1 Samuel 17 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 The Philistines assembled their army for battle. They were assembled at Socoh, which belongs to Judah, and they camped between Socoh and Azekah, in Ephes-dammim. Now the Philistines gathered their armies for battle. And they were gathered at Socoh, which belongs to Judah, and encamped between Socoh and Azekah, in Ephes-dammim. Now the Philistines gathered their forces for war and assembled at Sokoh in Judah. They pitched camp at Ephes Dammim, between Sokoh and Azekah.
2 Saul and the Israelis assembled and camped in the valley of Elah, where they set up their forces to meet the Philistines. And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered, and encamped in the Valley of Elah, and drew up in line of battle against the Philistines. Saul and the Israelites assembled and camped in the Valley of Elah and drew up their battle line to meet the Philistines.
3 The Philistines were standing on the hill on one side while the Israelis were standing on the hill on the other side, with the valley between them. And the Philistines stood on the mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on the mountain on the other side, with a valley between them. The Philistines occupied one hill and the Israelites another, with the valley between them.
4 A champion named Goliath from Gath came out from the Philistine camp. He was four cubits and a span tall, And there came out from the camp of the Philistines a champion named Goliath of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span. A champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out of the Philistine camp. His height was six cubits and a span.
5 wore a bronze helmet on his head, and wore bronze scale armor that weighed about 5,000 shekels. He had a helmet of bronze on his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail, and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of bronze. He had a bronze helmet on his head and wore a coat of scale armor of bronze weighing five thousand shekels;
6 He had bronze armor on his legs and carried a bronze javelin slung between his shoulders. And he had bronze armor on his legs, and a javelin of bronze slung between his shoulders. on his legs he wore bronze greaves, and a bronze javelin was slung on his back.
7 The shaft of his spear was like a weaver's beam and the iron point of his spear weighed 600 shekels. A man carrying his shield walked in front of him. The shaft of his spear was like a weaver’s beam, and his spear’s head weighed six hundred shekels of iron. And his shield-bearer went before him. His spear shaft was like a weaver’s rod, and its iron point weighed six hundred shekels. His shield bearer went ahead of him.
8 He stood still and called out to the ranks of Israel, |Why should you move into position for battle? Am I not a Philistine and you Saul's servants? Choose a man for yourselves to come down against me. He stood and shouted to the ranks of Israel, “Why have you come out to draw up for battle? Am I not a Philistine, and are you not servants of Saul? Choose a man for yourselves, and let him come down to me. Goliath stood and shouted to the ranks of Israel, “Why do you come out and line up for battle? Am I not a Philistine, and are you not the servants of Saul? Choose a man and have him come down to me.
9 If he's able to fight me and strike me down, then we will become your servants; but if I prevail against him and strike him down, then you will become our servants and serve us.| If he is able to fight with me and kill me, then we will be your servants. But if I prevail against him and kill him, then you shall be our servants and serve us.” If he is able to fight and kill me, we will become your subjects; but if I overcome him and kill him, you will become our subjects and serve us.”
10 The Philistine said, |I defy the ranks of Israel today. Send me one man and let's fight together.| And the Philistine said, “I defy the ranks of Israel this day. Give me a man, that we may fight together.” Then the Philistine said, “This day I defy the armies of Israel! Give me a man and let us fight each other.”
11 When Saul and all the Israelis heard these words of the Philistine, they were dismayed and very frightened. When Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine, they were dismayed and greatly afraid. On hearing the Philistine’s words, Saul and all the Israelites were dismayed and terrified.
12 David was the son of that Ephrathite man named Jesse from Bethlehem in Judah. He had eight sons; at the time when Saul was king he was old, having lived to an advanced age. Now David was the son of an Ephrathite of Bethlehem in Judah, named Jesse, who had eight sons. In the days of Saul the man was already old and advanced in years. Now David was the son of an Ephrathite named Jesse, who was from Bethlehem in Judah. Jesse had eight sons, and in Saul’s time he was very old.
13 The three oldest sons of Jesse followed Saul into battle. The names of his three sons who went to the battle were his firstborn Eliab, Abinadab, his second son, and Shammah, the third. The three oldest sons of Jesse had followed Saul to the battle. And the names of his three sons who went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah. Jesse’s three oldest sons had followed Saul to the war: The firstborn was Eliab; the second, Abinadab; and the third, Shammah.
14 David was the youngest, while the three oldest had followed Saul. David was the youngest. The three eldest followed Saul, David was the youngest. The three oldest followed Saul,
15 And David would go back and forth from Saul to tend his father's sheep in Bethlehem. but David went back and forth from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Bethlehem. but David went back and forth from Saul to tend his father’s sheep at Bethlehem.
