1 Samuel 28:2 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

² David said to Achish, “Very well, then you shall know what your servant can do.” Achish said to David, “Very well, I will make you my bodyguard for life.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² And David said to Achish, Surely thou shalt know what thy servant can do. And Achish said to David, Therefore will I make thee keeper of mine head for ever.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² David said to Achish, All right, you shall know what your servant can do. Achish said to David, Therefore I will make you my bodyguard always.

American Standard Version (1901)

² And David said to Achish, Therefore thou shalt know what thy servant will do. And Achish said to David, Therefore will I make thee keeper of my head for ever.

Common English Bible

² “Excellent,” David answered Achish. “Now you’ll see for yourself what your servant can do.” “Excellent,” Achish replied. “I will make you my permanent bodyguard.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

² And David said to Achish, "You know now what your servant will do." And Achish said to David, "And so, I will appoint you to guard my head for all days."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² And David said to Achis: Now thou shalt know what thy servant will do. And Achis said to David: And I will appoint thee to guard my life for ever.

1 Samuel 28:2 Cross References

Romans 12:9

Let love be genuine; hate what is evil; hold fast to what is good;

1 Samuel 1:22

But Hannah did not go up, for she said to her husband, “As soon as the child is weaned, I will bring him, that he may appear in the presence of the Lord and remain there forever; I will offer him as a nazirite for all time.”

1 Samuel 1:28

Therefore I have lent him to the Lord; as long as he lives, he is given to the Lord.” And they worshiped the Lord there.

1 Samuel 27:10

When Achish asked, “Against whom have you made a raid today?” David would say, “Against the Negeb of Judah,” or “Against the Negeb of the Jerahmeelites,” or “Against the Negeb of the Kenites.”

1 Samuel 29:2

As the lords of the Philistines were passing on by hundreds and by thousands and David and his men were passing on in the rear with Achish,