11Then David and all the men with him took hold of their clothes and tore them.


In Context

8 "He asked me, 'Who are you?' " 'An Amalekite,' I answered.

9 "Then he said to me, 'Stand over me and kill me! I am in the throes of death, but I'm still alive.'

10 "So I stood over him and killed him, because I knew that after he had fallen he could not survive. And I took the crown that was on his head and the band on his arm and have brought them here to my lord."

11 Then David and all the men with him took hold of their clothes and tore them.

12 They mourned and wept and fasted till evening for Saul and his son Jonathan, and for the army of the Lord and the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.

13 David said to the young man who brought him the report, "Where are you from?" "I am the son of an alien, an Amalekite," he answered.

2nd Samuel 1:11 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:11Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that [were] with him:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:11Then David took hold of his garments and rent them; and all the men that were with him did likewise.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:11Then David took hold of his garments and rent them, and likewise all the men that were with him.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:11Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him:

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:11Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:11Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:11Then David took hold on his clothes, and tore them; and likewise all the men who were with him.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:11And David taketh hold on his garments, and rendeth them, and also all the men who are with him,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:11Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him: