1 Samuel 17:8

KJV1611 – Modern English

He stood and cried to the armies of Israel and said to them, Why have you come out to set your battle in array? Am I not a Philistine, and you the servants of Saul? Choose a man for yourselves and let him come down to me.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Goliath stood and called out to the ranks of Israel, saying, 'Why have you come out to line 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.'

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them, Why are ye come out to set your battle in array? am not I a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And he stood{H5975} and cried{H7121} unto the armies{H4634} of Israel,{H3478} and said{H559} unto them, Why are ye come out{H3318} to set your battle{H4421} in array?{H6186} am not I a Philistine,{H6430} and ye servants{H5650} to Saul?{H7586} choose{H1262} you a man{H376} for you, and let him come down{H3381} to me.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And he stood{H5975}{(H8799)} and cried{H7121}{(H8799)} unto the armies{H4634} of Israel{H3478}, and said{H559}{(H8799)} unto them, Why are ye come out{H3318}{(H8799)} to set your battle{H4421} in array{H6186}{(H8800)}? am not I a Philistine{H6430}, and ye servants{H5650} to Saul{H7586}? choose{H1262}{(H8798)} you a man{H376} for you, and let him come down{H3381}{(H8799)} to me.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And he stode and called vnto the hoost of Israel, and sayde vnto them: Wherfore are ye come forth to prepare youre selues to the battayll? Am not I a Philistyne, and ye the seruauntes of Saul? Chose one amonge you to come downe vnto me:

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And he stoode, and cried against the hoste of Israel, and saide vnto them, Why are yee come to set your battell in aray? Am not I a Philistim, and you seruaunts to Saul? Chuse you a man for you, and let him come downe to me.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And he stoode and cryed against the hoast of Israel, and sayde vnto them: Why are ye come to set your battaile in array? am not I a Philistine, and you seruauntes to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come downe to me.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them, Why are ye come out to set [your] battle in array? [am] not I a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    He stood and cried to the armies of Israel, and said to them, Why are you come out to set your battle in array? am I not a Philistine, and you servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And he standeth and calleth unto the ranks of Israel, and saith to them, `Why are ye come out to set in array the battle? `am' not I the Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose for you a man, and let him come down unto me;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them, Why are ye come out to set your battle in array? am not I a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them, Why are ye come out to set your battle in array? am not I a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    He took up his position and in a loud voice said to the armies of Israel, Why have you come out to make war? Am I not a Philistine and you servants of Saul? Send out a man for yourselves and let him come down to me.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    He stood and cried to the armies of Israel, and said to them, "Why have you come out to set your battle in array? Am I not a Philistine, and you servants to Saul? Choose a man for yourselves, and let him come down to me.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Goliath stood and called to Israel’s troops,“Why do you come out to prepare for battle? Am I not the Philistine, and are you not the servants of Saul? Choose for yourselves a man so he may come down to me!

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 8:17 : 17 He will take a tenth of your sheep: and you shall be his servants.
  • 1 Sam 17:26 : 26 David spoke to the men standing by him, asking, 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?
  • 2 Sam 11:11 : 11 And Uriah said to David, The ark and Israel and Judah are dwelling in tents, and my lord Joab and the servants of my lord are encamped in the open fields. Shall I then go to my house to eat and to drink and to lie with my wife? As you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do this thing.
  • 1 Chr 21:3 : 3 And Joab answered, May the LORD make his people a hundred times more than they are: but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord's servants? why then does my lord require this thing? why will he bring guilt upon Israel?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Sam 17:9-11
    3 verses
    87%

    9 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 will be our servants and serve us.

    10 And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.

    11 When Saul and all Israel heard the words of the Philistine, they were dismayed and greatly afraid.

  • 1 Sam 17:40-52
    13 verses
    83%

    40 He took his staff in his hand, chose five smooth stones from the brook, put them in the shepherd's bag, in the pouch he had, and with his sling in his hand, approached the Philistine.

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

    42 When the Philistine looked and saw David, he disdained him, for he was just a youth, ruddy and handsome in appearance.

    43 The Philistine said to David, Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.

    44 The 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.

    45 Then 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.

    46 This 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.

    47 And 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.

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

    49 David put his hand in his bag, took a stone, slung it, and struck the Philistine in the forehead, and the stone sank into his forehead, and he fell on his face to the earth.

