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.'


In Context

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.'

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

9 He 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.'

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

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

2 Samuel 1:9 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:9"Then he said to me, 'Stand over me and kill me! I am in the throes of death, but I'm still alive.'

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 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.