2 Samuel 1:5
World English Bible (WEB)
David said to the young man who told him, “How do you know that Saul and Jonathan his son are dead?”
In context
3 David said to him, “Where do you come from?” He said to him, “I have escaped out of the camp of Israel.”
4 David said to him, “How did it go? Please tell me.” He answered, “The people have fled from the battle, and many of the people also have fallen and are dead. Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also.”
5 David said to the young man who told him, “How do you know that Saul and Jonathan his son are dead?”
6 The young man who told him said, “As I happened by chance on Mount Gilboa, behold, Saul was leaning on his spear; and behold, the chariots and the horsemen followed close behind him.
7 When he looked behind him, he saw me and called to me. I answered, ‘Here I am.’
2 Samuel 1:5 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- David said to the young man who told him, “How do you know that Saul and Jonathan his son are dead?”
- KJV King James Version
- And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son be dead?
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Then David asked the young man who had brought him the report, “How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?”
- ASV American Standard Version
- And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son are dead?
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And David saith unto the youth who is declaring [it] to him, 'How hast thou known that Saul and Jonathan his son [are] dead?'
- DBY Darby Translation
- And David said to the young man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son are dead?
- WBS Webster Bible
- And David said to the young man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son are dead?