1 Samuel 31:5
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
When his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he too fell on his own sword and died with him.
In context
3 When the battle intensified against Saul, the archers overtook him and wounded him critically.
4 Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run it through me, or these uncircumcised men will come and run me through and torture me!” But his armor-bearer was terrified and refused to do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.
5 When his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he too fell on his own sword and died with him.
6 So Saul, his three sons, his armor-bearer, and all his men died together that same day.
7 When the Israelites along the valley and those on the other side of the Jordan saw that the army of Israel had fled and that Saul and his sons had died, they abandoned their cities and ran away. So the Philistines came and occupied their cities.
1 Samuel 31:5 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- When his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he too fell on his own sword and died with him.
- KJV King James Version
- And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise upon his sword, and died with him.
- WEB World English Bible
- When his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell on his sword, and died with him.
- ASV American Standard Version
- And when his armorbearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell upon his sword, and died with him.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And the bearer of his weapons seeth that Saul [is] dead, and he falleth — he also — on his sword, and dieth with him;
- DBY Darby Translation
- And when his armour-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise on his sword, and died with him.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And when his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise upon his sword, and died with him.