5And when his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise on his sword, and died with him.


In Context

2 And the Philistines followed hard on Saul and on his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Melchishua, Saul's sons.

3 And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was sore wounded of the archers.

4 Then said Saul to his armor bearer, Draw your sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armor bearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword, and fell on it.

5 And when his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise on his sword, and died with him.

6 So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armor bearer, and all his men, that same day together.

7 And when the men of Israel that were on the other side of the valley, and they that were on the other side Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelled in them.

1 Samuel 31:5 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

31:5When the armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he too fell on his sword and died with him.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

31:5And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise upon his sword, and died with him.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

31:5And when his armourbearer saw this, to wit, that Saul was dead, he also fell upon his sword and died with him.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

31:5And when his armorbearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell upon his sword, and died with him.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

31:5And when his armour-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise on his sword, and died with him.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

31:5And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell upon his sword, and died with him.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

31:5And when his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise upon his sword, and died with him.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

31:5When his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell on his sword, and died with him.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

31:5And the bearer of his weapons seeth that Saul is dead, and he falleth — he also — on his sword, and dieth with him;