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1 Samuel 17:11

Saul
FearDiscouragement and depressionSpiritual warfare

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.

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

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.

13 And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.

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BSB
On hearing the words of the Philistine, Saul and all the Israelites were dismayed and greatly afraid.
KJV
When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.
WEB
When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed and greatly afraid.
ASV
And when Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.
DARBY
And Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine, and they were dismayed and greatly afraid.
BLB
And Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine, and they were dismayed and greatly afraid.
ÅB
Da Saul og hele Israel hørte disse filisterens ord, ble de forferdet og fryktet storlig.
OTB
Da Saul og hele Israel hørte filisterens ord, ble de fylt med motløshet og stor frykt.
B1930
Da Saul og hele Israel hørte disse filisterens ord, blev de forferdet og fryktet storlig.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Joshua 1:9

    Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.

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  • Deuteronomy 31:8

    And the LORD, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed.

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  • Psalms 27:1

    The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

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  • Isaiah 51:12–13

    I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass;

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  • Proverbs 28:1

    The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.

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  • Isaiah 57:11

    And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou hast lied, and hast not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart? have not I held my peace even of old, and thou fearest me not?

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