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

8And he stood and cried to the armies of Israel, and said to them, Why have ye come out to set your battle in array? am not I a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose for yourselves a man for you, and let him come down to me. 9If he shall be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we be your servants: but if I shall prevail against him, and kill him, then shall ye be our servants, and serve us. And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together. 11When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid. 12Now Davidwas the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehemjudah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul.

1 Samuel 17:10 word by word

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

• Philistineפְּלִשְׁתִּיpelishtîy · PhilistineH6430
• saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• defyחָרַףchâraph · to tauntH2778
• armiesמַעֲרָכָהma‛ărâkâh · rankH4634
• Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• dayיוֹםyôm · day: todayH3117
• giveנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• fightלָחַםlâcham · to fightH3898
• togetherיַ֫חַדyachad · unitednessH3162

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 17:10

• 1 Samuel 17:25And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that hath come up? surely to defy Israel hath he come: and it shall be, that the man who shall kill him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father’s house free in Israel.
• Numbers 23:7And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse Jacob for me, and come, defy Israel.
• 2 Samuel 21:21And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea the brother of David slew him.
• 2 Samuel 23:9And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines that were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel had gone away:
• Nehemiah 2:19But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they mocked, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?
• Job 40:9Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like his?
• Psalms 9:4For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest on the throne judging right.
• Proverbs 16:18Pridegoethbefore destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
• Jeremiah 9:23Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:
• Daniel 4:37Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.

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
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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