2 Samuel 1:14
World English Bible (WEB)
David said to him, “Why were you not afraid to stretch out your hand to destroy the LORD’s anointed?”
In context
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.
16 David said to him, “Your blood be on your head, for your mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I have slain the LORD’s anointed.’”
2 Samuel 1:14 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- David said to him, “Why were you not afraid to stretch out your hand to destroy the LORD’s anointed?”
- KJV King James Version
- And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thine hand to destroy the LORD’s anointed?
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- So David asked him, “Why were you not afraid to lift your hand to destroy the LORD’s anointed?”
- ASV American Standard Version
- And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to put forth thy hand to destroy Jehovah’s anointed?
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And David saith unto him, 'How wast thou not afraid to put forth thy hand to destroy the anointed of Jehovah?'
- DBY Darby Translation
- And David said to him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thy hand to destroy Jehovah's anointed?
- WBS Webster Bible
- And David said to him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thy hand to destroy the LORD'S anointed?