1 Kings 20:8
Deal mercifully then with thy servant: for thou hast brought me thy servant into a covenant of the Lord with thee. But if there be any iniquity in me, do thou kill me, and bring me not in to thy father.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Fac ergo misericordiam in servum tuum, quia fœdus Domini me famulum tuum tecum inire fecisti : si autem est iniquitas aliqua in me, tu me interfice, et ad patrem tuum ne introducas me.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ ποιήσεις ἔλεος μετὰ τοῦ δούλου σου, ὅτι εἰσήγαγες εἰς διαθήκην Κυρίου τὸν δοῦλόν σου μετὰ σεαυτοῦ· καὶ εἰ ἔστιν ἀδικία ἐν τῷ δούλῳ σου, θανάτωσόν με σύ· καὶ ἕως τοῦ πατρός σου ἵνα τί οὕτως εἰσάγεις με;
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וְעָשִׂ֤יתָ חֶ֨סֶד֙ עַל עַבְדֶּ֔ךָ כִּ֚י בִּבְרִ֣ית יְהוָ֔ה הֵבֵ֥אתָ אֶֽת עַבְדְּךָ֖ עִמָּ֑ךְ וְאִם יֶשׁ בִּ֤י עָוֺן֙ הֲמִיתֵ֣נִי אַ֔תָּה וְעַד אָבִ֖יךָ לָמָּה זֶּ֥ה תְבִיאֵֽנִי
Haydock's commentary
Lord, the most durable and sacred, confirmed by the name of God. (Calmet)
Kill. So Moses besought God to take away his life. A friend would put him to as little torture as possible. (Menochius)
But David only means strongly to assert his own innocence. (Haydock)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.