2 Samuel 1:5 - New International Version (Anglicised)

Then David said to the young man who brought him the report, ‘How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son be dead?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

David said to the young man, How do you know Saul and Jonathan his son are dead?

American Standard Version (1901)

And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son are dead?

Common English Bible

“How do you know,” David asked the young man who brought the news, “that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?”

Catholic Public Domain Version

And David said to the youth who was reporting to him, "How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan have died?"

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And David said to the young man that told him: How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son, are dead?

2 Samuel 1:5 Tagairtí Cros

2 Samuel 1:4

‘What happened?’ David asked. ‘Tell me.’ ‘The men fled from the battle,’ he replied. ‘Many of them fell and died. And Saul and his son Jonathan are dead.’

2 Samuel 1:6

‘I happened to be on Mount Gilboa,’ the young man said, ‘and there was Saul, leaning on his spear, with the chariots and their drivers in hot pursuit.

Proverbs 14:15

The simple believe anything, but the prudent give thought to their steps.

Proverbs 25:2

It is the glory of God to conceal a matter; to search out a matter is the glory of kings.