Parallel Verses
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.
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
Ra'ah
Nuwc
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 that man, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies of the Philistines, speaking the same words, and David heard them. 24 When all the men of Israel saw the man, they fled from him and were greatly afraid. 25 And each one of the men of Israel were saying, Have ye seen this man that is come up? He is come up to dishonour Israel. It shall be that the king will enrich the man who overcomes 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 upon those that are left alive of you I will send such cowardice into their hearts in the lands of their enemies, that the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursue.
Numbers 13:33
And there we saw giants, the sons of Anak, of the race of the giants; and we were in our own sight as locusts, and so we were in their sight.
Deuteronomy 32:30
How could one chase a thousand and two put ten thousands to flight if their strong One had not sold them, and the LORD had not 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 hid themselves in caves and in thickets and in rocks and in high places and in pits.
1 Samuel 17:11
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 was moved and the heart of his people as the trees of the wood are moved with the wind.
Isaiah 30:17
One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five ye shall all flee: until ye are left as a mast upon the top of a mountain and as a banner of example on a hill.