American King James Version
" Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him: "
— 2 Samuel 1:11, American King James Version
“Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him:”
“Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him: ”
“Then David took hold on his clothes, and tore them; and likewise all the men who were with him.”
“David then grabbed his own clothes and tore them, as did all the men who were with him.”
“Then David took hold of his garments and rent them, and likewise all the men that were with him.”
“Then David gave way to bitter grief, and so did all the men who were with him:”
“Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him:”
And he said to me, Who are you? And I answered him, I am an Amalekite.
He said to me again, Stand, I pray you, on me, and slay me: for anguish is come on me, because my life is yet whole in me.
So I stood on him, and slew him, because I was sure that he could not live after that he was fallen: and I took the crown that was on his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them here to my lord.
Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him:
And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the LORD, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword. ¶
And David said to the young man that told him, From where are you? And he answered, I am the son of a stranger, an Amalekite.
And David said to him, How were you not afraid to stretch forth your hand to destroy the LORD’s anointed?