1 Samuel 17 Parallel Bible

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	SLT Smith's Literal Translation	ESV English Standard Version	NIV New International Version
1	And the rovers will gather together their camps for war, and they will gather together at Shocoth, which is to Judah, and they will encamp between Shocoth and between Azekah, in the end of Damim.	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 man Israel were gathered together, and they will encamp in the valley of Elah, and they arranged the battle to meet the rovers.	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 rovers standing on the mountain from hence, and Israel standing on the mountain from thence, and 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	And there went forth a man of the sons of the camp of the rovers, Goliah his name, from Gath; his height six 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 brass upon his head, and a coat of mail of scales he put on; and the weight of the coat of mail five thousand shekels of brass.	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 brass fronts upon his feet, and a javelin of brass 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 arrow of his spear as the beam of weavers, and the flame of his spear, six hundred shekels of iron. And he lifting up a shield went 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 will stand and call to the ranks of Israel, and say to them, Wherefore will ye come forth to arrange the battle? am not I of the rovers, and ye servants to Saul? select to yourselves a man, and he shall 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 shall be able to war with me and strike me, and we were to you for servants: and if I shall be able against him and strike him, and ye were to us for servants, and ye 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 he of the rovers will say, I upbraided the ranks of Israel this day; ye shall give to me a man and we will 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 will hear and all Israel, these words of him of the rovers, and they will be terrified 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, son of a man, that Ephrathite, of the House of Bread of Judah, and his name Jesse; and to him eight sons; and the man in the days of Saul went an old man among men.	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 three sons of Jesse, the great ones, going, went after Saul to war: and the names of his three sons which went in the war, Eliab the first-born 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, he the small; and the three great ones went after Saul.	David was the youngest. The three eldest followed Saul,	David was the youngest. The three oldest followed Saul,
15	And David went and turned back from Saul to feed his father's sheep at the House of Bread.	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 he of the rovers will draw near, the morning and the evening, and he will take a stand 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 will say to David his son, Take now to thy brethren an ephah of this parched grain, and this ten of bread, and run to the camp to thy brethren.	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 these ten cuttings of milk thou shalt bring to the chief of a thousand; and thou shalt review thy brethren for peace, and take 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 every man of Israel, in the valley of Elah, warring with the rovers.	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 will rise early in the morning, and will cast the sheep upon a watcher, and he will lift up and go as Jesse commanded him; and he will come to the track, and the army going forth to the array and they shouted in the war.	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 will arrange, and the rovers, array to meet array.	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 will cast the utensils from off him upon the hand of the watcher of the utensils, and be will run to the array, and will come and ask to his brethren for peace.	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 speaking with them, and behold, a man of the sons came up, Goliah of the rovers, his name, from Gath, from the ranks of the rovers: and he will speak according to these words, and David will hear.	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 every man of Israel in their seeing the man, will flee from his face, and they will fear greatly.	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 man Israel will say, Saw ye this man coming up? for to upbraid Israel he came up: and it was the man who shall strike him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give to him his daughter, and his father's house he will make 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 will say to the men standing with him, saying, What shall be done to the man who shall strike this one of the rovers, and take away the reproach from Israel? for who this uncircumcised of the rovers? for he upbraided 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 will say to him according to this word, saying, Thus it shall be done to the man who shall smite 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 brother the great, will hear in his speaking to the men, and Eliab's anger will kindle against David, and he will say, Why this camest thou down? and upon whom didst thou cast those few sheep in the desert? I knew thy pride and the evil of thy heart, for in order to see the battle thou camest down.	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 will say, What did I now? is this not the 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 will turn round from his side to the front of another, and will say according to this word: and the people will turn back word as the former 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 will be heard which David spake, and they will be announced before Saul, and he will take 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 will say to Saul, man's heart shall not fall on account of him; thy servant will go and fight with this one of the rovers.	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 will say to David, Thou wilt not be able to go against this of the rovers to war with him, for thou a boy, and he 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 will say to Saul, Thy servant was feeding for his father among the sheep, and there came the lion and with the bear, and lifted up a sheep 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	And I went forth after him, and I smote him, and I delivered from his mouth: and he arose upon me and I seized upon his beard, and I struck him and killed him.	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	Also the lion and the bear thy servant struck: and this uncircumcised of the rovers was as one of them, for he God, upbraided the ranks of the living.	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 will say, Jehovah who delivered me from the hand of the lion and from the hand of the bear, he will deliver me from the hand of this rover. And Saul will say to David, Go, and Jehovah shall be with thee.	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 will put his garments upon David, and give a helmet of brass upon his head, and put on him 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 will gird his sword over his garments and begin to go, for he tried them not And David will say to Saul, I shall not be able to go with these, for I tried them not And David will take them away 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 will take his rod in his hand, and he will choose to him five smooth stones from the torrent, and he will put them in a vessel of the shepherds, which is to him, and in a sack; and his sling in his hand: and he will draw near to him of the rovers.	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 he of the rovers going, went and drew near to David; and the man lifting up the shield 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 he of the rovers will look and will see David, and he will despise him, for he was a boy, and red, with a fair aspect.	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 he of the rovers will say to David, Am I a dog that thou camnest to me with rods? and he of the rovers will curse 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 he of the rovers will say to David, Come to me and I will give thy flesh to the birds of the heavens and to the cattle 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 will say to him of the rovers, Thou comest to me with a sword and with a spear and with a shield, and I come to thee in the name of Jehovah of armies, the God of the ranks of Israel, which thou didst upbraid.	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 Jehovah will deliver thee into my hand; and I smote thee and took away thy head from off thee, and I gave the carcass of the camp of the rovers this day to the birds of the heavens, and to the beasts of the earth: and all the earth shall know that there is a God to 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 shall know that not with sword and with spear Jehovah will save, for to Jehovah the battle, and he gave 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 was when he of the rovers arose, and he will come and draw near to meet David, and David will hasten and run to the array to meet him of the rovers.	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 will stretch forth his hand to the vessel and take from thence a stone and sling and strike him of the rovers into his forehead, and the stone will sink into his forehead; and he will fall upon 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 will be strong upon him of the rovers with a sling and with a stone, and he will strike him of the rovers and kill him, and 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	And David will run and stand upon the rover, and take his sword and draw it from its sheath, and kill him and cut off his head with it. And the rovers will see that their mighty one died, and they will 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 and Judah will rise and shout, and pursue the rovers till thy coming to the valley, and even to the gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the rovers will fall in the way of the gates, and even to Gath, and even 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 will turn back from pressing after the rovers, and they will plunder 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 will take the head of the rover, and bring it to Jerusalem; and he put his utensils 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	And when Saul saw David going forth to meet the rover, he said to Abner, chief of the army, Whose son this boy, Abner? and Abner will say, Thy soul lives, O king, if I knew.	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 will say, Ask thou whose son this youth.	And the king said, “Inquire whose son the boy is.”	The king said, “Find out whose son this young man is.”
57	And as David turned back from striking the rover, and Abner will take him and bring him before Saul, and the head of the rover 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 will say to him, Whose son thou, O youth? And David will say, Thy servant the son of Jesse of the House of Bread.	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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