1 Samuel 26:21

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David; for I will no more do thee harm, because my life was precious in thine eyes this day: behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David; for I will no more do thee harm, because my life was precious in thine eyes this day: behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

Then Saul replied, “I have sinned. Come back, David my son. I will never harm you again, because today you considered my life precious. I have played the fool and have committed a grave error!”

Bible in Basic English ☆

Then Saul said, I have done wrong: come back to me, David my son: I will do you no more wrong, because my life was dear to you today truly, I have been foolish and my error is very great.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

And Saul said, I have sinned: turn, son David, for I will not hurt thee, because my life was precious in thine eyes; and to-day I have been foolish and have erred exceedingly.

Darby Translation ☆

And Saul said, I have sinned: return, my son David; for I will no more do thee harm, because my life was precious in thine eyes this day: behold, I have acted foolishly, and have erred exceedingly.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

And Saul said: I have sinned, return, my son David, for I will no more do thee harm, because my life hath been precious in thy eyes this day: for it appeareth that I have done foolishly, and have been ignorant in very many things.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

Then sayde Saul, I haue sinned: come againe, my sonne Dauid: for I will doe thee no more harme, because my soule was precious in thine eyes this day: behold, I haue done foolishly, and haue erred exceedingly.

Leeser Tanakh ☆

Then said Saul, I have sinned; return, my son David; for I will not do thee harm any more, for the cause that my life was precious in thy eyes this day: behold, I have acted foolishly, and have erred exceedingly much.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

Then said Saul: 'I have sinned; return, my son David; for I will no more do thee harm, because my life was precious in thine eyes this day; behold, I have played the fool and erred exceedingly.'

King James Version ☆

¶ Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David: for I will no more do thee harm, because my soul was precious in thine eyes this day: behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

¶ Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David: for I will no more do thee harm, because my soul was precious in thine eyes this day: behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David: for I will no more do thee harm, because my soul was precious in thine eyes this day: behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

And Saul said, I have sinned: turn, son David, for I will not hurt you, because my life was precious in your eyes; and today I have been foolish and have erred exceedingly.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

And Saul said, I have sinned: turn, son David, for I will not hurt you, because my life was precious in your eyes; and today I have been foolish and have erred exceedingly.

Majority Standard BIble ☆

Then Saul replied, “I have sinned. Come back, David my son. I will never harm you again, because today you considered my life precious. I have played the fool and have committed a grave error!”

Webster Bible ☆

Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David: for I will no more do thee harm, because my soul was precious in thy eyes this day: behold I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.

Revised Version ☆

Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David: for I will no more do thee harm, because my life was precious in thine eyes this day: behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

And Saul said, I have sinned: turn, son David, for I will not hurt thee, because my life was precious in thine eyes; and today I have been foolish and have erred exceedingly.

World English Bible ☆

Then Saul said, “I have sinned. Return, my son David; for I will no more do you harm, because my life was precious in your eyes today. Behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.”

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

Then Saul said, “I have sinned. Return, my son David; for I will no more do you harm, because my life was precious in your eyes today. Behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.”

World English Bible British Edition ☆

Then Saul said, “I have sinned. Return, my son David; for I will no more do you harm, because my life was precious in your eyes today. Behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.”

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

Then Saul said, “I have sinned. Return, my son David; for I will no more do you harm, because my life was precious in your eyes today. Behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.”

World English Bible Classic ☆

Then Saul said, “I have sinned. Return, my son David; for I will no more do you harm, because my life was precious in your eyes today. Behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.”

World English Bible Updated ☆

Then Saul said, “I have sinned. Return, my son David; for I will no more do you harm, because my life was precious in your eyes today. Behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.”

World Messianic Bible ☆

Then Saul said, “I have sinned. Return, my son David; for I will no more do you harm, because my life was precious in your eyes today. Behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.”

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

Then Saul said, “I have sinned. Return, my son David; for I will no more do you harm, because my life was precious in your eyes today. Behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.”

Young's Literal Translation ☆

And Saul saith, 'I have sinned; turn back, my son David, for I do evil to thee no more, because that my soul hath been precious in thine eyes this day; lo, I have acted foolishly, and do err very greatly.'

