1 Samuel 24:17

24:17 He said to David, “You are more innocent¹ than I, for you have treated me well, even though I have tried to harm you!

1 Samuel 24:2

24:2 So Saul took three thousand select men from all Israel and went to find² David and his men in the region of³ the rocks of the mountain goats.⁴

1 Samuel 24:17

24:17 He said to David, “You are more innocent⁵ than I, for you have treated me well, even though I have tried to harm you!

Ezekiel 16:52

16:52 So now, bear your disgrace, because you have given your sisters reason to justify their behavior.⁶ Because the sins you have committed were more abominable than those of your sisters; they have become more righteous than you. So now, be ashamed and bear the disgrace of making your sisters appear righteous.

Habakkuk 1:13

1:13 You are too just⁷ to tolerate⁸ evil;

you are unable to condone⁹ wrongdoing.

So why do you put up with such treacherous people?¹⁰

Why do you say nothing when the wicked devour¹¹ those more righteous than they are?¹²

John 8:9

8:9 Now when they heard this, they began to drift away one at a time, starting with the older ones,¹³ until Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him.

Romans 3:19

3:19 Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under¹⁴ the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world may be held accountable to God.

¹tn Or “righteous” (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NAB “you are in the right”; NLT “are a better man than I am.”

²tn Heb “to search [for].”

³tn Heb “upon the face of.”

⁴tn Or “the region of the Rocks of the Mountain Goats,” if this expression is understood as a place name (cf. NASB, NIV, NRSV, TEV, CEV).

⁵tn Or “righteous” (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NAB “you are in the right”; NLT “are a better man than I am.”

⁶tn Heb “because you have interceded for your sisters with your sins.”

⁷tn Heb “[you] are too pure of eyes.” God’s “eyes” here signify what he looks at with approval. His “eyes” are “pure” in that he refuses to tolerate any wrongdoing in his presence.

⁸tn Heb “to see.” Here “see” is figurative for “tolerate,” “put up with.”

⁹tn Heb “to look at.” Cf. NEB “who canst not countenance wrongdoing”; NASB “You can not look on wickedness with favor.”

¹⁰tn Heb “Why do you look at treacherous ones?” The verb בָּגַד (bagad, “be treacherous”) is often used of those who are disloyal or who violate agreements. See S. Erlandsson, TDOT 1:470-73.

¹¹tn Or “swallow up.”

¹²tn Heb “more innocent than themselves.”

¹³tn Or “beginning from the eldest.”

¹⁴tn Grk “in,” “in connection with.”