Judges 9:54 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁵⁴ Immediately he called to the young man who carried his armor and said to him, “Draw your sword and kill me, so people will not say about me, ‘A woman killed him.’ ” So the young man thrust him through, and he died.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵⁴ Then he called hastily unto the young man his armourbearer, and said unto him, Draw thy sword, and slay me, that men say not of me, A woman slew him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵⁴ Then he called hastily to the young man, his armor-bearer, and said to him, Draw your sword and slay me, so that men may not say of me, A woman slew him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵⁴ Then he called hastily unto the young man his armorbearer, and said unto him, Draw thy sword, and kill me, that men say not of me, A woman slew him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died.

Common English Bible

⁵⁴ He quickly cried out to the servant who carried his armor, “Draw your sword and kill me. Don’t let it be said of me, ‘A woman killed him.’” So his servant stabbed him, and he died.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵⁴ And he quickly called to his armor bearer, and said to him, "Draw your sword and strike me, otherwise it may be said that I was slain by a woman." And, doing as he was ordered, he killed him.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵⁴ And he called hastily to his armourbearer, and said to him: Draw thy sword, and kill me: lest it should be said that I was slain by a woman. He did as he was commanded, and slew him.

Judges 9:54 Cross References

2 Samuel 1:10

So I stood over him and killed him, for I knew that he could not live after he had fallen. I took the crown that was on his head and the armlet that was on his arm, and I have brought them here to my lord.”

2 Samuel 1:7

When he looked behind him, he saw me and called to me. I answered, ‘Here, sir.’

2 Samuel 1:9

He said to me, ‘Come, stand over me and kill me, for convulsions have seized me, and yet my life still lingers.’

2 Samuel 23:37

Zelek the Ammonite; Naharai of Beeroth, the armor-bearer of Joab son of Zeruiah;

1 Chronicles 10:4

Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and thrust me through with it, so that these uncircumcised may not come and make sport of me.” But his armor-bearer was unwilling, for he was terrified. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.

1 Chronicles 10:5

When his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on his sword and died.

1 Chronicles 11:39

Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai of Beeroth (the armor-bearer of Joab son of Zeruiah),

Judges 4:9

And she said, “I will surely go with you; nevertheless, the road on which you are going will not lead to your glory, for the Lord will sell Sisera into the hand of a woman.” Then Deborah got up and went with Barak to Kedesh.

Judges 9:55

When the Israelites saw that Abimelech was dead, they all went home.

1 Samuel 14:12

The men of the garrison hailed Jonathan and his armor-bearer, saying, “Come up to us, and we will show you something.” Jonathan said to his armor-bearer, “Come up after me, for the Lord has given them into the hand of Israel.”

1 Samuel 14:13

Then Jonathan climbed up on his hands and feet, with his armor-bearer following after him. The Philistines fell before Jonathan, and his armor-bearer coming after him killed them.

1 Samuel 14:14

In that first attack Jonathan and his armor-bearer killed about twenty men within an area about half a furrow long in an acre of land.

1 Samuel 14:17

Then Saul said to the troops who were with him, “Call the roll and see who has gone from us.” When they called the roll, Jonathan and his armor-bearer were not there.

1 Samuel 14:7

His armor-bearer said to him, “Do all that your mind inclines to. I am with you; as your mind is, so is mine.”

1 Samuel 16:21

And David came to Saul and entered his service. Saul loved him greatly, and he became his armor-bearer.

1 Samuel 31:6

So Saul and his three sons and his armor-bearer and all his men died together on the same day.