5David said to the young man who told him, |How do you know that Saul and Jonathan his son are dead?|


In Context

2 it happened on the third day, that behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul, with his clothes torn, and earth on his head: and so it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the earth, and did obeisance.

3 David said to him, |Where do you come from?| He said to him, |I have escaped out of the camp of Israel.|

4 David said to him, |How did it go? Please tell me.| He answered, |The people have fled from the battle, and many of the people also have fallen and are dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also.|

5 David said to the young man who told him, |How do you know that Saul and Jonathan his son are dead?|

6 The young man who told him said, |As I happened by chance on Mount Gilboa, behold, Saul was leaning on his spear; and behold, the chariots and the horsemen followed hard after him.

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

2 Samuel 1:5 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:5Then David said to the young man who brought him the report, "How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?"

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:5And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son be dead?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:5And David said to the young man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son are dead?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:5And David said to the young man that told him: How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son, are dead?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:5And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son are dead?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:5And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son be dead?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:5And David said to the young man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son are dead?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:5And David saith unto the youth who is declaring it to him, 'How hast thou known that Saul and Jonathan his son are dead?'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:5And David said to the young man that told him, How know you that Saul and Jonathan his son be dead?