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1 Samuel 12:3-5
Holman Christian Standard Bible
1 Samuel 12:3-5
Holman Christian Standard Bible
3 Here I am. Bring charges against me before the Lord and His anointed: Whose ox or donkey have I taken?(A) Whom have I wronged or mistreated? From whose hand have I taken a bribe to overlook something?[a][b](B) I will return it to you.”
4 “You haven’t wronged us, you haven’t mistreated us, and you haven’t taken anything from anyone’s hand,” they responded.
5 He said to them, “The Lord is a witness against you, and His anointed is a witness today that you haven’t found anything(C) in my hand.”(D)
“He is a witness,” they said.
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- 1 Samuel 12:3 LXX reads bribe or a pair of shoes? Testify against me.
- 1 Samuel 12:3 Lit bribe and will hide my eyes with it?
1 Samuel 12:3-5
New International Version
1 Samuel 12:3-5
New International Version
3 Here I stand. Testify against me in the presence of the Lord and his anointed.(A) Whose ox have I taken? Whose donkey(B) have I taken? Whom have I cheated? Whom have I oppressed? From whose hand have I accepted a bribe(C) to make me shut my eyes? If I have done(D) any of these things, I will make it right.”(E)
4 “You have not cheated or oppressed us,” they replied. “You have not taken anything from anyone’s hand.”
5 Samuel said to them, “The Lord is witness(F) against you, and also his anointed is witness this day, that you have not found anything(G) in my hand.(H)”
“He is witness,” they said.
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