The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible ☆

Then said Sha'ul, I have sinned; return, beni Dovid; for I will no more do thee harm, because my nefesh was precious in thine eyes this day; hinei, I was foolish, and have erred exceedingly.

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

فَقَالَ شَاوُلُ: «قَدْ أَخْطَأْتُ. اِرْجِعْ يَا ٱبْنِي دَاوُدَ لِأَنِّي لَا أُسِيءُ إِلَيْكَ بَعْدُ مِنْ أَجْلِ أَنَّ نَفْسِي كَانَتْ كَرِيمَةً فِي عَيْنَيْكَ ٱلْيَوْمَ. هُوَذَا قَدْ حَمِقْتُ وَضَلَلْتُ كَثِيرًا جِدًّا».

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

ရှော​လု​က​လည်း``ငါ​မှား​လေ​ပြီ။ ငါ့​သား​ဒါ​ဝိဒ်၊ ငါ့​ထံ​သို့​ပြန်​ခဲ့​လော့။ သင်​သည်​ယ​နေ့​ည​ငါ​၏ အ​သက်​ကို​ချမ်း​သာ​ပေး​ခဲ့​သ​ဖြင့် ငါ​သည်​သင့် အား​နောင်​အ​ဘယ်​အ​ခါ​၌​မျှ​ဘေး​အန္တ​ရာယ် ပြု​တော့​မည်​မ​ဟုတ်။ ငါ​သည်​မိုက်​မဲ​သူ​ဖြစ် ချေ​ပြီ။ အ​လွန်​ဆိုး​ရွား​သည့်​အ​မှု​ကို​ပြု​မိ လေ​ပြီ​တ​ကား'' ဟု​မိန့်​တော်​မူ​၏။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

ရှောလု ကလည်း ငါပြစ်မှား ပါပြီ။ ငါ့ သား ဒါဝိဒ် ပြန် လာပါ။ သင် သည် ယနေ့ ငါ့ အသက် ကို နှမြော သောကြောင့် ၊ နောက် တဖန် သင့် ကို ငါမ ညှဉ်းဆဲ။ ငါသည် လူမိုက် ဖြစ်၏။ အလွန် မှားယွင်း ပြီဟု ဆို သော်၊

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

To naah Saul mah, Ka zae boeh; ka capa David amlaem lai ah; vaihniah ka hinghaih atho kaom ah nang suek pongah, nang hae kang hum mak ai boeh; kai loe kamthu baktiah tok ka sak moe, paroeai ka zae boeh, tiah a naa.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Saul loh , “Ka ca David ha mael laeh ka tholh oeh coeng. Nang taengah thae koep ka huet voel mahpawh. Ka hinglu he na mikhmuh ah a phutlo dae, tihnin ah ka pavai tih ka palang tangkik aih coeng he,” a ti nah.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Saul loh, “Ka ca David ha mael laeh ka tholh oeh coeng. Nang taengah thae koep ka huet voel mahpawh. Ka hinglu he na mikhmuh ah a phutlo dae, tihnin ah ka pavai tih ka palang tangkik aih coeng he,” a ti nah.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

扫罗说：「我有罪了！我儿 大卫，你可以回来，因你今日看我的性命为宝贵；我必不再加害于你。我是糊涂人，大大错了。」

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

掃羅說：「我有罪了！我兒 大衛，你可以回來，因你今日看我的性命為寶貴；我必不再加害於你。我是糊塗人，大大錯了。」

World Chinese Bible ☆

扫罗说：“我有罪了。我儿大卫啊，回来吧；我不再伤害你，因为今天我的性命在你眼中看为宝贵。看哪，我做了愚昧的事，大大错了。”

Croatian Bible ☆

Tada Šaul reče: “Zgriješio sam! Vrati mi se, sine Davide, neću ti više činiti zla, kad je danas moj život u očima tvojim bio tako drag. Jest, ludo sam radio i teško sam pogriješio!”

