1 Samuel 17:16

1 Samuel 17:16 in other versions

• New International Version (NIV)For forty days the Philistine came forward every morning and evening and took his stand.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For forty days the Philistine came forward and took his stand, morning and evening.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And the Philistine drew near and presented himself forty days, morning and evening.
• New Living Translation (NLT)For forty days, every morning and evening, the Philistine champion strutted in front of the Israelite army.

Context of 1 Samuel 17:16

14And David was the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul. 15But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Beth–lehem. And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days. 17And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren an ephah of this parched corn, and these ten loaves, and run to the camp to thy brethren; 18And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.

1 Samuel 17:16 word by word

וַיִּגַּ֥שׁ הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֖י הַשְׁכֵּ֣ם וְהַעֲרֵ֑ב וַיִּתְיַצֵּ֖ב אַרְבָּעִ֥ים יֽוֹם׃ פRead the interlinear

• And the Philistineפְּלִשְׁתִּיpelishtîy · PhilistineH6430
• drew nearנָגַשׁnâgash · to approach: approachH5066
• morningשָׁכַםshâkam · to riseH7925
• and eveningעָרַב‛ârab · to grow darkH6150
• and presentedיָצַבyâtsab · to standH3320
• himself fortyאַרְבָּעִים'arbâ‛îym · fortyH705
• daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 17:16

• Matthew 4:2And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.
• Luke 4:2Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered.

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 17:16

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-30Verses 12-30 Jesse little thought of sending his son to the army at that critical juncture; but the wise God orders actions and affairs, so as to serve his designs. In times of general formality and lukewarmness, every degree of zeal which implies readiness to go further, or to venture more in the cause of God than others, will be blamed as pride and ambition, and by none more than by near relations, like Eliab, or negligent superiors. It was a trial of…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Samuel 17:16

• Armies
• Championship
• Jesse

In the dictionaries

• Arise
• Assay
• Carriage
• Cause
• Coat
• David
• Elhanan
• Naughtiness
• Prevail
• Rehearse

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