And Saul eyed David with suspicion from that day on.
Parallel translations
- WEB Saul watched David from that day and forward.
- KJV And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.
- BSB And from that day forward Saul kept a jealous eye on David.
- NKJV So Saul eyed David from that day forward.
- NLT So from that time on Saul kept a jealous eye on David.
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Quick answer
From that day Saul keeps a suspicious eye on David. Envy now colors all his dealings with the young hero.
Overview
Saul begins to watch David warily and resentfully, marking the turn from favor to enmity. His jealous surveillance reveals a soul increasingly enslaved by sin. The contrast deepens between Saul, abandoned by God and ruled by fear, and David, with whom the Lord remains, illustrating the corrosive power of envy left unchecked.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- Jas 5:9Don’t grumble, brothers, against one another, so that you won’t be judged. Behold, the judge stands at the door.
- Gen 4:5–6but he didn’t respect Cain and his offering. Cain was very angry, and the expression on his face fell.
- Matt 20:15Isn’t it lawful for me to do what I want to with what I own? Or is your eye evil, because I am good?’
- Eph 4:27and don’t give place to the devil.
- Mark 7:22covetings, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, and foolishness.
- Gen 31:2Jacob saw the expression on Laban’s face, and, behold, it was not toward him as before.
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The rise of the anointed king after Israel's failed first choice points to the true Anointed One (Messiah means 'anointed'), the shepherd-king after God's own heart from Bethlehem.
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