1 Samuel 12:4

World English Bible

They said, “You have not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither have you taken anything from anyone’s hand.”

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1 Samuel 12:4 in other translations

And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken aught of any man’s hand.

1 Samuel 12:4 · American Standard Version

1 Samuel 12:4 in context

  1. 2Now, behold, the king walks before you. I am old and gray-headed. Behold, my sons are with you. I have walked before you from my youth to this day.
  2. 3Here I am. Witness against me before Yahweh, 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.”
  3. 4They said, “You have not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither have you taken anything from anyone’s hand.”
  4. 5He said to them, “Yahweh is witness against you, and his anointed is witness today, that you have not found anything in my hand.”
    They said, “He is witness.”
  5. 6Samuel said to the people, “It is Yahweh who appointed Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.