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 called to the Israelites, “Why do you form a battle line? Am I not a Philistine, and aren’t you Saul’s servants? Choose a man, and let him come down to ⌞fight⌟ me. 9If he can fight me and kill me, then we will be your slaves. But if I overpower him and kill him, then you will be our slaves and serve us.” The Philistine added, “I challenge the Israelite battle line today. Send out a man so that we can fight each other.” 11When Saul and all the Israelites heard what this Philistine said, they were gripped with fear. 12David was a son of a man named Jesse from the region of Ephrath and the city of Bethlehem in Judah. Jesse had eight sons, and in Saul’s day he was an old man.

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, “Did you see that man coming ⌞from the Philistine lines⌟? He keeps coming to challenge Israel. The king will make the man who kills this Philistine very rich. He will give his daughter to that man to marry and elevate the social status of his family.”
• Numbers 23:7Then Balaam delivered this message: “Balak brought me from Aram. The king of Moab summoned me from the eastern mountains. ‘Come, curse Jacob for me,’ he said. ‘Come, condemn Israel.’
• 2 Samuel 21:21When he challenged Israel, Jonathan, son of David’s brother Shimei, killed him.
• 2 Samuel 23:9Next in rank to him was Eleazar, another one of the three fighting men. He was the son of Dodo and grandson of Aho. Eleazar was with David at Pas Dammim when the Philistines gathered there for battle. When the soldiers from Israel retreated,
• Nehemiah 2:19When Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite servant, and Geshem the Arab heard about this, they made fun of us and ridiculed us. They asked, “What are you doing? Are you going to rebel against the king?”
• Job 40:9Do you have power like God’s? Can you thunder with a voice like his?
• Psalms 9:4You have defended my just cause: You sat down on your throne as a fair judge.
• Proverbs 16:18Pride precedes a disaster, and an arrogant attitude precedes a fall.
• Jeremiah 9:23This is what the Lord says: Don’t let wise people brag about their wisdom. Don’t let strong people brag about their strength. Don’t let rich people brag about their riches.
• Daniel 4:37Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, will praise, honor, and give glory to the King of Heaven. Everything he does is true, his ways are right, and he can humiliate those who act arrogantly.

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

• Armies
• Championship

In the dictionaries

• Israel
• Israel, Israelites
• Jacob, Israel
• Arise
• Assay
• Carriage
• Cause
• Coat
• David
• Elhanan

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