2 Samuel 1:11 - Forerunner Commentary

2 Samuel 1:11

9 He said to me again, ‘Please stand over me and kill me, for¹ anguish has come upon me, but my life still remains in me.’

10 So I stood over him and ^akilled him, because I was sure that he could not live after he had fallen. And 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 Therefore David took hold of his own clothes and ^atore them, and so did all the men who were with him.

12 And they ^amourned and wept and ^bfasted until evening for Saul and for Jonathan his son, for the ^cpeople of the Lord and for the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.

13 Then David said to the young man who told him, “Where are you from?” And he answered, “I am the son of an alien, an Amalekite.”

Verse Comparison: 2 Samuel 1:11

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American Standard Version
Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him:

Amplified® Bible
Then David grasped his own clothes and tore them; so did all the men with him.

Contemporary English Version
Right away, David and his soldiers tore their clothes in sorrow.

Darby English Version
Then David took hold of his garments and rent them; and all the men that were with him [did] likewise.

Good News Bible
David tore his clothes in sorrow, and all his men did the same.

King James Version
Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him:

New American Standard Bible
Then David took hold of his clothes and tore them, and {so} also {did} all the men who {were} with him.

New International Version
Then David and all the men with him took hold of their clothes and tore them.

New King James Version
Therefore David took hold of his own clothes and tore them, and so did all the men who were with him.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Then David took hold of his clothes and tore them, and so also did all the men who accompanied him.

Revised Standard Version
Then David took hold of his clothes, and rent them; and so did all the men who were with him;

Young's Literal Translation
And David taketh hold on his garments, and rendeth them, and also all the men who `are' with him,

New English Translation
David then grabbed his own clothes¹ and tore them, as did all the men who were with him.

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