1 Samuel 17:3
1 Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and were gathered together at Shochoh, which belongeth to Judah, and pitched between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephes-dammim.
2 And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and pitched by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines.
And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them.
4 And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.
5 And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass.
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.
Compare
- BSB
- The Philistines stood on one hill and the Israelites stood on another, with the valley between them.
- KJV
- And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them.
- WEB
- The Philistines stood on the mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on the mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them.
- ASV
- And the Philistines stood on the mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on the mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them.
- DARBY
- And the Philistines stood on the mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on the mountain on the other side; and the ravine was between them.
- BLB
- And the Philistines stood on the mountain on this side, and Israel stood on the mountain on this side, and the valley was between them.
- ÅB
- Filistrene sto ved fjellet på den ene side, og israelittene ved fjellet på den andre side, så de hadde dalen imellom seg.
- OTB
- Filisterne stilte seg opp på den ene høyden, mens Israel tok stilling på den motsatte høyden, med dalen liggende mellom dem.
- B1930
- Filistrene stod ved fjellet på den ene side, og israelittene ved fjellet på den andre side, så de hadde dalen imellem sig.