And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thine hand to destroy the LORD'S anointed?

And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to put forth thy hand to destroy Jehovah's anointed?

David said to him: Why didst thou not fear to put out thy hand to kill the Lord's anointed?

And David said to him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thy hand to destroy Jehovah's anointed?

And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to put forth thine hand to destroy the LORD'S anointed?

And David saith unto him, 'How wast thou not afraid to put forth thy hand to destroy the anointed of Jehovah?'

And David said to him, How were you not afraid to stretch forth your hand to destroy the LORD's anointed?

And David said to him, Had you no fear of stretching out your hand to put to death the one marked with the holy oil?

And David said to him, "Why were you not afraid to put forth your hand, so that you would kill the Christ of the Lord?"

And David said unto him, how, wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thine hand,.... By which it should seem that he did more than stand upon him, and press his body, that the spear might pierce through him, but that he drew his sword, and slew him; so David understood him, and is the sense of the phrase in 1-Samuel 17:51,
to destroy the Lord's anointed? a reason why David did not destroy him, when it was in the power of his hands, and which he made use of to dissuade others from it; and here charges it not only as a criminal, but a daring action in this young man, at which he expresses his admiration how he could do it; hereby representing it as a very shocking and detestable action; see 1-Samuel 24:6.