2 Samuel 1:9
World English Bible (WEB)
He said to me, ‘Please stand beside me, and kill me, for anguish has taken hold of me because my life lingers in me.’
In context
7 When he looked behind him, he saw me and called to me. I answered, ‘Here I am.’
8 He said to me, ‘Who are you?’ I answered him, ‘I am an Amalekite.’
9 He said to me, ‘Please stand beside me, and kill me, for anguish has taken hold of me because my life lingers in me.’
10 So I stood beside him and killed him, because I was sure that he could not live after he had fallen. I took the crown that was on his head and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them here to my lord.”
11 Then David took hold of his clothes and tore them; and all the men who were with him did likewise.
2 Samuel 1:9 in every translation
- 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.’
- 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.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Then he begged me, ‘Stand over me and kill me, for agony has seized me, but my life still lingers.’
- 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.