2 Samuel 1:5 Parallel Translations

"How do you know Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?" David asked the young man who had brought him the news.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

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

BBE:

And David said to the young man who gave him the news, Why are you certain that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?

DBY:

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

ERV:

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

JPS:

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

WBS:

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

WEB:

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

YLT:

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

2 Samuel 1:5 Cross References

XREF:

2 Samuel 1:4 David said to him, "How did things go? Please tell me." And he said, "The people have fled from the battle, and also many of the people have fallen and are dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also."

2 Samuel 1:6 The young man who told him said, "By chance I happened to be on Mount Gilboa, and behold, Saul was leaning on his spear. And behold, the chariots and the horsemen pursued him closely. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

MHC:

1:1-10 The blow which opened David's way to the throne was given about the time he had been sorely distressed. Those who commit their concerns to the Lord, will quietly abide his will. It shows that he desired not Saul's death, and he was not impatient to come to the throne.

CONC:

David Dead Declaring Hast Jonathan News Report Saul Youth

David Dead Declaring Jonathan News Report Saul Young Youth

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