⁸ Maar gisteren stelde zich Mijn volk op, tot vijand, tegenover een kleed; gij stroopt een mantel van degenen, die zeker voorbijgaan, wederkomende van den strijd.

⁸ Wee dengenen, die huis aan huis trekken, akker aan akker brengen, totdat er geen plaats meer zij, en dat gijlieden alleen inwoners gemaakt wordt in het midden des lands!

³ He came to the sheep pens by the way, where there was a cave; and Saul went in to relieve himself. Now David and his men were abiding in the innermost parts of the cave.

⁴ The men of David said to him, "Behold, the day of which Yahweh said to you, 'Behold, I will deliver your enemy into your hand, and you shall do to him as it shall seem good to you.'" Then David arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul's robe secretly.

⁵ It happened afterward, that David's heart struck him, because he had cut off Saul's skirt.