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


In Context

5 Then David said to the young man who brought him the report, "How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?"

6 "I happened to be on Mount Gilboa," the young man said, "and there was Saul, leaning on his spear, with the chariots and riders almost upon him.

7 When he turned around and saw me, he called out to me, and I said, 'What can I do?'

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."

2nd Samuel 1:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:8And he said unto me, Who [art] thou? And I answered him, I [am] an Amalekite.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:8And he said to me, Who art thou? And I said to him, I am an Amalekite.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:8And he said to me: Who art thou? And I said to him: I am an Amalecite.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:8And he said unto me, Who art thou? And I answered him, I am an Amalekite.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:8And he said unto me, Who art thou? And I answered him, I am an Amalekite.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:8And he said to me, Who art thou? And I answered him, I am an Amalekite.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:8He said to me, 'Who are you?' I answered him, 'I am an Amalekite.'

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:8And he saith to me, Who art thou? and I say unto him, An Amalekite I am.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:8And he said to me, Who are you? And I answered him, I am an Amalekite.