Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him and were greatly afraid.
New American Standard Bible
When all the men of Israel saw the man, they fled from him and were greatly afraid.
King James Version
And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid.
Holman Bible
When all the Israelite men saw Goliath, they retreated from him terrified.
International Standard Version
When all the Israelis saw the man, they fled from him and were very frightened.
A Conservative Version
And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were greatly afraid.
American Standard Version
And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid.
Amplified
When the men of Israel all saw the man, they fled from him, and were very frightened.
Bible in Basic English
And all the men of Israel, when they saw him, went in flight, overcome with fear.
Julia Smith Translation
And every man of Israel in their seeing the man, will flee from his face, and they will fear greatly.
King James 2000
And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were greatly afraid.
Lexham Expanded Bible
When all the men of Israel saw the man, they fled from his presence and were very afraid.
Modern King James verseion
And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, they ran from him and were very much afraid.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, ran away from him, and were sore afraid.
NET Bible
When all the men of Israel saw this man, they retreated from his presence and were very afraid.
New Heart English Bible
All the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were terrified.
The Emphasized Bible
Now, all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from before him, and feared exceedingly.
Webster
And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were exceedingly afraid.
World English Bible
All the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were terrified.
Youngs Literal Translation
and all the men of Israel when they see the man flee from his presence, and are greatly afraid.
Themes
Armies » March in ranks » Champions fight instead of
Championship » Instances of » Goliath and david
Cowardice » Cowardice, examples of » Israel before goliath
Cowardice » Instances of » The israelites » To meet goliath
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul
Powerlessness » Of men, often due to sin and unbelief » Apostasy produced a nation of cowards
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Samuel 17:24
Verse Info
Context Readings
David Enters The Scene Of Battle
23 And as he talked with them, behold there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the ranks of the Philistines, and spoke according to the same words; and David heard them. 24 And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him and were greatly afraid. 25 And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that comes up? for to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who smites him, him will the king enrich with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel.
Cross References
Leviticus 26:36
And as to those that remain of you I will send faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies, that the sound of a driven leaf shall chase them, and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth;
Numbers 13:33
and there have we seen giants the sons of Anak are of the giants and we were in our sight as grasshoppers, and so we were also in their sight.
Deuteronomy 32:30
How could one chase a thousand, And two put ten thousand to flight, Were it not that their Rock had sold them, And Jehovah had delivered them up?
1 Samuel 13:6-7
And the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait (for the people were distressed); and the people hid themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in cliffs, and in strongholds, and in pits.
1 Samuel 17:11
And Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine, and they were dismayed and greatly afraid.
Isaiah 7:2
And it was told the house of David saying, Syria is allied with Ephraim. Then his heart and the heart of his people shook, as the trees of the forest are shaken with the wind.
Isaiah 30:17
One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as a banner on a hill.