1 Samuel 17 Parallel Bible

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1	And the Philistines gather their camps to battle, and are gathered to Shochoh, which [is] to Judah, and encamp between Shochoh 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	and Saul and the men of Israel have been gathered, and encamp by the Valley of Elah, and set in array [for] battle 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	And the Philistines are standing on the mountain on this [side], and Israel is standing on the mountain on that [side], and the valley [is] 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	And a man goes out, the champion from the camps of the Philistines, his name [is] Goliath, from Gath; his height [is] six cubits and a span [[or four cubits and a span]],	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	and a helmet of bronze [is] on his head, and he is clothed [with] a scaled coat of mail, and the weight of the coat of mail [is] five thousand shekels of bronze,	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	and a frontlet of bronze [is] on his feet, and a javelin of bronze 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	and the wood of his spear [is] like a weavers’ beam, and the flame of his spear [is] six hundred shekels of iron, and the bearer of the buckler is going before 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	And he stands and calls to the ranks of Israel, and says to them, “Why do you come out to set in array for battle? [Am] I not the Philistine, and you the servants of Saul? Choose a man for yourselves, and let him come down to 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 is able to fight with me, and has struck me, then we have been for servants to you; and if I prevail against him, and have struck him, then you have been for servants to us, and have served 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	And the Philistine says, “I have reproached the ranks of Israel this day; give a man to me and we 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	And Saul hears—and all Israel—these words of the Philistine, and they are broken down and greatly afraid.	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	And David [is] son of this Ephraimite of Beth-Lehem-Judah, whose name [is] Jesse, and he has eight sons, and the man has become aged among men in the days of Saul;	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	and the three eldest sons of Jesse go, they have gone after Saul to battle; and the name of his three sons who have gone into battle [are] Eliab the firstborn, and his second Abinadab, and the third Shammah.	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	And David is the youngest, and the three eldest have gone after Saul,	David was the youngest. The three eldest followed Saul,	David was the youngest. The three oldest followed Saul,
15	and David is going and returning from Saul, to feed the flock of his father at Beth-Lehem.	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	And the Philistine draws near, morning and evening, and stations himself [for] forty days.	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	And Jesse says to his son David, “Now take an ephah of this roasted [grain] and these ten loaves for your brothers, and run to the camp to your brothers;	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	and take these ten cuttings of the cheese to the head of the one thousand, and inspect your brothers for welfare, and receive their pledge.”	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	And Saul, and they, 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	And David rises early in the morning, and leaves the flock to a keeper, and lifts up, and goes, as Jesse commanded him, and he comes to the path, and to the force which is going out to the rank, and they have shouted for battle;	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	and Israel and the Philistines set in array rank to meet rank.	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	And David lets down the goods from off him on the hand of a keeper of the goods, and runs into the rank, and comes and asks of his brothers of [their] welfare.	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	And he is speaking with them, and behold, a man, the champion, is coming up, his name [is] Goliath the Philistine, from Gath, out of the ranks of the Philistines, and he speaks according to those words, and David hears;	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	and all the men of Israel, when they see the man, flee from his presence, and are greatly afraid.	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	And the men of Israel say, “Have you seen this man who is coming up? For he is coming up to reproach Israel, and it has been—the man who strikes him, the king enriches him with great riches, and he gives his daughter to him, and makes his father’s house 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	And David speaks to the men who are standing by him, saying, “What is done to the man who strikes this Philistine, and has turned aside reproach from Israel? For who [is] this uncircumcised Philistine that he has reproached the ranks 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	And the people speak to him according to this word, saying, “Thus it is done to the man who strikes 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	And Eliab, his eldest brother, hears when he speaks to the men, and the anger of Eliab burns against David, and he says, “Why [is] this—[that] you have come down? And to whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I have known your pride, and the evil of your heart—for you have come down 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	And David says, “What have I done now? Is it not a word?”	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	And he turns around from him to another, and says according to this word, and the people return him word as the first word.	