Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
And all the men of Israel, when they saw him, went in flight, overcome with fear.
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.
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 while he was talking to them, the fighter, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, came out from the Philistines' lines and said the same words, in David's hearing. 24 And all the men of Israel, when they saw him, went in flight, overcome with fear. 25 And the men of Israel said, Have you seen this man? Clearly he has come out to put shame on Israel: and it is certain that if any man overcomes him, the king will give that man great wealth, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's family free in Israel.
Cross References
Leviticus 26:36
And as for the rest of you, I will make their hearts feeble in the land of their haters, and the sound of a leaf moved by the wind will send them in flight, and they will go in flight as from the sword, falling down when no one comes after them;
Numbers 13:33
There we saw those great men, the sons of Anak, offspring of the Nephilim: and we seemed to ourselves no more than insects, and so we seemed to them.
Deuteronomy 32:30
How would it be possible for one to overcome a thousand, and two to send ten thousand in flight, if their rock had not let them go, if the Lord had not given them up?
1 Samuel 13:6-7
When the men of Israel saw the danger they were in, (for the people were troubled,) they took cover in cracks in the hillsides and in the woods and in rocks and holes and hollows.
1 Samuel 17:11
And Saul and all Israel, hearing those words of the Philistine, were troubled and full of fear.
Isaiah 7:2
And word came to the family of David that Aram had put up its tents in Ephraim. And the king's heart, and the hearts of his people, were moved, like the trees of the wood shaking in the wind.
Isaiah 30:17
A thousand will go in fear before one; even before five you will go in flight: till you are like a pillar by itself on the top of a mountain, and like a flag on a hill.