2 Samuel 1:13

In 11 translations

BSB

And David inquired of the young man who had brought him the report, “Where are you from?” “I am the son of a foreigner,” he answered. “I am an Amalekite.”

KJV

¶ And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence art thou? And he answered, I am the son of a stranger, an Amalekite.

WEB

David said to the young man who told him, “Where are you from?” He answered, “I am the son of a foreigner, an Amalekite.”

ASV

And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence art thou? And he answered, I am the son of a sojourner, an Amalekite.

LSV

And David says to the youth who is declaring [it] to him, “Where [are] you from?” And he says, “I [am] the son of a sojourner, an Amalekite.”

YLT

And David saith unto the youth who is declaring [it] to him, 'Whence [art] thou?' and he saith, 'Son of a sojourner, an Amalekite, I [am].'

DBY

And David said to the young man that told him, Whence art thou? And he said, I am the son of an Amalekite stranger.

DRC

And David said to the young man that told him: Whence art thou? He answered: I am the son of a stranger of Amalee.

GNV

Afterward Dauid saide vnto the yong man that tolde it him, Whence art thou? And hee answered, I am the sonne of a stranger an Amalekite.

JPS

And David said unto the young man that told him: 'Whence art thou?' And he answered: 'I am the son of an Amalekite stranger.'

LXXE

And David said to the young man who brought the tidings to him, Whence art thou? and he said, I am the son of an Amalekite sojourner.

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WLC

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר דָּוִ֗ד אֶל־הַנַּ֨עַר֙ הַמַּגִּ֣יד ל֔וֹ אֵ֥י מִזֶּ֖ה אָ֑תָּה וַיֹּ֕אמֶר בֶּן־אִ֛ישׁ גֵּ֥ר עֲמָלֵקִ֖י אָנֹֽכִי׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ εἶπε Δαυὶδ τῷ παιδαρίῳ τῷ ἀπαγγέλλοντι αὐτῷ, πόθεν εἶ σύ; καὶ εἶπεν, υἱὸς ανδρὸς παροίκου Ἀμαληκίτου ἐγώ εἰμι.

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• 2 Samuel 1:8‘Who are you?’ he asked. So I told him, ‘I am an Amalekite.’

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