New King James Version
1 Samuel 17:6
6And he had bronze armor on his legs and a bronze javelin between his shoulders.
1 Samuel 17:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass between his shoulders.
- New International Version (NIV)on his legs he wore bronze greaves, and a bronze javelin was slung on his back.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And he had bronze armor on his legs, and a javelin of bronze slung between his shoulders.
- New Living Translation (NLT)He also wore bronze leg armor, and he carried a bronze javelin on his shoulder.
Context of 1 Samuel 17:6
4And a champion went out from the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, from Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span. 5He had a bronze helmet on his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail, and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of bronze. And he had bronze armor on his legs and a bronze javelin between his shoulders. 7Now the staff of his spear was like a weaver’s beam, and his iron spearhead weighed six hundred shekels; and a shield-bearer went before him. 8Then he stood and cried out to the armies of Israel, and said to them, “Why have you come out to line up for battle? Am I not a Philistine, and you the servants of Saul? Choose a man for yourselves, and let him come down to me.
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וּמִצְחַ֥ת נְחֹ֖שֶׁת עַל־רַגְלָ֑יו וְכִיד֥וֹן נְחֹ֖שֶׁת בֵּ֥ין כְּתֵפָֽיו׃Read the interlinear
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Commentaries on 1 Samuel 17:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Greaves of brass upon his legs - This species of armor may be seen on many ancient monuments. It was a plate of brass (though perhaps sometimes formed of laminae or plates, like the mail) which covered the shin or fore part of the leg, from the knee down to the instep, and was buckled with straps behind the leg. From ancient monuments we find that it was commonly worn only on one leg. Vegetius, de Re Militari, says, Pedites Scutati etiam ferreas ocreas in…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6A target - Rather, “a javelin.” as in 1 Samuel 17:45, and placed between the shoulders, as the quiver was.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-7Goliath was a huge, fully armored warrior, but he did not have God (a much stronger ally) on his side (1 Samuel 17:45–47).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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