1 Samuel 24:5

5 Afterward, David was conscience-stricken for having cut off a corner of his robe.

1 Samuel 24:5 in Other Translations

5 And it came to pass afterward, that David's heart smote him, because he had cut off Saul's skirt.

5 And afterward David’s heart struck him, because he had cut off a corner of Saul’s robe.

5 But then David’s conscience began bothering him because he had cut Saul’s robe.

5 Immediately, he felt guilty.

5 And it came to pass afterward, that David's heart smote him, because he had cut off Saul's skirt.

5 But afterward, David's conscience bothered him because he had cut off the border of Saul's robe.

5 Afterwards, David's conscience bothered him because he had cut off the corner of Saul's robe.

5 Later, David felt sorry that he had cut off a corner of Saul's robe.

1 Samuel 24:5 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 24:5

And it came to pass afterward, that David's heart smote him,
&c.] His conscience accused him, and he repented of what he had done:

because he had cut off Saul's skirt;
which though less than what his servants put him upon, and he might have thoughts of doing, yet was considered by him as a great indignity to his sovereign, and therefore sat uneasy on his mind.

1 Samuel 24:5 In-Context

3 He came to the sheep pens along the way; a cave was there, and Saul went in to relieve himself. David and his men were far back in the cave.

4 The men said, “This is the day the LORD spoke of when he said to you, ‘I will give your enemy into your hands for you to deal with as you wish.’ ” Then David crept up unnoticed and cut off a corner of Saul’s robe.

5 Afterward, David was conscience-stricken for having cut off a corner of his robe.

6 He said to his men, “The LORD forbid that I should do such a thing to my master, the LORD’s anointed, or lay my hand on him; for he is the anointed of the LORD.”

7 With these words David sharply rebuked his men and did not allow them to attack Saul. And Saul left the cave and went his way.

Cross References

• 1. 1 Samuel 26:9; 2 Samuel 24:10