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	And the words which David has spoken are heard, and they declare [them] before Saul, and he receives 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	and David says to Saul, “Let no man’s heart fall because of him, your servant goes, and has fought with 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	And Saul says to David, “You are not able to go to this Philistine, to fight with him, for you [are] a youth, and he [has been] a man of war from 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	And David says to Saul, “Your servant has been a shepherd among the sheep for his father, and the lion has come—and the bear—and has taken away a sheep out of the drove,	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	and I have gone out after him, and struck him, and delivered [it] out of his mouth, and he rises against me, and I have taken hold on his beard, and struck him, and put him to death.	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 both the lion and the bear, and this uncircumcised Philistine has been as one of them, for he has reproached the ranks 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	And David says, “YHWH, who delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, He delivers me from the hand of this Philistine.” And Saul says to David, “Go, and YHWH is 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	And Saul clothes David with his long robe, and has put a helmet of bronze on his head, and clothes him with a coat of mail.	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	And David girded his sword above his long robe, and begins to go, for he has not tried [it]; and David says to Saul, “I am not able to go with these, for I had not tried”; and David turns them aside from off him.	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	And he takes his staff in his hand, and chooses five smooth stones for himself from the brook, and puts them in the shepherds’ vessel that he has, even in the leather pouch, and his sling [is] in his hand, and he draws near to the Philistine.	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	And the Philistine goes on, going and drawing near to David, and the man carrying the buckler [is] before him,	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	and the Philistine looks attentively, and sees David, and despises him, for he was a youth, and ruddy, with a handsome appearance.	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	And the Philistine says to David, “Am I a dog that you are coming to me with sticks?” And the Philistine reviles David by his gods,	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	and the Philistine says to David, “Come to me, and I give your flesh to the bird of the heavens, and to the beast 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	And David says to the Philistine, “You are coming to me with sword, and with spear, and with buckler, and I am coming to you in the Name of YHWH of Hosts, God of the ranks of Israel, which you have reproached!	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 day YHWH shuts you up into my hand—and I have struck you, and turned aside your head from off you, and given the carcass of the camp of the Philistines this day to the bird of the heavens, and to the beast of the earth, and all the earth knows that God is for 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 all this assembly knows that YHWH does not save by sword and by spear, for the battle [is] YHWH’s, and He has given you into our hand.”	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	And it has come to pass, that the Philistine has risen, and goes, and draws near to meet David, and David hurries and runs to the rank 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	and David puts forth his hand into the vessel, and takes a stone from there, and slings, and strikes the Philistine on his forehead, and the stone sinks into his forehead, and he falls on his face to the earth.	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	And David is stronger than the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and strikes the Philistine, and puts him to death, and there is no sword in the hand of David,	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	and David runs and stands over the Philistine, and takes his sword, and draws it out of its sheath, and puts him to death, and cuts off his head with it; and the Philistines see that their hero [is] dead, and flee.	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	And the men of Israel rise—also Judah—and shout, and pursue the Philistines until you enter the valley, and to the gates of Ekron, and the wounded of the Philistines fall in the way of Shaaraim, even to Gath, and to 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	and the sons of Israel return from burning after the Philistines, and spoil their camps.	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	And David takes the head of the Philistine, and brings it to Jerusalem, and he has put his weapons in his own 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	And when Saul sees David going out to meet the Philistine, he has said to Abner, head of the host, “Whose son [is] this—the youth, Abner?” And Abner says, “Your soul lives, O king, I have not known.”	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	And the king says, “Ask whose son this [is]—the young man.”	And the king said, “Inquire whose son the boy is.”	The king said, “Find out whose son this young man is.”
57	And when David turns back from striking the Philistine, then Abner takes him and brings him in before Saul, and the head of the Philistine [is] 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	and Saul says to him, “Whose son [are] you, O youth?” And David says, “Son of your servant Jesse, the Beth-Lehemite.”	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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