1 Samuel 23:21 Parallel Translations
NASB: Saul said, "May you be blessed of the LORD, for you have had compassion on me. (NASB ©1995)
GWT: Saul responded, "The LORD bless you for feeling sorry for me!(GOD'S WORD®)
KJV: And Saul said, Blessed be ye of the LORD; for ye have compassion on me.
ASV: And Saul said, Blessed be ye of Jehovah; for ye have had compassion on me.
BBE: And Saul said, The Lord's blessing will be yours, for you have had pity on me.
DBY: And Saul said, Blessed be ye of Jehovah; for ye have compassion upon me.
ERV: And Saul said, Blessed be ye of the LORD; for ye have had compassion on me.
JPS: And Saul said: 'Blessed be ye of the LORD; for ye have had compassion on me.
WBS: And Saul said, Blessed be ye of the LORD; for ye have compassion on me.
WEB: Saul said, "You are blessed by Yahweh; for you have had compassion on me.
YLT: And Saul saith, 'Blessed are ye of Jehovah, for ye have pity on me;
1 Samuel 23:21 Cross References
XREF:1 Samuel 22:8 "For all of you have conspired against me so that there is no one who discloses to me when my son makes a covenant with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you who is sorry for me or discloses to me that my son has stirred up my servant against me to lie in ambush, as it is this day." (NASB ©1995)
Commentaries and Concordances
GSB: 23:21 And Saul said, {g} Blessed [be] ye of the LORD; for ye have compassion on me.
(g) the Lord recompense this friendship.
MHC: 23:19-29 In the midst of his wickedness, Saul affected to speak the language of piety. Such expressions, without suitable effects, can only amuse or deceive those who hear, and those who use them. This mountain was an emblem of the Divine Providence coming between David and the destroyer. Let us not be dismayed at the prospect of future difficulties, but stay ourselves upon Him who is wonderful in counsel and excellent in working. Sooner than his promise shall fail, he will commission Philistines to effect our escape, at the very moment when our case appears most desperate. God requires entire dependence on him, If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established, Isa 7:9.
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