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1 Samuel 26:8

NETBible	Abishai said to David, “Today God has delivered your enemy into your hands. Now let me drive the spear¹ right through him into the ground with one swift jab!² A second jab won’t be necessary!”
NIV © biblegateway 1Sa 26:8	Abishai said to David, "Today God has given your enemy into your hands. Now let me pin him to the ground with one thrust of my spear; I won’t strike him twice."
NASB © biblegateway 1Sa 26:8	Then 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."
NLT © biblegateway 1Sa 26:8	"God has surely handed your enemy over to you this time!" Abishai whispered to David. "Let me thrust that spear through him. I’ll pin him to the ground, and I won’t need to strike twice!"
MSG © biblegateway 1Sa 26:8	Abishai said, "This is the moment! God has put your enemy in your grasp. Let me nail him to the ground with his spear. One hit will do it, believe me; I won't need a second!"
BBE © SABDAweb 1Sa 26:8	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.
NRSV © bibleoremus 1Sa 26:8	Abishai said to David, "God has given your enemy into your hand today; now therefore let me pin him to the ground with one stroke of the spear; I will not strike him twice."
NKJV © biblegateway 1Sa 26:8	Then Abishai said to David, "God has delivered your enemy into your hand this day. Now therefore, please, let me strike him at once with the spear, right to the earth; and I will not have to strike him a second time!"
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KJV	Then said <0559> (8799) Abishai <052> to David <01732>_, God <0430> hath delivered <05462> (8765) thine enemy <0341> (8802) into thine hand <03027> this day <03117>_: now therefore let me smite <05221> (8686) him, I pray thee, with the spear <02595> even to the earth <0776> at once <06471> <0259>_, and I will not [smite] him the second time <08138> (8799)_. {delivered: Heb. shut up}
NASB © biblegateway 1Sa 26:8	Then Abishai <052> said <0559> to David <01732> , "Today <03117> God <0430> has delivered <05462> your enemy <0340> into your hand <03027> ; now <06258> therefore, please <04994> let me strike <05221> him with the spear <02595> to the ground <0776> with one <0259> stroke <06471> , and I will not strike him the second <08138> time <08138> ."
LXXM	kai <2532> CONJ eipen {V-AAI-3S} abessa {N-PRI} prov <4314> PREP dauid {N-PRI} apekleisen <608> V-AAI-3S shmeron <4594> ADV kuriov <2962> N-NSM ton <3588> T-ASM ecyron <2190> N-ASM sou <4771> P-GS eiv <1519> PREP tav <3588> T-APF ceirav <5495> N-APF sou <4771> P-GS kai <2532> CONJ nun <3568> ADV pataxw <3960> V-FAI-1S auton <846> D-ASM tw <3588> T-DSN dorati {N-DSN} eiv <1519> PREP thn <3588> T-ASF ghn <1065> N-ASF apax <530> ADV kai <2532> CONJ ou <3364> ADV deuterwsw {V-AAS-1S} autw <846> D-DSM
NET [draft] ITL	Abishai <052> said <0559> to <0413> David <01732> , “Today <03117> God <0430> has delivered <05462> your enemy <0341> into your hands <03027> . Now <06258> let <04994> me drive the spear <02595> right through him into the ground <0776> with one <0259> swift <06471> jab <05221> ! A second jab won’t <03808> be necessary <08138> !”
HEBREW	wl <0> hnsa <08138> alw <03808> txa <0259> Mep <06471> Urabw <0776> tynxb <02595> an <04994> wnka <05221> htew <06258> Kdyb <03027> Kbywa <0341> ta <0853> Mwyh <03117> Myhla <0430> rgo <05462> dwd <01732> la <0413> ysyba <052> rmayw (26:8) <0559>

NETBible

Abishai said to David, “Today God has delivered your enemy into your hands. Now let me drive the spear¹ right through him into the ground with one swift jab!² A second jab won’t be necessary!”

NET Notes

¹tn Here “the spear” almost certainly refers to Saul’s own spear, which according to the previous verse was stuck into the ground beside him as he slept. This is reflected in a number of English versions: TEV, CEV “his own spear”; NLT “that spear.” Cf. NIV, NCV “my spear,” in which case Abishai refers to his own spear rather than Saul’s, but this is unlikely since (1) Abishai would probably not have carried a spear along since such a weapon would be unwieldy when sneaking into the enemy camp; and (2) this would not explain the mention of Saul’s own spear stuck in the ground beside him in the previous verse.

²tn Heb “let me strike him with the spear and into the ground one time.”