1 Samuel 31:3 - King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was sore wounded of the archers.

More versions

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ The battle went heavily against Saul, and the archers severely wounded him.

American Standard Version (1901)

³ 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

³ The battle was fierce around Saul. When the archers located him, they wounded him badly.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ 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

³ And the whole weight of the battle was turned upon Saul: and the archers overtook him. And he was grievously wounded by the archers.

English Standard Version 2016

³ The battle pressed hard against Saul, and the archers found him, and he was badly wounded by the archers.

1 Samuel 31:3 Cross References

Genesis 49:23

The archers have sorely grieved him, And shot at him, and hated him:

2 Samuel 1:4

And David said unto him, How went the matter? I pray thee, tell me. And he answered, That the people are fled from the battle, and many of the people also are fallen and dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also.

2 Samuel 1:6

And the young man that told him said, As I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots and horsemen followed hard after him.

2 Samuel 21:12

And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh-gilead, which had stolen them from the street of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged them, when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa:

1 Kings 22:34

And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: wherefore he said unto the driver of his chariot, Turn thine hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am wounded.

Amos 2:14

Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself: