1 Samuel 17:10

1 Samuel 17:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.
• New International Version (NIV)Then the Philistine said, “This day I defy the armies of Israel! Give me a man and let us fight each other.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the Philistine said, "I defy the ranks of Israel this day. Give me a man, that we may fight together."
• New King James Version (NKJV)And the Philistine said, “I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.”

Context of 1 Samuel 17:10

8Goliath stood and shouted to the battle lines of Israel, saying to them, “Why have you come out to draw up for battle? Am I not the Philistine and are you not servants of Saul? Choose a man for yourselves and have him come down to me. 9If he is able to fight with me and kill me, then we will become your servants; but if I prevail against him and kill him, then you shall become our servants and serve us.” Again the Philistine said, “I defy the battle lines of Israel this day; give me a man so that we may fight together.” 11When Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine, they were dismayed and greatly afraid. 12Now David was the son of the Ephrathite of Bethlehem in Judah, named Jesse, who had eight sons. Jesse was old in the days of Saul, advanced in years among men.

1 Samuel 17:10 word by word

וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֔י אֲנִ֗י חֵרַ֛פְתִּי אֶת־מַעַרְכ֥וֹת יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל הַיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֑ה תְּנוּ־לִ֣י אִ֔ישׁ וְנִֽלָּחֲמָ֖ה יָֽחַד׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the Philistineפְּלִשְׁתִּיpelishtîy · PhilistineH6430
• saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• I defyחָרַףchâraph · to tauntH2778
• the armiesמַעֲרָכָהma‛ărâkâh · rankH4634
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• this dayיוֹםyôm · day: todayH3117
• giveנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• me a manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• that we may fightלָחַםlâcham · to fightH3898
• togetherיַ֫חַדyachad · unitednessH3162

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 17:10

• 1 Samuel 17:25The men of Israel said, “Have you seen this man who is coming up? Surely he is coming up to defy Israel. The king will reward the man who kills him with great riches, and will give him his daughter [in marriage] and make his father’s house (family) free [from taxes and service] in Israel.”
• Numbers 23:7Balaam took up his [first] discourse (oracle) and said: “Balak, the king of Moab, has brought me from Aram (Syria), from the mountains of the east, [saying,] ‘Come, curse [the descendants of] Jacob for me; And come, [violently] denounce Israel.’
• 2 Samuel 21:21And when he taunted and defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimei, David’s brother, killed him.
• 2 Samuel 23:9Next to him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the son of Ahohi. He was one of the three mighty men with David when they taunted and defied the Philistines assembled there for battle, and the men of Israel had gone.
• Nehemiah 2:19But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official and Geshem the Arab heard about it, they mocked us and regarded us with contempt and said, “What is this thing you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?”
• Job 40:9Have you an arm like God, And can you thunder with a voice like His?
• Psalms 9:4For You have maintained my right and my cause; You have sat on the throne judging righteously.
• Proverbs 16:18Pride goes before destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall.
• Jeremiah 9:23Thus says the Lord, “Let not the one who is wise and skillful boast in his insight; let not the one who is mighty and powerful boast in his strength; let not the one who is rich boast in his [temporal satisfactions and earthly] abundance;
• Daniel 4:37Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and honor the King of heaven, for all His works are true and faithful and His ways are just, and He is able to humiliate and humble those who walk in [self-centered, self-righteous] pride.”

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 17:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10I defy - חרפתי אני ani cheraphti, "I strip and make bare," the armies of Israel; for none dared to fight him. From the Dhunoor Veda Shastra it appears that, among the Hindoos, it was common, before the commencement of an engagement, to challenge the enemy by throwing out some terms of abuse, similar to those used by Goliath. We find this also in Homer: his heroes scold each other heartily before they begin to fight. See on 1 Samuel 17:43; (note).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-114-11. a champion--Hebrew, a "man between two"; that is, a person who, on the part of his own people, undertook to determine the national quarrel by engaging in single combat with a chosen warrior in the hostile army.Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Samuel 17:10

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• Cause
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Commentaries on 1 Samuel 17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings