2 Samuel 1:13
World English Bible (WEB)
David said to the young man who told him, “Where are you from?” He answered, “I am the son of a foreigner, an Amalekite.”
In context
11 Then David took hold of his clothes and tore them; and all the men who were with him did likewise.
12 They mourned, wept, and fasted until evening for Saul and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the LORD, and for the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.
13 David said to the young man who told him, “Where are you from?” He answered, “I am the son of a foreigner, an Amalekite.”
14 David said to him, “Why were you not afraid to stretch out your hand to destroy the LORD’s anointed?”
15 David called one of the young men and said, “Go near, and cut him down!” He struck him so that he died.
2 Samuel 1:13 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- David said to the young man who told him, “Where are you from?” He answered, “I am the son of a foreigner, an Amalekite.”
- KJV King James Version
- And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence art thou? And he answered, I am the son of a stranger, an Amalekite.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- And David inquired of the young man who had brought him the report, “Where are you from?” “I am the son of a foreigner,” he answered. “I am an Amalekite.”
- ASV American Standard Version
- And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence art thou? And he answered, I am the son of a sojourner, an Amalekite.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And David saith unto the youth who is declaring [it] to him, 'Whence [art] thou?' and he saith, 'Son of a sojourner, an Amalekite, I [am].'
- DBY Darby Translation
- And David said to the young man that told him, Whence art thou? And he said, I am the son of an Amalekite stranger.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And David said to the young man that told him, Whence art thou? And he answered, I am the son of a stranger, an Amalekite.