16 For 40 days the Philistine would come forward, morning and evening, to take his position. For forty days the Philistine came forward and took his stand, morning and evening. For forty days the Philistine came forward every morning and evening and took his stand.
17 Jesse told his son David, |Take this ephah of roasted grain to your brothers, along with these ten loaves of bread, and quickly take them to your brothers in the camp. And Jesse said to David his son, “Take for your brothers an ephah of this parched grain, and these ten loaves, and carry them quickly to the camp to your brothers. Now Jesse said to his son David, “Take this ephah of roasted grain and these ten loaves of bread for your brothers and hurry to their camp.
18 Take these ten pieces of cheese to the commander of the unit, check on the well-being of your brothers, and bring something back from them. Also take these ten cheeses to the commander of their thousand. See if your brothers are well, and bring some token from them.” Take along these ten cheeses to the commander of their unit. See how your brothers are and bring back some assurance from them.
19 Saul, your brothers, and all the men of Israel are in the valley of Elah fighting with the Philistines.| Now Saul and they and all the men of Israel were in the Valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines. They are with Saul and all the men of Israel in the Valley of Elah, fighting against the Philistines.”
20 David got up early in the morning, left the sheep with a keeper, took the supplies, and went as Jesse had directed him. He arrived at the encampment as the army was going out to the battle line, shouting the battle cry. And David rose early in the morning and left the sheep with a keeper and took the provisions and went, as Jesse had commanded him. And he came to the encampment as the host was going out to the battle line, shouting the war cry. Early in the morning David left the flock in the care of a shepherd, loaded up and set out, as Jesse had directed. He reached the camp as the army was going out to its battle positions, shouting the war cry.
21 Israel and the Philistines moved into position for battle, battle line facing battle line. And Israel and the Philistines drew up for battle, army against army. Israel and the Philistines were drawing up their lines facing each other.
22 David left the supplies he had with him in the care of the supply keeper and ran to the battle line. When he arrived there, he asked his brothers about their well-being. And David left the things in charge of the keeper of the baggage and ran to the ranks and went and greeted his brothers. David left his things with the keeper of supplies, ran to the battle lines and asked his brothers how they were.
23 As he was speaking with them, the Philistine champion named Goliath from Gath came up from the Philistine battle lines and spoke his usual words, as David listened. As he talked with them, behold, the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, came up out of the ranks of the Philistines and spoke the same words as before. And David heard him. As he was talking with them, Goliath, the Philistine champion from Gath, stepped out from his lines and shouted his usual defiance, and David heard it.
24 When all the Israelis saw the man, they fled from him and were very frightened. All the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him and were much afraid. Whenever the Israelites saw the man, they all fled from him in great fear.
25 |Did all of you see this man coming up?| one Israeli asked. |He comes up to defy Israel, and the king will richly reward the man who kills him. He will give his daughter to him and will make his father's house tax free in Israel.| And the men of Israel said, “Have you seen this man who has come up? Surely he has come up to defy Israel. And the king will enrich the man who kills him with great riches and will give him his daughter and make his father’s house free in Israel.” Now the Israelites had been saying, “Do you see how this man keeps coming out? He comes out to defy Israel. The king will give great wealth to the man who kills him. He will also give him his daughter in marriage and will exempt his family from taxes in Israel.”
26 David asked the men who were standing by him, |What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and takes away the reproach from Israel? Indeed, who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he should defy the armies of the living God?| And David said to the men who stood by him, “What shall be done for the man who kills this Philistine and takes away the reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?” 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?”
27 The people also told him the same thing, saying, |This is what will be done for the man who kills him.| And the people answered him in the same way, “So shall it be done to the man who kills him.” They repeated to him what they had been saying and told him, “This is what will be done for the man who kills him.”
28 Eliab his oldest brother heard him talking to the men. Eliab was angry with David and said, |Why did you come down here? And who did you leave those few sheep with in the wilderness? I know your insolence and wicked intentions. You came down just to see the battle!| Now Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spoke to the men. And Eliab’s anger was kindled against David, and he said, “Why have you come down? And with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your presumption and the evil of your heart, for you have come down to see the battle.” When Eliab, David’s oldest brother, heard him speaking with the men, he burned with anger at him and asked, “Why have you come down here? And with whom did you leave those few sheep in the wilderness? I know how conceited you are and how wicked your heart is; you came down only to watch the battle.”
29 |What have I done now?| David asked. |It was just a question, wasn't it?| And David said, “What have I done now? Was it not but a word?” “Now what have I done?” said David. “Can’t I even speak?”
