1 Samuel 17:27
Modern Translations
New International Version
They repeated to him what they had been saying and told him, "This is what will be done for the man who kills him."

New Living Translation
And these men gave David the same reply. They said, “Yes, that is the reward for killing him.”

English Standard Version
And the people answered him in the same way, “So shall it be done to the man who kills him.”

Berean Study Bible
The people told him about the offer, saying, “That is what will be done for the man who kills him.”

New American Standard Bible
The people answered him in agreement with this statement, saying, “This is what will be done for the man who kills him.”

NASB 1995
The people answered him in accord with this word, saying, "Thus it will be done for the man who kills him."

NASB 1977
And the people answered him in accord with this word, saying, “Thus it will be done for the man who kills him.”

Amplified Bible
The men told him, “That is what will be done for the man who kills him.”

Christian Standard Bible
The troops told him about the offer, concluding, “That is what will be done for the man who kills him.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The people told him about the offer, concluding, "That is what will be done for the man who kills him."

Contemporary English Version
The soldiers told David what the king would give the man who killed Goliath.

Good News Translation
They told him what would be done for the man who killed Goliath.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The soldiers repeated [to David] how the man who kills Goliath would be treated.

International Standard Version
The people also told him the same thing, saying, "This is what will be done for the man who kills him."

NET Bible
The soldiers told him what had been promised, saying, "This is what will be done for the man who can strike him down."
Classic Translations
King James Bible
And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that killeth him.

New King James Version
And the people answered him in this manner, saying, “So shall it be done for the man who kills him.”

King James 2000 Bible
And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that kills him.

New Heart English Bible
The people answered him in this way, saying, "So shall it be done to the man who kills him."

World English Bible
The people answered him in this way, saying, "So shall it be done to the man who kills him."

American King James Version
And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that kills him.

American Standard Version
And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that killeth him.

A Faithful Version
And the people answered him in this way, saying, "So shall it be done to the man who kills him."

Darby Bible Translation
And the people told him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that smites him.

English Revised Version
And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that killeth him.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that killeth him.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
And the people answered him after this maner, saying, Thus shall it be done to the man that killeth him.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
And the people aunswered him (after this maner) saying: So shall it be done to the man that killeth him.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Then the people tolde him as afore. Thus shall it be done vnto ye man that smyteth him.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And the people speak to him according to this word, saying, “Thus it is done to the man who strikes him.”

Young's Literal Translation
And the people speak to him according to this word, saying, 'Thus it is done to the man who smiteth him.'

Smith's Literal Translation
And the people will say to him according to this word, saying, Thus it shall be done to the man who shall smite him.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the people answered him the same words saying: These things shall be given to the man that shall slay him.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Then the people repeated to him the same words, saying, “These things shall be given to the man who will have struck him down.”

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And the people said to him: “According to this statement, thus it shall be done to a man who will kill him”

Lamsa Bible
And the people told him the king's promises, saying, So shall it be done to the man who kills him.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And the people answered him after this manner, saying: 'So shall it be done to the man that killeth him.'
















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