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Read›1 Samuel›Chapter 31

Saul’s Overthrow and Death

1 Samuel 31:5

In 11 translations

BSB
When his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he too fell on his own sword and died with him.
KJV
And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise upon his sword, and died with him.
WEB
When his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell on his sword, and died with him.
ASV
And when his armorbearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell upon his sword, and died with him.
LSV
And the bearer of his weapons sees that Saul [is] dead, and he falls—he also—on his sword, and dies with him;
YLT
And the bearer of his weapons seeth that Saul [is] dead, and he falleth — he also — on his sword, and dieth with him;
DBY
And when his armour-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise on his sword, and died with him.
DRC
And when his armourbearer saw this, to wit, that Saul was dead, he also fell upon his sword and died with him.
GNV
And when his armour bearer sawe that Saul was dead, he fell likewise vpon his sword, and dyed with him.
JPS
And when his armour-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell upon his sword, and died with him.
LXXE
And his armour-bearer saw that Saul was dead, and he fell also himself upon his sword, and died with him.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
וַיַּ֥רְא נֹשֵֽׂא־כֵלָ֖יו כִּ֣י מֵ֣ת שָׁא֑וּל וַיִּפֹּ֥ל גַּם־ה֛וּא עַל־חַרְבּ֖וֹ וַיָּ֥מָת עִמּֽוֹ׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ εἶδεν ὁ αἴρων τὰ σκεύη αὐτοῦ ὅτι τέθνηκε Σαοὺλ, καὶ ἐπέπεσε καὶ αὐτὸς ἐπὶ τὴν ῥομφαίαν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀπέθανε μετʼ αὐτοῦ.

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👤 Saul◆ Death of Saul

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  • 1 Chronicles 10:5When his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he too fell on his own sword and died.

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