30 Then he turned from him toward another person and asked the same thing. The people replied to him the same way as the first one had. And he turned away from him toward another, and spoke in the same way, and the people answered him again as before. He then turned away to someone else and brought up the same matter, and the men answered him as before.
31 When the words that David had spoken were heard, they were reported to Saul, and he sent for him. When the words that David spoke were heard, they repeated them before Saul, and he sent for him. What David said was overheard and reported to Saul, and Saul sent for him.
32 David told Saul, |Let no one's courage fail because of him; your servant will go fight this Philistine.| And David said to Saul, “Let no man’s heart fail because of him. Your servant will go and fight with this Philistine.” David said to Saul, “Let no one lose heart on account of this Philistine; your servant will go and fight him.”
33 Saul told David, |You can't go against this Philistine and fight him. You are only a young man, but he has been a warrior since his youth.| And Saul said to David, “You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him, for you are but a youth, and he has been a man of war from his youth.” Saul replied, “You are not able to go out against this Philistine and fight him; you are only a young man, and he has been a warrior from his youth.”
34 David told Saul, |Your servant has been a shepherd for his father. When a lion or bear came and took a lamb from the flock, But David said to Saul, “Your servant used to keep sheep for his father. And when there came a lion, or a bear, and took a lamb from the flock, But David said to Saul, “Your servant has been keeping his father’s sheep. When a lion or a bear came and carried off a sheep from the flock,
35 I would go out after it, strike it down, and rescue the lamb from its mouth. Then when it rose up against me, I would grab it by its fur, strike it down, and kill it. I went after him and struck him and delivered it out of his mouth. And if he arose against me, I caught him by his beard and struck him and killed him. I went after it, struck it and rescued the sheep from its mouth. When it turned on me, I seized it by its hair, struck it and killed it.
36 Your servant has struck down both lions and bears, and this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, since he defied the armies of the living God.| Your servant has struck down both lions and bears, and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be like one of them, for he has defied the armies of the living God.” 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.
37 David continued, |The LORD who delivered me from the power of the lion and the power of the bear will also deliver me from the power of this Philistine.| Saul told David, |Go! And may the LORD be with you.| And David said, “The LORD who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.” And Saul said to David, “Go, and the LORD be with you!” The LORD who rescued me from the paw of the lion and the paw of the bear will rescue me from the hand of this Philistine.” Saul said to David, “Go, and the LORD be with you.”
38 Saul put his garments on David, set a bronze helmet on his head, and put armor on him. Then Saul clothed David with his armor. He put a helmet of bronze on his head and clothed him with a coat of mail, Then Saul dressed David in his own tunic. He put a coat of armor on him and a bronze helmet on his head.
39 David strapped Saul's sword over his garments and tried to walk, but he was not used to the armor. David told Saul, |I can't walk in these because I'm not used to them,| and then took them off. and David strapped his sword over his armor. And he tried in vain to go, for he had not tested them. Then David said to Saul, “I cannot go with these, for I have not tested them.” So David put them off. David fastened on his sword over the tunic and tried walking around, because he was not used to them. “I cannot go in these,” he said to Saul, “because I am not used to them.” So he took them off.
40 He took his staff in his hand and chose for himself five smooth stones from the brook and put them in the pouch in his shepherd's bag. He approached the Philistine with his sling in his hand. Then he took his staff in his hand and chose five smooth stones from the brook and put them in his shepherd’s pouch. His sling was in his hand, and he approached the Philistine. Then he took his staff in his hand, chose five smooth stones from the stream, put them in the pouch of his shepherd’s bag and, with his sling in his hand, approached the Philistine.
41 With a man carrying his shield in front of him, the Philistine kept coming closer to David. And the Philistine moved forward and came near to David, with his shield-bearer in front of him. Meanwhile, the Philistine, with his shield bearer in front of him, kept coming closer to David.
42 When the Philistine looked and saw David, he had contempt for him, because he was only a young man. David had a dark, healthy complexion and was handsome. And when the Philistine looked and saw David, he disdained him, for he was but a youth, ruddy and handsome in appearance. He looked David over and saw that he was little more than a boy, glowing with health and handsome, and he despised him.
43 The Philistine asked David, |Am I a dog that you come at me with sticks?| Then the Philistine cursed David by his own gods and And the Philistine said to David, “Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. He said to David, “Am I a dog, that you come at me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
44 told David, |Come to me! I'll give your flesh to the birds of the sky and to the beasts of the field.| The Philistine said to David, “Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and to the beasts of the field.” “Come here,” he said, “and I’ll give your flesh to the birds and the wild animals!”
