Parallel Verses
American Standard Version
And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore 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.
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.
Darby Translation
And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him and were greatly afraid.
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 spake 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 sore afraid. 25 And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him 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 for them that are left of you, I will send a faintness into their heart in the lands of their enemies: and the sound of a driven leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as one fleeth from the sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.
Numbers 13:33
And there we saw the Nephilim, the sons of Anak, who come of the Nephilim: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.
Deuteronomy 32:30
How should one chase a thousand, And two put ten thousand to flight, Except their Rock had sold them, And Jehovah had delivered them up?
1 Samuel 13:6-7
When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait (for the people were distressed), then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in coverts, and in pits.
1 Samuel 17:11
And when Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.
Isaiah 7:2
And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart trembled, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the forest tremble with the wind.
Isaiah 30:17
One thousand'shall flee at the threat of one; at the threat of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on a hill.