2 Samuel 1:9

2 Samuel chapter 1 · verse 9 in three public-domain English translations with scriptural context

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And 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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And 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.

Context

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

v.9This passage

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