2 Samuel 1:9
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Then he begged me, ‘Stand over me and kill me, for agony has seized me, but my life still lingers.’
In context
7 When he turned around and saw me, he called out and I answered, ‘Here I am!’
8 ‘Who are you?’ he asked. So I told him, ‘I am an Amalekite.’
9 Then he begged me, ‘Stand over me and kill me, for agony has seized me, but my life still lingers.’
10 So I stood over him and killed him, because I knew that after he had fallen he could not survive. And I took the crown that was on his head and the band that was on his arm, and I have brought them here to my lord.”
11 Then David took hold of his own clothes and tore them, and all the men who were with him did the same.
2 Samuel 1:9 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Then he begged me, ‘Stand over me and kill me, for agony has seized me, but my life still lingers.’
- KJV King James Version
- He said unto me again, Stand, I pray thee, upon me, and slay me: for anguish is come upon me, because my life is yet whole in me.
- WEB World English Bible
- He said to me, ‘Please stand beside me, and kill me, for anguish has taken hold of me because my life lingers in me.’
- ASV American Standard Version
- And he said unto me, Stand, I pray thee, beside me, and slay me; for anguish hath taken hold of me, because my life is yet whole in me.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- 'And he saith unto me, Stand, I pray thee, over me, and put me to death, for seized me hath the arrow, for all my soul [is] still in me.
- DBY Darby Translation
- He said to me again, Stand, I pray thee, over me, and slay me; for anguish has seized me; for my life is yet whole in me.
- WBS Webster Bible
- He said to me again, Stand, I pray thee, upon me, and slay me: for anguish is come upon me, because my life is yet whole in me.