1 Samuel 26:8

1 Samuel 26:8 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

8Abishai said to David, “Today God has delivered your enemy into your hands. Now let me pin him to the ground with one thrust of the spear; I won’t strike him twice.”

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New American Standard Bible - NASB (NASB2020)

8Then Abishai said to David, “Today God has handed your enemy over to you; now then, please let me 26:8 Lit strike him...even intopin him with the spear to the ground with one thrust, and I will not 26:8 Lit repeat it to himdo it to him a second time.”

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New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)

8Then Abishai said to David, “Today God has delivered your enemy into your hand; now therefore, please let me strike him with the spear to the ground with one stroke, and I will not strike him the second time.”

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Amplified Bible (AMP)

8Then Abishai said to David, “God has given your enemy into your hand this day; now then, please let me strike him with the spear driving it to the ground with one stroke, and I will not strike him the second time.”

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

8Abishai said to David, “Today God has delivered your enemy into your hand. Now, therefore, please let me thrust the spear through him into the ground with one stroke. I will not need to strike him twice!”

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New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)

8Abishai said to David, “Today God has handed your enemy over to you. So let me pin him to the ground. I can do it with one jab of the spear. I won’t even have to strike him twice.”

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