Parallel 1SA 26:8

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BSB § Abishai 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!”

OEB Abishai said to David, ‘God has delivered your enemy into your hand today. Now therefore let me strike him with his spear to the earth at one stroke, and I will not need to strike him twice!’

WEB Then Abishai said to David, “God has delivered up your enemy into your hand today. Now therefore please let me strike him with the spear to the earth at one stroke, and I will not strike him the second time.”

NET Abishai said to David, “Today God has delivered your enemy into your hands. Now let me drive the spear right through him into the ground with one swift jab! A second jab won’t be necessary!”

LSV And Abishai says to David, “God has shut up your enemy into your hand today; and now, please let me strike him with [the] spear, even into the earth, at once—and not repeat [it] to him.”

FBV Abishai said to David, “God has handed your enemy over to you today. So please let me spear him to the ground in one go. I won't need to do it twice!”

T4T Abishai whispered to David, “Today Yahweh has enabled us to kill your enemy! Allow me to fasten Saul to the ground by thrusting my spear into him. It will be necessary for me to strike him only once. I will not need to strike him twice.”

LEB Then Abishai said to David, “God has handed over your enemy into your hand today! So then, please let me pin him to the ground with the spear[fn]one time,[fn] andI will not strike him twice.”[fn]

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BBE Then Abishai said to David, God has given up your hater into your hands today; now let me give him one blow through to the earth with his spear, and there will be no need to give him a second.

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JPS Then said Abishai to David: 'God hath delivered up thine enemy into thy hand this day; now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear to the earth at one stroke, and I will not smite him the second time.'

ASV Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered up thine enemy into thy hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear to the earth at one stroke, and I will not smite him the second time.

DRA And Abisai said to David: God hath shut up thy enemy this day into thy hands: now then I will run him through with my spear even to the earth at once, and there shall be no need of a second time.

YLT And Abishai saith unto David, 'God hath shut up to-day thine enemy into thy hand; and, now, let me smite him, I pray thee, with a spear, even into the earth at once — and I do repeat [it] to him.'

DBY And Abishai said to David, [fn]God has delivered thine enemy into thy hand this day; and now let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear, even to the ground once, and I will not do it the second time.

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RV Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered up thine enemy into thine hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear to the earth at one stroke, and I will not smite him the second time.

WBS Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered thy enemy into thy hand this day; now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear, even to the earth at once, and I will not smite him the second time.

KJB Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered thine enemy into thine hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear even to the earth at once, and I will not smite him the second time.[fn]
  (Then said Abishai to David, God hath/has delivered thine/your enemy into thine/your hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear even to the earth at once, and I will not smite him the second time.)

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BB Then saide Abisai to Dauid, God hath closed thyne enemie into thyne hand thys day: Nowe I pray thee let me smite him once with my speare to the earth, & I will not smite him the second tyme.
  (Then said Abisai to Dauid, God hath/has closed thine/your enemie into thine/your hand thys day: Now I pray thee let me smite him once with my speare to the earth, and I will not smite him the second time.)

GNV Then saide Abishai to Dauid, God hath closed thine enemie into thine hande this day: now therefore, I pray thee, let me smite him once with a speare to the earth, and I will not smite him againe.
  (Then said Abishai to Dauid, God hath/has closed thine/your enemie into thine/your hand this day: now therefore, I pray thee, let me smite him once with a speare to the earth, and I will not smite him again. )

CB The sayde Abisai vnto Dauid: God hath closed thine enemye in thyne hande this daye. Therfore will I now thrust him thorow once with the speare euen in to the grounde, yt he shall haue ynough of it.
  (The said Abisai unto Dauid: God hath/has closed thine/your enemye in thine/your hand this day. Therfore will I now thrust him through once with the speare even in to the ground, it he shall have enough of it.)

WYC And Abisay seide to Dauid, God hath closid to dai thin enemy in to thin hondis; now therfor Y schal peerse hym with a spere onys in the erthe, and `no nede schal be the secounde tyme.
  (And Abisay said to Dauid, God hath/has closid to day thin enemy in to thin hands; now therefore I shall peerse him with a spere onys in the earth, and `no need shall be the second time.)

LUT Da sprach Abisai zu David: GOtt hat deinen Feind heute in deine Hand beschlossen; so will ich ihn nun mit dem Spieß stechen in die Erde einmal, daß er es nicht mehr bedarf.
  (So spoke Abisai to David: God has deinen Feind heute in your Hand beschlossen; so will I him/it now with to_him Spieß stechen in the earth einmal, that he it not mehr bedarf.)

CLV Dixitque Abisai ad David: Conclusit Deus inimicum tuum hodie in manus tuas: nunc ergo perfodiam eum lancea in terra semel, et secundo opus non erit.
  (And_he_said Abisai to David: Conclusit God inimicum your hodie in manus tuas: now ergo perfodiam him lancea in earth/land semel, and secundo opus not/no will_be. )

BRN And Abessa said to David, The Lord has this day shut up thine enemy into thine hands, and now I will [fn]smite him to the earth with the spear to the ground once for all, and I will not smite him again.

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BrLXX Καὶ εἶπεν Ἀβεσσὰ πρὸς Δαυὶδ, ἀπέκλεισε Κύριος σήμερον τὸν ἐχθρόν σου εἰς χεῖράς σου· καὶ νῦν πατάξω αὐτὸν τῷ δόρατι εἰς τὴν γῆν ἅπαξ, καὶ οὐ δευτερώσω αὐτῷ.
  (Kai eipen Abessa pros Dawid, apekleise Kurios saʸmeron ton eⱪthron sou eis ⱪeiras sou; kai nun pataxō auton tōi dorati eis taʸn gaʸn hapax, kai ou deuterōsō autōi. )