2 Samuel 1:5

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

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

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And David saith unto the youth who is declaring <FI>it<Fi> to him, `How hast thou known that Saul and Jonathan his son <FI>are<Fi> dead?'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 2 Samuel 1:5 — 2 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Proverbs 14:15The simple man believes every word, but the prudent man watches his steps.
  2. Proverbs 25:2It is the glory of God to conceal a matter and the glory of kings to search it out.

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