1 Samuel 17:10
◄  1 Samuel 17:10  ►
New International Version (©2011)
Then the Philistine said, "This day I defy the armies of Israel! Give me a man and let us fight each other."

New Living Translation (©2007)
I defy the armies of Israel today! Send me a man who will fight me!"

English Standard Version (©2001)
And the Philistine said, “I defy the ranks of Israel this day. Give me a man, that we may fight together.”

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Again the Philistine said, "I defy the ranks of Israel this day; give me a man that we may fight together."

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Then the Philistine said, "I defy the ranks of Israel today. Send me a man so we can fight each other!"

International Standard Version (©2012)
The Philistine said, "I defy the ranks of Israel today. Send me one man and let's fight together."

NET Bible (©2006)
Then the Philistine said, "I defy Israel's troops this day! Give me a man so we can fight each other!"

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
The Philistine added, "I challenge the Israelite battle line today. Send out a man so that we can fight each other."

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.

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

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

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Philistine said: I have defied the bands of Israel this day: Give me a man, and let him fight with me hand to hand.

Darby Bible Translation
And the Philistine said, I have defied the ranks of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.

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

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

World English Bible
The Philistine said, "I defy the armies of Israel this day! Give me a man, that we may fight together!"

Young's Literal Translation
And the Philistine saith, 'I have reproached the ranks of Israel this day; give to me a man, and we fight together.'

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day,.... Or "reproach" (s) them; that is, should they not accept his challenge, and send down a man to fight with them, he should then upbraid them with cowardice; and now he disdained them, as if there was not a man among them that dared to encounter with him:

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Clarke's Commentary on the Bible

I defy - אני חרפתי ani cheraphti, "I strip and make bare," the armies of Israel; for none dared to fight him. From the Dhunoor Veda Shastra it appears that, among the Hindoos, it was common, before the commencement of an engagement, to challenge the enemy by throwing out some terms of abuse, similar to those used by Goliath. We find this also in Homer: his heroes scold each other heartily before they begin to fight. See on 1 Samuel 17:43 (note).

Geneva Study Bible

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

1 Samuel 17:10 Parallel Commentaries
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Goliath's Challenge
…9If 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 you be our servants, and serve us. 10And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together. 11When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.

1 Samuel 17:11 On hearing the Philistine's words, Saul and all the Israelites were dismayed and terrified.
1 Samuel 17:26 David asked the men standing near him, "What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel? Who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he should defy the armies of the living God?"
1 Samuel 17:36 Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, because he has defied the armies of the living God.
2 Samuel 21:21 When he taunted Israel, Jonathan son of Shimeah, David's brother, killed him.