2 Samuel 1:5

In 11 translations

BSB

Then David asked the young man who had brought him the report, “How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?”

KJV

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

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

And David says to the youth who is declaring [it] to him, “How have you known that Saul and his son Jonathan [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?'

DBY

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

DRC

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

GNV

And Dauid saide vnto the yong man that tolde it him, Howe knowest thou that Saul and Ionathan his sonne be dead?

JPS

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

LXXE

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

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WLC

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר דָּוִ֔ד אֶל־הַנַּ֖עַר הַמַּגִּ֣יד ל֑וֹ אֵ֣יךְ יָדַ֔עְתָּ כִּי־מֵ֥ת שָׁא֖וּל וִיהֽוֹנָתָ֥ן בְּנֽוֹ׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ εἶπε Δαυὶδ τῷ παιδαρίῳ τῷ ἀπαγγελλοντι αὐτῷ, πῶς οἶδας ὅτι τέθνηκε Σαοὺλ καὶ Ἰωνάθαν ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ;

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Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 25:2It is the glory of God to conceal a matter and the glory of kings to search it out.
• Proverbs 14:15The simple man believes every word, but the prudent man watches his steps.

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