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


In Context

2 And the Philistines fell upon Saul, and upon his sons, and they slew Jonathan, and Abinadab and Melchisua the sons of Saul.

3 And the whole weight of the battle was turned upon Saul: and the archers overtook him, and he was grievously wounded by the archers.

4 Then Saul said to his armourbearer: Draw thy sword, and kill me: lest these uncircumcised come, and slay me, and mock at me. And his armourbearer would not: for he was struck with exceeding great fear. Then Saul took his sword, and fell upon it.

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

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

7 And the men of Israel, that were beyond the valley, and beyond the Jordan, seeing that the Israelites were fled, and that Saul was dead, and his sons, forsook their cities, and fled: and the Philistines came, and dwelt there.

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 American King James Version of the Holy Bible

31:5And when his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise on 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;