1 Samuel 28:2 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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 mine head for ever.

More versions

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 without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.

1 Samuel 1:22

But Hannah went not up; for she said unto her husband, I will not go up until the child be weaned, and then I will bring him, that he may appear before the LORD, and there abide for ever.

1 Samuel 1:28

wherefore I also have granted him to the LORD; as long as he liveth he is granted to the LORD. And he worshipped the LORD there.

1 Samuel 27:10

And Achish said, Whither have ye made a raid today? And David said, Against the South of Judah, and against the South of the Jerahmeelites, and against the South of the Kenites.

1 Samuel 29:2

And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by thousands: and David and his men passed on in the rearward with Achish.