1 Samuel 29:7
Good News Translation
So go back home in peace, and don't do anything that would displease them."

New Revised Standard Version
So go back now; and go peaceably; do nothing to displease the lords of the Philistines.”

Contemporary English Version
Go on back home and try not to upset them.

New American Bible
Leave peacefully, now, and do nothing that might displease the Philistine chiefs.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
Return therefore, and go in peace, and offend not the eyes of the princes of the Philistines.

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Return therefore, and go in peace, and offend not the eyes of the princes of the Philistines.

Context
The Philistines Reject David
6Then Achis called David, and said to him: As the Lord liveth, thou art upright and good in my sight: and so is thy going out, and thy coming in with me in the army: and I have not found any evil in thee, since the day that thou camest to me unto this day: but thou pleasest not the lords. 7Return therefore, and go in peace, and offend not the eyes of the princes of the Philistines.8And David said to Achis: But what have I done, or what hast thou found in me thy servant, from the day that I have been in thy sight until this day, that I may not go and fight against the enemies of my lord the king?…
Cross References
1 Samuel 29:6
Then Achis called David, and said to him: As the Lord liveth, thou art upright and good in my sight: and so is thy going out, and thy coming in with me in the army: and I have not found any evil in thee, since the day that thou camest to me unto this day: but thou pleasest not the lords.

1 Samuel 29:8
And David said to Achis: But what have I done, or what hast thou found in me thy servant, from the day that I have been in thy sight until this day, that I may not go and fight against the enemies of my lord the king?

1 Samuel 29:6
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