1 Chronicles 14:15

KJV1611 – Modern English

And it shall be, when you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry trees, then go out to battle, for God has gone ahead of you to strike the Philistine army.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    As soon as you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, move out to battle, for God has gone ahead of you to strike down the Philistine army."

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And it shall be, when thou shalt hear a sound of going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt go out to battle: for God is gone forth before thee to smite the host of the Philistines.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And it shall be, when thou hearest the sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry-trees, that then thou shalt go out to battle; for God is gone out before thee to smite the host of the Philistines.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And it shall be, when thou shalt hear a sound of going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt go out to battle: for God is gone forth before thee to smite the host of the Philistines.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    So whan thou hearest aboue vpon the Peertrees the noyse of the goynge, go thou forth then to the batayll: for God is gone forth then before the to smyte the hoost of the Philistynes.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And when thou hearest the noyse of one going in the toppes of the mulberie trees, then goe out to battel: for God is gone foorth before thee, to smite the hoste of the Philistims.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And when thou hearest a sounde go in the toppes of the peretrees, then go out to battaile: for God is gone forth before thee, to smyte the hoast of the Philistines.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And it shall be, when thou shalt hear a sound of going in the tops of the mulberry trees, [that] then thou shalt go out to battle: for God is gone forth before thee to smite the host of the Philistines.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    It shall be, when you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then you shall go out to battle; for God is gone out before you to strike the host of the Philistines.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and it cometh to pass, when thou hearest the sound of the stepping at the heads of the mulberries, then thou goest out into battle, for God hath gone out before thee to smite the camp of the Philistines.'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And it shall be, when thou hearest the sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry-trees, that then thou shalt go out to battle; for God is gone out before thee to smite the host of the Philistines.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And it shall be, when thou hearest the sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry-trees, that then thou shalt go out to battle; for God is gone out before thee to smite the host of the Philistines.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And at the sound of footsteps in the tops of the trees, go out to the fight, for God has gone out before you to overcome the army of the Philistines.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    It shall be, when you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then you shall go out to battle; for God has gone out before you to strike the army of the Philistines."

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    When you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the trees, then attack. For at that moment GOD is going before you to strike down the army of the Philistines.”

Referenced Verses

  • Lev 26:36 : 36 And upon those who are left alive of you I will send faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as one flees from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursues.
  • Judg 4:14 : 14 And Deborah said to Barak, Arise; for this is the day in which the LORD has delivered Sisera into your hand. Is not the LORD gone out before you? So Barak went down from Mount Tabor with ten thousand men following him.
  • Judg 7:9 : 9 And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said to him, Arise, go down to the army, for I have delivered it into your hand.
  • Judg 7:15 : 15 And it was so when Gideon heard the telling of the dream and its interpretation, that he worshipped, and returned to the army of Israel and said, Arise, for the LORD has delivered the Midianite army into your hand.
  • 1 Sam 14:9-9 : 9 If they say to us, 'Wait until we come to you,' then we will stand still in our place and not go up to them. 10 But if they say, 'Come up to us,' then we will go up, for the LORD has delivered them into our hand; and this will be a sign to us." 11 Both of them revealed themselves to the garrison of the Philistines, and the Philistines said, "Look, the Hebrews are coming out of the holes where they have hidden themselves." 12 The men of the garrison called to Jonathan and his armorbearer and said, "Come up to us, and we will show you something." Jonathan said to his armorbearer, "Come up after me, for the LORD has delivered them into the hand of Israel." 13 Jonathan climbed up on his hands and feet, and his armorbearer after him, and they fell before Jonathan, and his armorbearer killed them after him. 14 That first slaughter which Jonathan and his armorbearer made was about twenty men within about half an acre of land, which a yoke of oxen might plow. 15 There was trembling in the camp, in the field, and among all the people. The garrison and the raiders also trembled, and the earth quaked, so there was a very great trembling. 16 The watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked, and behold, the multitude melted away, and they went here and there. 17 Saul said to the people who were with him, "Number now and see who has gone from us." When they had numbered, behold, Jonathan and his armorbearer were not there. 18 Saul said to Ahijah, "Bring here the ark of God," for the ark of God was at that time with the children of Israel. 19 While Saul talked to the priest, the tumult in the camp of the Philistines continued to increase, so Saul said to the priest, "Withdraw your hand." 20 Then Saul and all the people with him assembled and went into battle; and behold, every man's sword was against his fellow, and there was very great confusion. 21 Moreover, the Hebrews who had been with the Philistines before that time, who went up with them into the camp, also turned to be with the Israelites who were with Saul and Jonathan. 22 All the men of Israel who had hidden themselves in the mountains of Ephraim heard that the Philistines fled, and even they followed hard after them in the battle.
  • 2 Kgs 7:6 : 6 For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.
  • 2 Kgs 19:7 : 7 Behold, I will send a spirit upon him, and he shall hear a rumor, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.
  • Isa 13:4 : 4 The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like that of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together: the LORD of hosts musters the host of battle.
  • Isa 45:1-2 : 1 Thus says the LORD to His anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have held, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the double doors; and the gates shall not be shut. 2 I will go before you, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of bronze, and cut through the bars of iron.
  • Mic 2:12-13 : 12 I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of you; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, as the flock in the midst of their fold; they shall make great noise by reason of the multitude of people. 13 The breaker has come up before them; they have broken up and have passed through the gate and are gone out by it, and their king shall pass before them, with the LORD at their head.
  • Acts 2:2 : 2 Suddenly there came a sound from heaven like a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting.
  • Phil 2:12-13 : 12 Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. 13 For it is God who works in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure.