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

I řekl Saul: Zhřešilť jsem, navratiž se, synu můj Davide. Neboť nebudu více zle činiti tobě, proto že jsi draze sobě vážil života mého dnešní den. Aj, bláznivě jsem dělal a bloudil přenáramně.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

Da sagde Saul: “Jeg har syndet; kom tilbage, min Søn David! Thi jeg vil ikke mer gøre dig noget ondt, eftersom mit Liv i Dag var dyrebart i dine Øjne. Se, jeg har handlet som en Dåre og gjort mig skyldig i en såre stor Vildfarelse!”

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

Toen zeide Saul: Ik heb gezondigd; keer weder, mijn zoon David, want ik zal u geen kwaad meer doen, voor dat mijn ziel dezen dag dierbaar in uw ogen geweest is; zie, ik heb dwaselijk gedaan, en ik heb zeer grotelijks gedwaald.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Saul sprak: Ik heb verkeerd gedaan! Kom terug, mijn zoon David; ik zal u geen kwaad meer doen, omdat heden mijn leven hoge waarde heeft gehad in uw ogen. Ja, ik heb zeer dwaas gehandeld en ik heb me schromelijk vergist.

Esperanto Bible ☆

Tiam Saul diris: Mi pekis; revenu, mia filo David, ĉar mi ne plu faros al vi malbonon, pro tio, ke mia animo estis kara antaŭ viaj okuloj hodiaŭ. Jen mi agis malsaĝe kaj tre multe eraris.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

Et Saül dit : J’ai péché ; reviens, mon fils David ; car je ne te ferai plus de mal, puisque aujourd’hui mon âme a été précieuse à tes yeux. Voici, j’ai agi follement et j’ai commis une très grande erreur.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Alors Saül dit: J'ai péché; reviens, mon fils David! car je ne te ferai plus de mal, puisque aujourd'hui ma vie t'a été précieuse. Voici, j'ai agi follement, et j'ai fait une très grande faute.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

Saül dit: J’ai péché; reviens, mon fils David, car je ne te ferai plus de mal, puisqu’en ce jour ma vie a été précieuse à tes yeux. J’ai agi comme un insensé, et j’ai fait une grande faute.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Saül dit : « J’ai péché. Reviens, mon fils David ; je ne te ferai plus de mal, puisque tu as tenu ma vie pour précieuse aujourd’hui. J’ai agi en insensé et commis une très grande erreur. »

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Und Saul sprach: Ich habe gesündigt; kehre zurück, mein Sohn David! Denn ich will dir nichts Übles mehr tun, darum daß mein Leben an diesem Tage teuer gewesen ist in deinen Augen. Siehe, ich habe töricht gehandelt und gar sehr gefehlt!

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Und Saul sprach: Ich habe gesündigt, komm wieder, mein Sohn David, ich will dir fürder kein Leid tun, darum daß meine Seele heutigestages teuer gewesen ist in deinen Augen. Siehe, ich habe töricht und sehr unweise getan.

German Textbibel ☆

Saul erwiderte: Ich habe mich versündigt! Kehre zurück, mein Sohn David, ich will dir nie wieder ein Leid thun, dafür, daß mein Leben dir heute teuer gewesen ist. Ich weiß, ich habe töricht gehandelt und mich sehr schwer vergangen!

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Da sprach Saul: Ich habe gesündigt! Komm wieder, mein Sohn David, ich will dir forthin kein Leid antun, weil heutigen Tages meine Seele in deinen Augen teuer gewesen ist! Siehe, ich habe töricht und sehr unweise gehandelt!

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

καὶ εἶπε Σαούλ· ἡμάρτηκα· ἐπίστρεφε τέκνον Δαυίδ, ὅτι οὐ κακοποιήσω σε ἀνθ᾿ ὧν ἔντιμος ψυχή μου ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς σου καὶ ἐν τῇ σήμερον· μεματαίωμαι καὶ ἠγνόηκα πολλὰ σφόδρα.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Καὶ εἶπε Σαοὺλ, ἡμάρτηκα· ἐπίστρεφε, τέκνον Δαυὶδ, ὅτι οὐ κακοποιήσω σε, ἀνθʼ ὧν ἔντιμος ψυχή μου ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς σου, καὶ ἐν τῇ σήμερον μεματαίωμαι καὶ ἠγνόηκα πολλὰ σφόδρα.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Sayil reponn: -Sa m' fè a mal. Tounen non, David, pitit mwen. Mwen p'ap janm chache fè ou mal paske ou refize touye m' aswè a ankò. Wi, mwen te aji tankou moun fou, mwen te fè yon bagay ki pa bon menm.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