    50 Thus David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone and struck the Philistine, and killed him. There was no sword in David's hand.

    51 David ran and stood over the Philistine, took his sword, 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.

    52 The men of Israel and Judah arose, shouted, and pursued the Philistines as far as the entrance to the valley and to the gates of Ekron. The wounded of the Philistines fell along the way to Shaaraim, even to Gath and Ekron.

  • 1 Sam 17:23-27
    5 verses
    82%

    23 As 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.

    24 All the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him and were very afraid.

    25 The men of Israel said, Have you seen this man that has come up? Surely he has come up to defy Israel. The king will enrich the man who kills him with great riches, will give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel.

    26 David spoke to the men standing by him, asking, 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?

    27 The people answered him in this manner, saying, So shall it be done for the man who kills him.

  • 1 Sam 17:31-33
    3 verses
    80%

    31 When the words that David spoke were heard, they repeated them before Saul, and he sent for him.

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

    33 Saul said to David, You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him, for you are just a youth, and he has been a man of war from his youth.

  • 1 Sam 17:35-37
    3 verses
    78%

    35 I went after it, struck it, and rescued the lamb from its mouth. When it rose against me, I caught it by its beard, struck it, and killed it.

    36 Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear, and this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, because he has defied the armies of the living God.

    37 David 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 17:1-4
    4 verses
    77%

    1 Now the Philistines gathered their armies for battle, and assembled at Socoh, which belongs to Judah, and camped between Socoh and Azekah, in Ephes-dammim.

    2 And Saul and the men of Israel gathered and camped by the Valley of Elah, setting the battle in array against the Philistines.

    3 The Philistines stood on a mountain on one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side, with a valley between them.

    4 A champion came out from the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, from Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.

  • 1 Sam 17:19-21
    3 verses
    77%

    19 Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel were in the Valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.

    20 David 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.

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

  • 1 Sam 17:7
    77%

    7 The staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam, and the spear's head weighed six hundred shekels of iron, and a shield-bearer went before him.

  • 1 Sam 4:9
    77%

    9 Be strong and conduct yourselves like men, O Philistines, that you do not become servants to the Hebrews, as they have been to you. Conduct yourselves like men, and fight.

  • 1 Sam 28:1
    76%

    1 In those days, the Philistines gathered their armies for war, to fight against Israel. And Achish said to David, Be assured, you shall go out with me to battle, you and your men.

  • 1 Sam 17:16
    75%

    16 The Philistine drew near morning and evening and presented himself for forty days.

  • 1 Chr 14:10
    74%

    10 David 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 21:9
    74%

    9 And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you struck down in the Valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if you will take that, take it, for there is no other but that here. And David said, There is none like that; give it to me.

  • 2 Sam 1:9
    73%

    9 He said to me again, Stand, please, upon me, and kill me: for anguish has come upon me, because my life is still in me.

  • 1 Sam 17:29
    73%

    29 David said, What have I done now? Is there not a cause?

  • 1 Sam 23:11
    73%

    11 Will the men of Keilah deliver me into his hand? Will Saul come down, as your servant has heard? O LORD God of Israel, I beg you, tell your servant. And the LORD said, He will come down.

  • 1 Sam 17:58
    73%

    58 Saul said to him, Whose son are you, young man? David answered, I am the son of your servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.

  • 1 Sam 23:2
    73%

    2 Therefore 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 13:12
    73%

    12 Therefore I said, The Philistines will come down now upon me to Gilgal, and I have not sought the favor of the LORD; I forced myself therefore, and offered a burnt offering.

  • 1 Sam 7:7
    73%

    7 And when the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were gathered together at Mizpah, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the children of Israel heard it, they were afraid of the Philistines.

  • 2 Sam 1:3
    73%

    3 And David said to him, Where do you come from? And he said to him, I have escaped from the camp of Israel.

  • 1 Sam 29:4
    73%

    4 But the princes of the Philistines were angry with him, and the princes of the Philistines said to him, Make this fellow return, that he may go back to the place you have appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he become an adversary to us. For how could he reconcile himself to his master, if not with the heads of these men?

  • 1 Sam 29:8
    73%

    8 And David said to Achish, But what have I done? and what have you found in your servant since I have been with you until this day, that I may not go fight against the enemies of my lord the king?