1 Samuel 31:3 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

The battle pressed hard on Saul, and the archers found him, and he was badly wounded by them.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was sore wounded of the archers.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

The battle went heavily against Saul, and the archers severely wounded him.

American Standard Version (1901)

And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers overtook him; and he was greatly distressed by reason of the archers.

Common English Bible

The battle was fierce around Saul. When the archers located him, they wounded him badly.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And the entire weight of the battle was turned against Saul. And the men who were archers pursued him. And he was severely wounded by the archers.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And the whole weight of the battle was turned upon Saul: and the archers overtook him. And he was grievously wounded by the archers.

1 Samuel 31:3 Cross References

Genesis 49:23

The archers fiercely attacked him; they shot at him and pressed him hard.

2 Samuel 1:4

David said to him, “How did things go? Tell me!” He answered, “The army fled from the battle, but also many of the army fell and died, and Saul and his son Jonathan also died.”

2 Samuel 1:6

The young man reporting to him said, “I happened to be on Mount Gilboa, and there was Saul leaning on his spear, while the chariots and the horsemen drew close to him.

2 Samuel 21:12

David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of his son Jonathan from the people of Jabesh-gilead, who had stolen them from the public square of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hung them up, on the day the Philistines killed Saul on Gilboa.

1 Kings 22:34

But a certain man drew his bow and unknowingly struck the king of Israel between the scale armor and the breastplate; so he said to the driver of his chariot, “Turn around and carry me out of the battle, for I am wounded.”

Amos 2:14

Flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not retain their strength, nor shall the mighty save their lives;