1 Samuel 24:8

KJV1611 – Modern English

David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried after Saul, saying, My lord the king. And when Saul looked behind him, David bowed with his face to the earth and showed respect.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    With these words, David restrained his men and did not allow them to attack Saul. Then Saul left the cave and went on his way.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried after Saul, saying, My lord the king. And when Saul looked behind him, David stooped with his face to the earth, and bowed himself.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    David{H1732} also arose{H6965} afterward, and went out{H3318} of the cave,{H4631} and cried{H7121} after{H310} Saul,{H7586} saying,{H559} My lord{H113} the king.{H4428} And when Saul{H7586} looked{H5027} behind{H310} him, David{H1732} bowed{H6915} with his face{H639} to the earth,{H776} and did obeisance.{H7812}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    David{H1732} also arose{H6965}{(H8799)} afterward, and went out{H3318}{(H8799)} of the cave{H4631}, and cried{H7121}{(H8799)} after{H310} Saul{H7586}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, My lord{H113} the king{H4428}. And when Saul{H7586} looked{H5027}{(H8686)} behind{H310} him, David{H1732} stooped{H6915}{(H8799)} with his face{H639} to the earth{H776}, and bowed{H7812}{(H8691)} himself.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Dauid rose vp also after him, and wente out of the caue, and cried behynde Saul, & sayde: My lorde the kynge. And Saul loked behynde him. And Dauid bowed downe his face to the earth, and worshipped,

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    (24:9) Dauid also arose afterward, and went out of the caue, and cryed after Saul, saying, O my lorde the King; when Saul looked behinde him, Dauid inclined his face to the earth, and bowed himselfe.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Dauid also arose afterward, and went out of the caue, and cryed after Saul, saying: My Lorde king. And when Saul loked behind him, Dauid stowped with his face to the earth, and bowed him selfe.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried after Saul, saying, My lord the king. And when Saul looked behind him, David stooped with his face to the earth, and bowed himself.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried after Saul, saying, My lord the king. When Saul looked behind him, David bowed with his face to the earth, and did obeisance.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and David riseth afterwards, and goeth out from the cave, and calleth after Saul, saying, `My lord, O king!' And Saul looketh attentively behind him, and David boweth -- face to the earth -- and doth obeisance.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried after Saul, saying, My lord the king. And when Saul looked behind him, David bowed with his face to the earth, and did obeisance.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried after Saul, saying, My lord the king. And when Saul looked behind him, David bowed with his face to the earth, and did obeisance.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    So with these words David kept his servants back, and did not let them make an attack on Saul. And Saul got up and went on his way.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried after Saul, saying, "My lord the king!" When Saul looked behind him, David bowed with his face to the earth, and did obeisance.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Afterward David got up and went out of the cave. He called out after Saul,“My lord, O king!” When Saul looked behind him, David kneeled down and bowed with his face to the ground.

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 25:23-24 : 23 When Abigail saw David, she hurried and got off the donkey and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, 24 And she fell at his feet and said, Upon me, my lord, upon me let this iniquity be; and let your maidservant speak in your ears, and hear the words of your maidservant.
  • 1 Sam 26:17 : 17 And Saul recognized David's voice and said, "Is this your voice, my son David?" And David said, "It is my voice, my lord, O king."
  • Rom 13:7 : 7 Render therefore to all their due: taxes to whom taxes are due, customs to whom customs, fear to whom fear, honor to whom honor.
  • 1 Pet 2:17 : 17 Honor all people. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.
  • Gen 17:3 : 3 And Abram fell on his face, and God talked with him, saying,
  • Exod 20:12 : 12 Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the LORD your God is giving you.
  • 1 Sam 20:41 : 41 And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place toward the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Sam 24:1-7
    7 verses
    85%

    1 And it came to pass, when Saul returned from following the Philistines, that it was told to him, saying, Behold, David is in the wilderness of Engedi.

    2 Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel and went to seek David and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats.

    3 And he came to the sheepfolds by the way, where there was a cave; and Saul went in to relieve himself. And David and his men remained in the sides of the cave.

    4 And the men of David said to him, Behold, the day of which the LORD said to you, Behold, I will deliver your enemy into your hand, that you may do to him as it seems good to you. Then David arose and cut off the edge of Saul's robe secretly.

    5 And it came to pass afterward, that David's heart struck him, because he had cut off Saul's robe.

    6 And he said to his men, The LORD forbid that I should do this thing unto my master, the LORD'S anointed, to stretch forth my hand against him, seeing he is the anointed of the LORD.

    7 So David restrained his servants with these words and did not allow them to rise against Saul. But Saul rose up out of the cave and went on his way.

  • 1 Sam 24:9-10
    2 verses
    80%

    9 And David said to Saul, Why do you listen to men's words, saying, Behold, David seeks your harm?

    10 Behold, this day your eyes have seen how the LORD delivered you today into my hand in the cave: and some urged me to kill you: but my eye spared you; and I said, I will not put forth my hand against my lord; for he is the LORD'S anointed.

  • 2 Sam 1:2-3
    2 verses
    79%

    2 On the third day, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul with his clothes torn and earth upon his head: and when he came to David, he fell to the ground and paid respect.