Alaila i aku la o Saula, Ua hewa au: o hoi oe, e kuu keiki, e Davida: aole au e hana ino hou aku ia oe; no ka mea, ua malama oe i kuu ola i keia la: aia hoi, ua hana naaupo wau, a na nui loa kuu lalau ana.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

וַיֹּאמֶר֩ שָׁא֨וּל חָטָ֜אתִי שׁ֣וּב בְּנִֽי־דָוִ֗ד כִּ֠י לֹֽא־אָרַ֤ע לְךָ֙ עֹ֔וד תַּ֠חַת אֲשֶׁ֨ר יָקְרָ֥ה נַפְשִׁ֛י בְּעֵינֶ֖יךָ הַיֹּ֣ום הַזֶּ֑ה הִנֵּ֥ה הִסְכַּ֛לְתִּי וָאֶשְׁגֶּ֖ה הַרְבֵּ֥ה מְאֹֽד׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

ויאמר שאול חטאתי שוב בני דוד כי לא ארע לך עוד תחת אשר יקרה נפשי בעיניך היום הזה הנה הסכלתי ואשגה הרבה מאד׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

Allora Saulle disse: Io ho peccato ; ritornatene, figliuol mio Davide; perciocchè io non ti farò più male alcuno, poichè l'anima mia ti è oggi stata preziosa; ecco, io ho follemente fatto, ed ho molto gravemente errato.

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

Allora Saul disse: “Ho peccato; torna, figliuol mio Davide; poiché io non ti farò più alcun male, giacché oggi la mia vita è stata preziosa agli occhi tuoi; ecco, io ho operato da stolto, e ho commesso un gran fallo”.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

するとサウルは言った。「わたしは罪を犯した。帰って来なさい、わが子ダビデよ。今日、わたしの命があなたの目に貴いものであったから、わたしはもはやあなたに害を加えない。見よ、わたしは愚かなことをし、ひどく間違っていた。」

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

사울이 가로되 `내가 범죄하였도다 내 아들 다윗아 ! 돌아오라 네가 오늘 내 생명을 귀중히 여겼은즉 내가 다시는 너를 해하려 하지 아니하리라 내가 어리석은 일을 하였으니 대단히 잘못되었도다'

Kosraean Bible ☆

Na Saul el topuk, “Pwaye nga orekma koluk. Foloko, David, wen nutik! Nga ac fah tia sifil akkolukye kom, ke sripen kom tiana eisla moul luk ofong. Nga arulana lalfon, ac ma na koluk se pa nga oru uh!”

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Et ait Saul: Peccavi: revertere, fili mi David: nequaquam enim ultra tibi malefaciam, eo quod pretiosa fuerit anima mea in oculis tuis hodie: apparet enim quod stulte egerim, et ignoraverim multa nimis.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

شاول گفت: «گناه ورزیدم‌ای پسرم داود! برگرد و تو را دیگر اذیت نخواهم کرد، چونکه امروز جان من در نظر تو عزیز آمد اینک احمقانه رفتار نمودم و بسیار گمراه شدم.»

World Portuguese Bible ☆

Então Saul disse: “Eu pequei”. Volte, meu filho David; pois eu não lhe farei mais mal, porque minha vida foi preciosa aos seus olhos hoje”. Eis que me fiz de idiota e errei excessivamente”.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

Então disse Saul: Pequei: volta-te, filho meu Davi, que nenhum mal te farei mais, pois que minha vida foi estimada hoje em teus olhos. Eis que eu agi loucamente, e errei em grande maneira.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Atunci Saul a spus: Am păcătuit; întoarce-te, fiul meu David, fiindcă nu te voi mai vătăma, pentru că sufletul meu a fost prețios în ochii tăi în această zi; iată, am lucrat prostește și am greșit peste măsură.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Саул а зис: „Ам пэкэтуит; ынтоарче-те, фиул меу Давид, кэч ну-ць вой май фаче рэу, фииндкэ ын зиуа ачаста вяца мя а фост скумпэ ынаинтя та. Ам лукрат ка ун небун ши ам фэкут о маре грешялэ.”

