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1 Samuel 12:5–6

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12:5He said to them, “The Lord is witness against you, and his chosen king6 is witness this day, that you have not found any reason to accuse me.”7 They said, “He is witness!”

12:6Samuel said to the people, “The Lord is the one who chose Moses and Aaron and who brought your ancestors8 up from the land of Egypt.

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Footnotes

  1. 6 Heb “anointed [one].”
  2. 7 Heb “that you have not found anything in my hand.”
  3. 8 Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 7, 8).

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

And he said to them, “The Lord is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that you have not found anything in my hand.” And they said, “He is witness.”

And Samuel said to the people, “The Lord is witness, who appointed Moses and Aaron and brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Samuel said to them, “The Lord is witness against you, and also his anointed is witness this day, that you have not found anything in my hand.”

“He is witness,” they said.

Then Samuel said to the people, “It is the Lord who appointed Moses and Aaron and brought your ancestors up out of Egypt.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

He said to them, “The Lord is a witness against you, and his anointed is a witness today that you haven’t found anything in my hand.”

“He is a witness,” they said.

Then Samuel said to the people, “The Lord, who appointed Moses and Aaron and who brought your ancestors up from the land of Egypt, is a witness.

NLTNew Living Translation

“The Lord and his anointed one are my witnesses today,” Samuel declared, “that my hands are clean.”

“Yes, he is a witness,” they replied.

“It was the Lord who appointed Moses and Aaron,” Samuel continued. “He brought your ancestors out of the land of Egypt.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

So he said to them, “Yahweh is witness against you, and his anointed one is witness this day, that you have not found anything in my hand.” Then they said, “He is witness.” Then Samuel said to the people, “Yahweh is witness, who appointed Moses and Aaron, and who brought your ancestors up from the land of Egypt.

KJV 1900King James Version

And he said unto them, The Lord is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found ought in my hand. And they answered, He is witness. And Samuel said unto the people, It is the Lord that advanced Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.