1 Samuel 30:23

Then said David, Ye shall not do so, my brethren, with that which the LORD hath given us, who hath preserved us, and delivered the company that came against us into our hand.

Then said {H559} David {H1732}, Ye shall not do so {H6213}, my brethren {H251}, with that which the LORD {H3068} hath given {H5414} us, who hath preserved {H8104} us, and delivered {H5414} the company {H1416} that came {H935} against us into our hand {H3027}.

Then David said, "No, my brothers, don't do this with the goods ADONAI has given us. He protected us, and he handed the raiding party over to us.

But David said, “My brothers, you must not do this with what the LORD has given us. He has protected us and delivered into our hands the raiders who came against us.

Then said David, Ye shall not do so, my brethren, with that which Jehovah hath given unto us, who hath preserved us, and delivered the troop that came against us into our hand.

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Cross-References

  • Deuteronomy 8:18 (3 votes)

    But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for [it is] he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as [it is] this day.

  • Psalms 44:2 (3 votes)

    [How] thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; [how] thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.

  • Psalms 44:7 (3 votes)

    But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us.

  • Numbers 31:49 (2 votes)

    And they said unto Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war which [are] under our charge, and there lacketh not one man of us.

  • Numbers 31:54 (2 votes)

    And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tabernacle of the congregation, [for] a memorial for the children of Israel before the LORD.

  • Acts 22:1 (2 votes)

    ¶ Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence [which I make] now unto you.

  • 1 Samuel 2:7 (2 votes)

    The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.