Parallel Verses

New Heart English Bible

The Philistine said, "I defy the armies of Israel this day. Give me a man, that we may fight together."

New American Standard Bible

Again the Philistine said, “I defy the ranks of Israel this day; give me a man that we may fight together.”

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

Then the Philistine said, “I defy the ranks of Israel today. Send me a man so we can fight each other!”

International Standard Version

The Philistine said, "I defy the ranks of Israel today. Send me one man and let's fight together."

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

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

Amplified

Again the Philistine said, “I defy the battle lines of Israel this day; give me a man so that we may fight together.”

Bible in Basic English

And the Philistine said, I have put to shame the armies of Israel this day; give me a man so that we may have a fight together.

Darby Translation

And the Philistine said, I have defied the ranks of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.

Julia Smith Translation

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.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

Then the Philistine said, "I hereby defy the battle lines of Israel today! Give me a man so that we may fight each other!"

Modern King James verseion

And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day. Give me a man, and we will fight together.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And the Philistine said, "I have defied the host of Israel this day; give me a man and let us fight together."

NET Bible

Then the Philistine said, "I defy Israel's troops this day! Give me a man so we can fight each other!"

The Emphasized Bible

And the Philistine said - I, reproach the ranks of Israel, this day, - give me a man, that we may fight together.

Webster

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

World English Bible

The Philistine said, "I defy the armies of Israel this day! Give me a man, that we may fight together!"

Youngs Literal Translation

And the Philistine saith, 'I have reproached the ranks of Israel this day; give to me a man, and we fight together.'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And the Philistine
פּלשׁתּי 
P@lishtiy 
Usage: 288

I defy
חרף 
Charaph. 
Usage: 41

the armies
מערכה 
Ma`arakah 
Usage: 19

of Israel
ישׂראל 
Yisra'el 
Usage: 2505

יום 
Yowm 
Usage: 2293

נתן 
Nathan 
Usage: 2011

me a man
אישׁ 
'iysh 
Usage: 692

לחם 
Lacham 
Usage: 177

References

Easton

Hastings

Morish

Context Readings

The Philistine Champion Taunts Israel

9 If he be able to fight with me, and kill me, then will we be your servants; but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then you will be our servants, and serve us." 10 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 those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.


Cross References

1 Samuel 17:45

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.

2 Samuel 21:21

When he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimei, David's brother, killed him.

1 Samuel 17:36

Your servant struck both the lion and the bear, and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them [Should I not go and smite him, and remove this day a reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised one], since he has defied the armies of the living God?"

1 Samuel 17:25-26

The men of Israel said, "Have you seen this man who has come up? He has surely come up to defy Israel. It shall be, that the man who kills him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's house exempt in Israel."

Numbers 23:7-8

He took up his parable, and said, "From Aram has Balak brought me, the king of Moab from the mountains of the East. Come, curse Jacob for me. Come, defy Israel.

2 Samuel 23:9

After him was Eleazar the son of Dodai the son of an Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines who were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel were gone away.

Nehemiah 2:19

But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they ridiculed us, and despised us, and said, "What is this thing that you are doing? Will you rebel against the king?"

Job 40:9-12

Or do you have an arm like God? Can you thunder with a voice like him?

Psalm 9:4-5

For you have maintained my just cause. You sit on the throne judging righteously.

Proverbs 16:18

Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

Jeremiah 9:23

Thus says the LORD, "Do not let the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, do not let the rich man glory in his riches;

Daniel 4:37

Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven; for all his works are truth, and his ways justice; and those who walk in pride he is able to humble."

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