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


In Context

5 And David said to the young man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son are dead?

6 And the young man that told him said, As I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned upon his spear; and lo, the chariots and horsemen followed hard after him.

7 And when he looked behind him, he saw me, and called to me. And I answered, Here am I.

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

9 He 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.

10 So I stood upon him, and slew him, because I was sure that he could not live after that he had fallen: and I took the crown that was upon his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them hither to my lord.

2 Samuel 1:8 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:8"He asked me, 'Who are you?' " 'An Amalekite,' I answered.

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 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.