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  • 2 Sam 5:23-25
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    95%

    23And when David inquired of the LORD, he said, You shall not go up, but circle around behind them and come upon them opposite the mulberry trees.

    24And let it be, when you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry trees, then you shall advance quickly, for then the LORD will go out before you to strike the army of the Philistines.

    25And David did so, as the LORD had commanded him, and struck the Philistines from Geba until you come to Gezer.

  • 1 Chr 14:13-14
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    13And the Philistines once again spread themselves out in the valley.

    14David inquired again of God; and God said to him, Do not go up after them; turn away from them and come upon them opposite the mulberry trees.

  • 1 Chr 14:16
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    16David therefore did as God commanded him, and they struck down the Philistine army from Gibeon to Gezer.

  • 1 Chr 14:8-10
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    8When the Philistines heard that David was anointed king over all Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David. And David heard of it and went out against them.

    9And the Philistines came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.

    10David inquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will you deliver them into my hand? And the LORD said to him, Go up; for I will deliver them into your hand.

  • 1 Sam 17:19-21
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    19Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel were in the Valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.

    20David rose early in the morning, left the sheep with a keeper, took the provisions, and went as Jesse had commanded him; he came to the camp as the army was going out to the fight and shouting for battle.

    21Israel and the Philistines put the battle in array, army against army.

  • 2 Sam 5:19
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    19And David inquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will you deliver them into my hand? And the LORD said to David, Go up, for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into your hand.

  • 1 Sam 28:1
    73%

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    73%

    1Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they are robbing the threshing floors.

    2Therefore David inquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go and strike these Philistines? And the LORD said to David, Go and strike the Philistines, and save Keilah.

  • 1 Sam 17:44-48
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    44The Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the sky and the wild beasts of the field.

    45Then David said to the Philistine, You come to me with a sword, a spear, and 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.

    46This day the LORD will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you down and cut off your head. I will give the bodies of the Philistine army this day to the birds of the sky and the wild beasts of the earth, that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel.

    47And all this assembly shall know that the LORD does not save with sword and spear, for the battle is the LORD's, and he will give you into our hands.

    48When the Philistine arose and came near to meet David, David hurried and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine.

  • 1 Sam 10:5
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    5After that you shall come to the hill of God, where the garrison of the Philistines is: and it shall happen, when you come there to the city, that you shall meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tambourine, and a flute, and a harp, before them; and they shall prophesy:

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    41The Philistine came closer and closer to David, and the man who carried his shield went in front of him.

  • 1 Sam 7:7
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    22All the men of Israel who had hidden themselves in the mountains of Ephraim heard that the Philistines fled, and even they followed hard after them in the battle.

  • 2 Chr 20:15-16
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    16Tomorrow go down against them. See, they come up by the ascent of Ziz, and you will find them at the end of the brook before the wilderness of Jeruel.

  • Judg 7:10-11
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    10But if you fear to go down, go with Phurah your servant down to the army.

    11And you shall hear what they say, and afterward your hands shall be strengthened to go down to the army. Then he went down with Phurah his servant to the outposts of the armed men who were in the camp.

  • 1 Sam 14:2
    70%

    2Saul was staying in the outermost part of Gibeah under a pomegranate tree in Migron, and the people with him were about six hundred men;

  • 2 Sam 21:15
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    15Moreover, the Philistines had war again with Israel. And David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines; and David grew faint.

  • 1 Sam 17:37
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    37David said moreover, 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. Saul said to David, Go, and the LORD be with you.

  • 1 Sam 19:8
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    8And there was war again; and David went out, and fought with the Philistines, and killed them with a great slaughter; and they fled from him.

  • 1 Sam 17:32
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    32David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of him; your servant will go and fight with this Philistine.

  • 2 Sam 18:6
    69%

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  • 1 Chr 10:1
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    1Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines and fell down slain in Mount Gilboa.

  • 1 Sam 4:6
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    6And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, What does the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews mean? And they understood that the ark of the LORD had come into the camp.

  • Zech 14:3
    69%

    3Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.

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    69%

    4Then David inquired of the LORD yet again. And the LORD answered him and said, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into your hand.

  • 1 Sam 17:23
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    23As he talked with them, behold, the champion, the Philistine of Gath named Goliath came from the ranks of the Philistines and spoke the same words as before, and David heard them.

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    7And let it be, when these signs come to you, that you do as the occasion demands; for God is with you.

  • 1 Sam 17:2-3
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    2And Saul and the men of Israel gathered and camped by the Valley of Elah, setting the battle in array against the Philistines.

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  • 1 Sam 14:10
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    10But if they say, 'Come up to us,' then we will go up, for the LORD has delivered them into our hand; and this will be a sign to us."

  • Jer 46:22
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    22The voice thereof shall go like a serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.

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