Please don’t upset them, but go back quietly.”
Parallel translations
- WEB Therefore now return, and go in peace, that you not displease the lords of the Philistines.”
- KJV Wherefore now return, and go in peace, that thou displease not the lords of the Philistines.
- BSB Therefore turn back now and go in peace, so that you will not do anything to displease the leaders of the Philistines.”
- NKJV Therefore return now, and go in peace, that you may not displease the lords of the Philistines.”
- NASB Now then, return and go in peace, so that you will not do anything wrong in the sight of the governors of the Philistines.”
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Quick answer
Achish tells David to return in peace so as not to displease the Philistine lords. David is granted an honorable exit.
Overview
Achish instructs David to depart peaceably to avoid offending the suspicious commanders. The dismissal, though framed as deference to the lords, providentially releases David from the campaign. What appears as Philistine politics is in fact God's hand guiding David safely away.
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Cross-references · 1
- Num 22:34Balaam said to Yahweh’s angel, “I have sinned; for I didn’t know that you stood in the way against me. Now therefore, if it displeases you, I will go back again.”
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