵט hi·ma·let really (escape) H4422 אִמָּלֵט 'i·ma·let I will escape H4422 אֶל־ 'el- to H413 אֶרֶץ 'e·retz [the] land of H776 פְּלִשְׁתִּים pe·lish·tim [the] Philistines H6430 וְנוֹאַשׁ ve·no·'ash and he will desist H2976 מִמֶּנִּי mi·me·ni from me H4480 שָׁאוּל sha·'ul Saul H7586 לְבַקְשֵׁנִי le·vak·she·ni to seek me H1245 עוֹד 'od again H5750 בְּכָל־ be·khol in all H3605 גְּבוּל ge·vul [the] territory of H1366 יִשְׂרָאֵל yis·ra·'el Israel H3478 וְנִמְלַטְתִּי ve·nim·la·ti and I will be delivered H4422 מִיָּדוֹ mi·ya·do from hand his H3027

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 1–7

Unbelief is a sin that easily besets even good men, when without are fightings, and within are fears; and it is a hard matter to get over them. Lord, increase our faith! We may blush to think that the word of a Philistine should go further than the word of an Israelite, and that the city of Gath should be a place of refuge for a good man, when the cities of Israel refuse him a safe abode. David gained a comfortable settlement, not only at a distance from Gath, but bordering upon Israel, where he might keep up a correspondence with his own countrymen.

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