    3 And David said to him, Where do you come from? And he said to him, I have escaped from the camp of Israel.

  • 1 Sam 24:15-17
    3 verses
    79%

    15 The LORD therefore be judge and judge between me and you, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of your hand.

    16 And it came to pass, when David had finished speaking these words to Saul, that Saul said, Is this your voice, my son David? And Saul lifted up his voice and wept.

    17 And he said to David, You are more righteous than I: for you have rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded you evil.

  • 2 Sam 24:20
    77%

    20 And Araunah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming toward him: and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.

  • 1 Sam 26:17-18
    2 verses
    77%

    17 And Saul recognized David's voice and said, "Is this your voice, my son David?" And David said, "It is my voice, my lord, O king."

    18 And he said, "Why does my lord pursue after his servant? What have I done? Or what evil is in my hand?

  • 1 Sam 24:22
    76%

    22 And David swore to Saul. And Saul went home; but David and his men went up to the stronghold.

  • 1 Sam 17:31
    76%

    31 When the words that David spoke were heard, they repeated them before Saul, and he sent for him.

  • 1 Sam 18:24
    75%

    24 And the servants of Saul told him, saying, This is what David spoke.

  • 1 Sam 22:1
    75%

    1 David therefore departed from there, and escaped to the cave Adullam: and when his brothers and all his father's house heard it, they went down there to him.

  • 1 Sam 21:10
    74%

    10 And David arose and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.

  • 1 Chr 21:21
    74%

    21 As David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and went out from the threshing floor, and bowed to David with his face to the ground.

  • 1 Sam 26:21-22
    2 verses
    74%

    21 Then Saul said, "I have sinned. Return, my son David, for I will harm you no more because my life was precious in your eyes this day. Behold, I have played the fool and have erred exceedingly."

    22 And David answered and said, "Behold the king's spear! Let one of the young men come over and get it."

  • 1 Kgs 1:31
    74%

    31 Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did reverence to the king, and said, Let my lord King David live forever.

  • 1 Sam 26:5
    74%

    5 And David arose and came to the place where Saul had camped. And David saw where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his army. Saul lay within the camp, and the people were camped around him.

  • 1 Sam 20:41
    74%

    41 And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place toward the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded.

  • 2 Sam 9:6
    73%

    6 Now when Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to David, he fell on his face, and paid homage. And David said, Mephibosheth. And he answered, Behold your servant!

  • 1 Sam 26:25
    73%

    25 Then Saul said to David, "Blessed are you, my son David. You shall do great things, and also shall still prevail." So David went on his way, and Saul returned to his place.

  • 1 Sam 28:14
    73%

    14 And he said to her, What form does he have? And she said, An old man comes up, and he is covered with a mantle. And Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he bowed with his face to the ground.

  • 1 Sam 23:25-26
    2 verses
    73%

    25 Saul also and his men went to seek him. And they told David; therefore, he came down into a rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard that, he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon.

    26 And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain; and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men surrounded David and his men, intending to capture them.

  • 2 Sam 9:8
    73%

    8 And he bowed himself, and said, What is your servant, that you should look upon such a dead dog as I am?

  • 1 Sam 23:10-13
    4 verses
    72%

    10 Then David said, O LORD God of Israel, your servant has certainly heard that Saul seeks to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.

    11 Will the men of Keilah deliver me into his hand? Will Saul come down, as your servant has heard? O LORD God of Israel, I beg you, tell your servant. And the LORD said, He will come down.

    12 Then David said, Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul? And the LORD said, They will deliver you up.

    13 Then David and his men, who were about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went wherever they could go. And it was told Saul that David had escaped from Keilah; and he refrained from going forth.

  • 1 Kgs 1:16
    72%

    16 And Bathsheba bowed and did homage to the king. And the king said, What do you wish?

  • 2 Sam 2:5
    72%

    5 And David sent messengers to the men of Jabeshgilead, and said to them, Blessed be you of the LORD, that you have shown this kindness to your lord, even to Saul, and have buried him.

  • 2 Sam 1:17
    72%

    17 And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:

  • 2 Sam 22:1
    72%

    1 And David spoke to the LORD the words of this song on the day that the LORD had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul:

  • 1 Sam 26:13
    72%

    13 Then David went over to the other side and stood on the top of a hill a great distance away, a large space being between them.

  • 1 Sam 22:12
    72%

    12 And Saul said, Hear now, you son of Ahitub. And he answered, Here I am, my lord.

  • 1 Sam 17:57
    72%

    57 When David returned from killing the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.

  • 1 Sam 18:5
    72%

    5 And David went out wherever Saul sent him, and behaved himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants.

  • 2 Sam 1:7
    71%

    7 And when he looked behind him, he saw me and called to me. And I answered, Here I am.

  • 1 Sam 26:3
    71%

    3 And Saul camped on the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon, by the road. But David remained in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul had come after him into the wilderness.

  • 1 Kgs 1:28
    71%

    28 Then King David answered and said, Call Bathsheba to me. And she came into the king's presence and stood before the king.

  • 1 Sam 23:21
    71%

    21 And Saul said, Blessed be you of the LORD; for you have compassion on me.

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