1 Samuel 26:8 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

⁸ 3 And when David was gone over to the other side. and stood on the top of the hill afar off, and a good space was between them,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ Then said Abishai to David, God has given your enemy into your hands this day. Now therefore let me smite him to the earth at once with one stroke of the spear, and I will not strike him twice.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered up thine enemy into thy hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear to the earth at one stroke, and I will not smite him the second time.

Common English Bible

⁸ Abishai said to David, “God has handed your enemy over to you today! Let me pin him to the ground with my spear. One stroke is all I need! I won’t need a second.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ And Abishai said to David: "God has enclosed your enemy this day in your hands. Now therefore, I will pierce him with my lance, through to the ground, once, and there will not need to be a second."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ And Abisai said to David: God hath shut up thy enemy this day into thy hands. Now then I will run him through with my spear even to the earth at once; and there shall be no need of a second time.

1 Samuel 26:8 Cross References

2 Samuel 16:9

4 And the king and all the people with him came weary, and refreshed themselves there.

Psalm 31:8

5 My lots are in thy hands. Deliver me out of the hands of my enemies; and from them that persecute me.

Jeremiah 40:15

And when they were come to the midst of the city, Ismahel the son of Nathanias, slew them, and cast them into the midst of the pit, he and the men that were with him.

Nahum 1:9

For the Lord hath rendered the pride of Jacob, as the pride of Israel: because the spoilers have laid them waste, and have marred their vine branches.

Romans 11:32

For as in one body we have many members, but all the members have not the same office:

Deuteronomy 32:30

5 Revenge is mine, and I will repay them in due time, that their foot may slide: the day of destruction is at hand, and the time makes haste to come.

Joshua 21:44

Therefore as the Lord your God hath given your brethren rest and peace, as he promised: return, and go to your dwellings, and to the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of the Lord gave you beyond the Jordan:

Judges 1:4

And afterwards they went down and fought against the Chanaanite, who dwelt in the mountains, and in the south, and in the plains.

1 Samuel 23:14

9 And the Ziphites went up to Saul in Gabaa, saying: Lo, doth not David lie hid with us in the strong holds of the wood, in mount Hachila, which is on the right hand of the desert.

1 Samuel 24:4

And said to Saul: Why dost thou hear the words of men that say David seeketh thy hurt?

1 Samuel 24:5

0 Behold this day thy eyes have seen, that the Lord hath delivered thee into my hand, in the cave, and I had a thought to kill thee, but my eye hath spared thee. For I said: I will not put out my hand against my lord, because he is the Lord's anointed.

1 Samuel 26:23

And David dwelt with Achis at Geth, he and his men: every man with his household, and David with his two wives, Achinoam the Jezrahelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal of Carmel.

1 Samuel 26:7

2 So David took the spear, and the cup of water which was at Saul's head, and they went away: and no man saw it, or knew it, or awaked, but they were all asleep, for a deep sleep from the Lord was fallen upon them.

1 Samuel 26:9

4 David cried to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner, saying: Wilt thou not answer, Abner? And Abner answering, said: Who art thou, that criest, and disturbest the king?