1 Samuel 17:16

What does 1 Samuel 17:16 mean?

A plain-English look at 1 Samuel 17:16 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And the Philistine came near every morning and evening for forty days.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And the Philistine draweth nigh, morning and evening, and stationeth himself forty days.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Now the Philistine came out morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.

Context

v.15Now David went to and fro from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Beth-lehem.

v.16This passage

v.17And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren an ephah of this parched grain, and these ten loaves, and carry them quickly to the camp to thy brethren;

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Matthew 4:2

    And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he afterward hungered.

  • Luke 4:2

    during forty days, being tempted of the devil. And he did eat nothing in those days: and when they were completed, he hungered.

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