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1 Samuel 17:10

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8 And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them, Why are ye come out to set your battle in array? am not I a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me.

9 If he be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we be your servants: but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall ye be our servants, and serve us.

And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.

11 When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.

12 Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Beth-lehem-judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul.

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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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  • 1 Samuel 17:25–26

    And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father’s house free in Israel.

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  • 1 Samuel 17:45

    Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.

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  • 1 Samuel 17:36

    Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.

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  • 2 Samuel 21:21

    And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea the brother of David slew him.

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  • Numbers 23:7–8

    And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.

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  • Nehemiah 2:19

    But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?

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  • Psalms 9:4–5

    For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right.

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  • Job 40:9–12

    Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?

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