The Meaning of 1 Samuel 12:4 Explained

1 Samuel 12:4

KJV: And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken ought of any man's hand.

YLT: And they say, 'Thou hast not oppressed us, nor hast thou crushed us, nor hast thou taken from the hand of any one anything.'

Darby: And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, and thou hast not injured us, neither hast thou taken aught of any man's hand.

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

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of 1 Samuel 12:4?

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What is the context of 1 Samuel 12:4?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does 1 Samuel 12:4 Mean?

Context Summary

1 Samuel 12:1-13 - Samuel's Last Message To Israel

An end must come to the longest and most useful service. "Before his long sleep Samuel made protestation of his innocence before God and the people." Yes, the long sleep will come to us all, and happy are they who, before they lay down their heads upon the pillow of death, are able to extend their hands and to bare their hearts before those who have known them best, and say, "These are clean." The people bore double witness to the truth of Samuel's challenge, and the old man was comforted. Yes, God was witness, as well as the people, to his absolute integrity. See Acts 24:16.

Then Samuel pressed home, upon that dense mass of people, the sin of which they had been guilty in demanding a king instead of waiting for a heaven-sent deliverer. But we are liable to the same mistake. We look to the visible and forget the invisible. We forget that the invisible Christ stands waiting to succor, prepared to save unto the uttermost. In this faith the Apostle found his abiding peace and steadfastness. See 2 Corinthians 1:10. Let us, also, "set our hope" on Him who has delivered, and will deliver. [source]

Chapter Summary: 1 Samuel 12

¹ Samuel testifies his integrity
⁶ He reproves the people of ingratitude
¹⁶ He terrifies them with thunder in harvest time
²⁰ he comforts them in God's mercy

What do the individual words in 1 Samuel 12:4 mean?

And they said not You have cheated us or oppressed us nor have you taken from any hand of man anything

וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ לֹ֥א עֲשַׁקְתָּ֖נוּ וְלֹ֣א רַצּוֹתָ֑נוּ וְלֹֽא־ לָקַ֥חְתָּ מִיַּד־ אִ֖ישׁ מְאֽוּמָה

וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ	And they said
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural Root: אָמַר Sense: to say, speak, utter.
עֲשַׁקְתָּ֖נוּ	You have cheated us
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, second person masculine singular, first person common plural Root: עָשַׁק Sense: to press upon, oppress, violate, defraud, do violence, get deceitfully, wrong, extort.
רַצּוֹתָ֑נוּ	oppressed us
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, second person masculine singular, first person common plural Root: רָצַץ Sense: to crush, oppress.
וְלֹֽא־	nor
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb, Negative particle Root: הֲלֹא Sense: not, no.
לָקַ֥חְתָּ	have you taken
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, second person masculine singular Root: יָקַח Sense: to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away.
מִיַּד־	from any hand
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, feminine singular construct Root: יָד Sense: hand.
אִ֖ישׁ	of man
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: אִישׁ Sense: man.
מְאֽוּמָה	anything
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: מְאוּמָה Sense: anything.

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