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

И сказал Саул: согрешил я; возвратись, сын мой Давид, ибо я не буду больше делать тебе зла, потому что душа моя была дорога ныне в глазах твоих; безумно поступал я и очень много погрешал.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Tada reče Saul: Zgrešio sam; vrati se, sine Davide, neću ti više činiti zla, kad ti danas draga bi duša moja; evo, ludo sam radio i pogrešio sam veoma.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Тада рече Саул: Згрешио сам; врати се, сине Давиде, нећу ти више чинити зла, кад ти данас драга би душа моја; ево, лудо сам радио и погрешио сам веома.

Mashi Bible ☆

Saulu ashuza, erhi: «Najizire ecâha, ci ogalukage mwâna wâni Daudi bulya ntacikujire kurhi, bulya wayêrekîne oku wakenzire obuzîne bwâni.»

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

Entonces dijo Saúl: He pecado: vuélvete, hijo mío David, que ningún mal te haré más, pues que mi vida ha sido estimada hoy en tus ojos. He aquí, yo he hecho neciamente, y he errado en gran manera.

Spanish BLL ☆

Entonces Saúl confesó: “He pecado. Regresa, David, hijo mío. Ya no volveré a hacerte daño, porque hoy has respetado mi vida. Me he portado como un tonto y he cometido un grave error”.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

Entonces Saúl dijo: «He pecado; vuelve, hijo mío David, que ningún mal te haré más, pues mi vida ha sido estimada preciosa a tus ojos hoy. He aquí que yo he actuado neciamente y he errado en gran manera».

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

Entonces Saúl dijo: “He hecho algo malo: vuelve a mí, David, mi hijo. No te volveré a hacer nada malo, porque has valorado hoy mi vida, he sido tonto y mi error es muy grave”.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

Entonces Saúl dijo: ¡Pequé! Regresa, hijo mío David, porque ya no te haré ningún mal, puesto que hoy mi vida fue de estima ante ti. Mira, actué neciamente y erré muchísimo.

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Revised West Version ☆

¶ Pea pehē ai ʻe Saula, “Kuo u fai angahala: ʻe hoku foha ko Tevita, tafoki mai: ʻe ʻikai te u toe fai ha kovi kiate koe, koeʻuhi naʻe maʻongoʻonga ʻa hoku laumālie ʻi ho ʻao he ʻaho ni: vakai, kuo u fai ʻae anga fakavalevale, pea kuo u hē lahi ʻaupito.”

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

І відказав Саул: Провинив я; вернись назад, сину Давиде; нїколи вже не засмучу тебе, тим що моя душа тобі сьогоднї була дорога: по дурному чинив я й проступився тяжко.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

І відказав Саул: Провинив я; вернись назад, сину Давиде; нїколи вже не засмучу тебе, тим що моя душа тобі сьогоднї була дорога: по дурному чинив я й проступився тяжко.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Bấy giờ, Sau-lơ nói: Ta có phạm tội; hỡi Đa-vít, con ta, hãy trở lại! Ta sẽ chẳng làm hại cho con nữa, vì ngày nay, con đã kính nể mạng sống ta. Thật, ta đã làm điên cuồng, phạm một lỗi rất trọng.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

וַיֹּאמֶר֩ שָׁא֨וּל חָטָ֜אתִי שׁ֣וּב בְּנִֽי־דָוִ֗ד כִּ֠י לֹֽא־אָרַ֤ע לְךָ֙ ע֔וֹד תַּ֠חַת אֲשֶׁ֨ר יָקְרָ֥ה נַפְשִׁ֛י בְּעֵינֶ֖יךָ הַיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֑ה הִנֵּ֥ה הִסְכַּ֛לְתִּי וָאֶשְׁגֶּ֖ה הַרְבֵּ֥ה מְאֹֽד׃