45 Then David told the Philistine, |You come at me with a sword, a spear, and a javelin, but I come to you in the name of the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, the God of the armies of Israel whom you have defied. Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword and with a spear and with a javelin, but I come to you in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD Almighty, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.
46 This very day the LORD will deliver you into my hand, and I'll strike you down and remove your head from you. And this very day I'll give the dead bodies of the Philistine army to the birds of the sky and to the animals of the earth, so that all the earth will know that there is a God in Israel, This day the LORD will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you down and cut off your head. And I will give the dead bodies of the host of the Philistines this day to the birds of the air and to the wild beasts of the earth, that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel, This day the LORD will deliver you into my hands, and I’ll strike you down and cut off your head. This very day I will give the carcasses of the Philistine army to the birds and the wild animals, and the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel.
47 and this whole congregation will know that the LORD does not deliver by sword or spear. Indeed, the battle is the LORD's and he will give you into our hands.| and that all this assembly may know that the LORD saves not with sword and spear. For the battle is the LORD’s, and he will give you into our hand.” All those gathered here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the LORD saves; for the battle is the LORD’s, and he will give all of you into our hands.”
48 When the Philistine got up and came closer to meet David, David quickly ran to the battle line to meet the Philistine. When the Philistine arose and came and drew near to meet David, David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet the Philistine. As the Philistine moved closer to attack him, David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet him.
49 David reached his hand into the bag, took out a stone, slung it, and struck the Philistine in his forehead. The stone sunk into his forehead, and he fell on his face to the ground. And David put his hand in his bag and took out a stone and slung it and struck the Philistine on his forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell on his face to the ground. Reaching into his bag and taking out a stone, he slung it and struck the Philistine on the forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell facedown on the ground.
50 David defeated the Philistine with a sling and a stone; he struck down the Philistine and killed him, and there was no sword in David's hand. So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and struck the Philistine and killed him. There was no sword in the hand of David. So David triumphed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone; without a sword in his hand he struck down the Philistine and killed him.
51 David ran and stood over the Philistine. He took the Philistine's sword, pulled it from its sheath, killed him, and then he cut off his head with it. When the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they fled. Then David ran and stood over the Philistine and took his sword and drew it out of its sheath and killed him and cut off his head with it. When the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they fled. David ran and stood over him. He took hold of the Philistine’s sword and drew it from the sheath. After he killed him, he cut off his head with the sword. When the Philistines saw that their hero was dead, they turned and ran.
52 The men of Israel and Judah got up with a shout and pursued the Philistines as far as the entrance to the valley and to the gates of Ekron. Wounded Philistines fell along the way to Shaaraim as far as Gath and Ekron. And the men of Israel and Judah rose with a shout and pursued the Philistines as far as Gath and the gates of Ekron, so that the wounded Philistines fell on the way from Shaaraim as far as Gath and Ekron. Then the men of Israel and Judah surged forward with a shout and pursued the Philistines to the entrance of Gath and to the gates of Ekron. Their dead were strewn along the Shaaraim road to Gath and Ekron.
53 The Israelis returned from pursuing the Philistines and plundered their camp. And the people of Israel came back from chasing the Philistines, and they plundered their camp. When the Israelites returned from chasing the Philistines, they plundered their camp.
54 David took the Philistine's head and brought it to Jerusalem, but he put Goliath's weapons in his tent. And David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem, but he put his armor in his tent. David took the Philistine’s head and brought it to Jerusalem; he put the Philistine’s weapons in his own tent.
55 When Saul saw David going out to meet the Philistine, he asked Abner, the commander of the army, |Whose son is this young man, Abner?| Abner said, |As surely as you live, your majesty, I don't know.| As soon as Saul saw David go out against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the commander of the army, “Abner, whose son is this youth?” And Abner said, “As your soul lives, O king, I do not know.” As Saul watched David going out to meet the Philistine, he said to Abner, commander of the army, “Abner, whose son is that young man?” Abner replied, “As surely as you live, Your Majesty, I don’t know.”
56 The king replied, |Go find out whose son the young man is.| And the king said, “Inquire whose son the boy is.” The king said, “Find out whose son this young man is.”
57 When David returned from striking down the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him to Saul with the Philistine's head in his hand. And as soon as David returned from the striking down of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand. As soon as David returned from killing the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul, with David still holding the Philistine’s head.
58 Saul told him, |Whose son are you, young man?| David said, |The son of your servant Jesse of Bethlehem.| And Saul said to him, “Whose son are you, young man?” And David answered, “I am the son of your servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.” “Whose son are you, young man?” Saul asked him. David said, “I am the son of your servant Jesse of Bethlehem.”
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