2 Samuel 1:9
7 When he turned around and saw me, he called out and I answered, ‘Here I am!’
8 ‘Who are you?’ he asked. So I told him, ‘I am an Amalekite.’
Then he begged me, ‘Stand over me and kill me, for agony has seized me, but my life still lingers.’
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 that was on his arm, and I have brought them here to my lord.”
11 Then David took hold of his own clothes and tore them, and all the men who were with him did the same.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Then he begged me, ‘Stand over me and kill me, for agony has seized me, but my life still lingers.’
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- He said to me, ‘Please stand beside me, and kill me, for anguish has taken hold of me because my life lingers in me.’
- ASV
- 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.
- DARBY
- He 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.
- BLB
- And he said to me, ‘Stand, please, over me and kill me, for the anguish has seized me, but all my life [is] in me still.’
- ÅB
- Da sa han til meg: Kom hit til meg og drep meg! For krampen har grepet meg, men jeg har enda min fulle livskraft.
- OTB
- Da sa han: ‘Stå over meg og gjør ende på meg, for jeg er i smerte, men fortsatt i live.’
- B1930
- Da sa han til mig: Kom hit til mig og drep mig! For krampen har grepet mig, men jeg har ennu min fulle livskraft.