Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
And he said to me, Who are thou? And I answered him, I am an Amalekite.
New American Standard Bible
He said to me, ‘Who are you?’ And I
King James Version
And he said unto me, Who art thou? And I answered him, I am an Amalekite.
Holman Bible
He asked me, ‘Who are you?’ I told him: I’m an Amalekite.
International Standard Version
He asked me, "Who are you?' So I answered him, "I'm an Amalekite!'
American Standard Version
And he said unto me, Who art thou? And I answered him, I am an Amalekite.
Amplified
He asked me, ‘Who are you?’ I answered him, ‘I am an Amalekite.’
Bible in Basic English
And he said to me, Who are you? And I said, I am an Amalekite.
Darby Translation
And he said to me, Who art thou? And I said to him, I am an Amalekite.
Julia Smith Translation
And he will say to me, Who thou? and I shall say to him, I an Amalekite.
King James 2000
And he said unto me, Who are you? And I answered him, I am an Amalekite.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Then he said to me, 'Who [are] you?' And I said to him, 'I [am] an Amalekite.'
Modern King James verseion
And he said to me, Who are you? And I answered him, I am an Amalekite.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And he said unto me, 'What art thou?' And I said unto him, 'I am an Amalekite.'
NET Bible
He asked me, 'Who are you?' I told him, 'I'm an Amalekite.'
New Heart English Bible
He said to me, 'Who are you?' I answered him, 'I am an Amalekite.'
The Emphasized Bible
And he said unto me, Who art thou? And I said unto him, An Amalekite, am I.
Webster
And he said to me, Who art thou? And I answered him, I am an Amalekite.
World English Bible
He said to me, 'Who are you?' I answered him, 'I am an Amalekite.'
Youngs Literal Translation
And he saith to me, Who art thou? and I say unto him, An Amalekite I am.'
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Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Samuel 1:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Report Of Saul's Death By The Amalekite
7 And when he looked behind him, he saw me, and called to me. And I answered, Here I am. 8 And he said to me, Who are thou? And I answered him, I am an Amalekite. 9 And he said to me, Stand, I pray thee, beside me, and kill me, for anguish has taken hold of me, because my life is yet whole in me.
Cross References
1 Samuel 30:13
And David said to him, To whom do thou belong? And from where are thou? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite. And my master left me because three days ago I fell sick.
1 Samuel 30:17
And David smote them from the twilight even to the evening of the next day. And there escaped not a man of them, except four hundred young men who rode upon camels and fled.
1 Samuel 15:3
Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not, but kill both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.
1 Samuel 30:1
And it came to pass, when David and his men came to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had made a raid upon the South, and upon Ziklag, and had smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire,
Genesis 14:7
And they returned, and came to En-mishpat (the same is Kadesh), and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, who dwelt in Hazazon-tamar.
Exodus 17:8-16
Then Amalek came, and fought with Israel in Rephidim.
Numbers 24:20
And he looked on Amalek, and took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations, but his latter end shall come to destruction.
Deuteronomy 25:17-19
Remember what Amalek did to thee by the way as ye came forth out of Egypt,
1 Samuel 27:8
And David and his men went up, and made a raid upon the Geshurites, and the Girzites, and the Amalekites, for those [nations] were the inhabitants of the land, who were of old as thou go to Shur, even to the land of Egypt.