1 Samuel 17:24
What does 1 Samuel 17:24 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Samuel 17:24 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And all the men of Israel, when they saw him, went in flight, overcome with fear.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and all the men of Israel when they see the man flee from his presence, and are greatly afraid.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And all the Israelites, when they saw the man, fled from his face, fearing him exceedingly.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him and were greatly afraid.
Context
v.23And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the ranks of the Philistines, and spake according to the same words: and David heard them.
v.24This passage
v.25And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father’s house free in Israel.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Samuel 13:6
When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait (for the people were distressed), then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in coverts, and in pits.
- Isaiah 7:2
And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart trembled, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the forest tremble with the wind.
- Deuteronomy 32:30
How should one chase a thousand, And two put ten thousand to flight, Except their Rock had sold them, And Jehovah had delivered them up?
- 1 Samuel 17:11
And when Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.
- Numbers 13:33
And there we saw the Nephilim, the sons of Anak, who come of the Nephilim: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.
- Isaiah 30:17
One thousand shall flee at the threat of one; at the threat of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on a hill.
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