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

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

And they said: Thou hast not wronged us, nor oppressed us, nor taken ought at any man's hand.

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

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

And they said, You have never been untrue to us or cruel to us; you have taken nothing from any man.

And they said, "You have not falsely accused us, nor oppressed us, nor have you taken anything from the hand of anyone."

They said, Thou hast not defrauded - Of what minister or governor can any nation under heaven say such things?

And they said,.... One in the name of the rest, or they all cried out as one man:
thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us; had done them no wrong, neither privately nor publicly, by fraud or by force:
neither hast thou taken ought of any man's hand; as a gift, present, or bribe, to fit your his cause. Some would infer hence that be took nothing of them for his support and maintenance, and that he lived upon his own substance; but that is not likely or reasonable; it was but just that they should support him and his family suitably to his character as a judge, whose whole life was spent in their service.

The people answered Samuel, that he had not done them any kind of injustice.