1 Samuel 26:8 — compare English translations
Compare translations1 Samuel 26:8 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
אֲבִישַׁי֙
ʼĂbîyshay
H52
Abishai
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
דָּוִ֔ד
Dâvid
H1732
David
סִגַּ֨ר
çâgar
H5462
to shut
אֱלֹהִ֥ים
ʼĕlôhîym
H430
God
הַיּ֛וֹם
yôwm
H3117
day
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
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אוֹיִבְךָ֖
ʼôyêb
H341
enemy
בְּיָדֶ֑ךָ
yâd
H3027
hand
וְעַתָּה֩
ʻattâh
H6258
now
אַכֶּ֨נּוּ
nâkâh
H5221
to strike
נָ֜א
nâʼ
H4994
please
בַּחֲנִ֤ית
chănîyth
H2595
spear
וּבָאָ֨רֶץ֙
ʼerets
H776
land
פַּ֣עַם
paʻam
H6471
time
אַחַ֔ת
ʼechâd
H259
one
וְלֹ֥א
lôʼ
H3808
not
אֶשְׁנֶ֖ה
shânâh
H8138
to change
לֽוֹ
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World English Bible Public Domain
Then said Abishai to David, God has delivered up your enemy into your hand this day: now therefore please let me strike him with the spear to the earth at one stroke, and I will not strike him the second time.
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King James Version Public Domain
Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered thine enemy into thine hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear even to the earth at once, and I will not smite him the second time.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And Abishai said to David, “Today God has delivered your enemy into your hand. And now, please let me strike him with the spear even into the earth one time. And I will not do again to him.”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).