New English Translation
1 Samuel 17:10
10Then the Philistine said, “I defy Israel’s troops this day! Give me a man so we can fight each other!”
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 Israel’s troops, “Why do you come out to prepare for battle? Am I not the Philistine, and are you not the servants of Saul? Choose for yourselves a man so he may come down to me! 9If he is able to fight with me and strike me down, we will become your servants. But if I prevail against him and strike him down, you will become our servants and will serve us.” Then the Philistine said, “I defy Israel’s troops this day! Give me a man so we can fight each other!” 11When Saul and all the Israelites heard these words of the Philistine, they were upset and very afraid. 12Now David was the son of this Ephrathite named Jesse from Bethlehem in Judah. He had eight sons, and in Saul’s days he was old and well advanced in years.
Read all of 1 Samuel 171 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? He does so to defy Israel. But the king will make the man who can strike him down very wealthy! He will give him his daughter in marriage, and he will make his father’s house exempt from tax obligations in Israel.”
- Numbers 23:7Then Balaam uttered his oracle, saying, “Balak, the king of Moab, brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, ‘Come, pronounce a curse on Jacob for me; come, denounce Israel.’
- 2 Samuel 21:21When he taunted Israel, Jonathan, the son of David’s brother Shimeah, killed him.
- 2 Samuel 23:9Next in command was Eleazar son of Dodo, the son of Ahohi. He was one of the three warriors who were with David when they defied the Philistines who were assembled there for battle. When the men of Israel retreated,
- Nehemiah 2:19But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard all this, they derided us and expressed contempt toward us. They said, “What is this you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?”
- Job 40:9Do you have an arm as powerful as God’s, and can you thunder with a voice like his?
- Psalms 9:4For you defended my just cause; from your throne you pronounced a just decision.
- Proverbs 16:18Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
- Jeremiah 9:23The Lord says, “Wise people should not boast that they are wise. Powerful people should not boast that they are powerful. Rich people should not boast that they are rich.
- Daniel 4:37Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, for all his deeds are right and his ways are just. He is able to bring down those who live in 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
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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
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