1 Samuel 12:3
Here I am. Bear witness against me before the Lord and before His anointed: Whose ox or donkey have I taken? Whom have I cheated or oppressed? From whose hand have I accepted a bribe and closed my eyes? Tell me, and I will restore it to you.”
Note Hebrew And I will restore it; LXX Testify against me, and I will restore it
Behold, here I am: witness against me before the Lord, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.
Note bribe: Heb. ransom
Note to blind…: or, that I should hide mine eyes at him
Here I am. Witness against me before the Lord and before his anointed. Whose ox have I taken? Whose donkey have I taken? Whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed? Of whose hand have I taken a bribe to make me blind my eyes? I will restore it to you.”
Here I am: witness against me before Jehovah, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I taken a ransom to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- his anointed
- 1 Samuel 12:5; 1 Samuel 10:1; 1 Samuel 24:6; 2 Samuel 1:14–16; Matthew 22:21; Romans 13:1–7
- whose ox
- Numbers 16:15; Acts 20:33; 2 Corinthians 12:14; 1 Thessalonians 2:5, 10; 1 Peter 5:2
- bribe
- Heb. ransom. blind mine eyes. or, that I shouldhide mine eyes at him.
- Exodus 23:8; Deuteronomy 16:19
- I will
- Exodus 22:4; Leviticus 6:4; Luke 19:8