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1 Samuel 17:10

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8 And Goliath stood and shouted to the ranks of Israel, “Why do you come out and array yourselves for battle? Am I not a Philistine, and are you not servants of Saul? Choose one of your men and have him come down against me.

9 If he is able to fight me and kill me, then we will be your servants. But if I prevail against him and kill him, then you shall be our servants and labor for us.”

Then the Philistine said, “I defy the ranks of Israel this day! Give me a man to fight!”

11 On hearing the words of the Philistine, Saul and all the Israelites were dismayed and greatly afraid.

12 Now David was the son of a man named Jesse, an Ephrathite from Bethlehem of Judah who had eight sons in the days of Saul. And Jesse was old and well along in years.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Then the Philistine said, “I defy the ranks of Israel this day! Give me a man to fight!”
KJV
And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.
WEB
The Philistine said, “I defy the armies of Israel today! Give me a man, that we may fight together!”
ASV
And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.
DARBY
And the Philistine said, I have defied the ranks of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.
BLB
And the Philistine said, “I defy the ranks of Israel this day! Give to me a man, that we may fight together.”
ÅB
Så sa filisteren: Idag har jeg hånet Israels fylking; kom hit med en mann, så vi kan stride med hverandre!
OTB
Filisteren sa: "Jeg utfordrer Israels slaglinjer i dag. Gi meg en mann, så vi kan kjempe sammen."
B1930
Så sa filisteren: Idag har jeg hånet Israels fylking; kom hit med en mann, så vi kan stride med hverandre!

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 1 Samuel 17:25–26

    Now the men of Israel had been saying, “Do you see this man who keeps coming out to defy Israel? To the man who kills him the king will give great riches. And he will give him his daughter in marriage and exempt his father’s house from taxation in Israel.”

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  • 1 Samuel 17:45

    But David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD of Hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.

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  • 1 Samuel 17:36

    Your servant has killed lions and bears; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, for he has defied the armies of the living God.”

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  • 2 Samuel 21:21

    and when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of David’s brother Shimei killed him.

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  • Numbers 23:7–8

    And Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: “Balak brought me from Aram, the king of Moab from the mountains of the east. ‘Come,’ he said, ‘put a curse on Jacob for me; come and denounce Israel!’

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  • Nehemiah 2:19

    But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard about this, they mocked us and ridiculed us, saying, “What is this you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?”

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  • Psalms 9:4–5

    For You have upheld my just cause; You sit on Your throne judging righteously.

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  • Job 40:9–12

    Do you have an arm like God’s? Can you thunder with a voice like His?

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