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


In Context

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."

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

2nd Samuel 1:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:9And 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:9He 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:9And he said to me: Stand over me, and kill me: for anguish is come upon me, and as yet my whole life is in me.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:9And 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:9And 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:9He 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:9He said to me, 'Please stand beside me, and kill me; for anguish has taken hold of me, because my life is yet whole in me.'

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:9And 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.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:9He said to me again, Stand, I pray you, on me, and slay me: for anguish is come on me, because my life is yet whole in me.