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1 Samuel 17:16

Every morning and evening for forty days the Philistine came forward and took his stand. The Pelishti drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days. And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days. Now the Philistine came forward early and late, and he took his stand for forty days. For forty days the Philistine came forward and took his stand, morning and evening. For forty days the Philistine came out every morning and evening and stood before the Israelite army. Meanwhile for forty days the Philistine approached every morning and evening and took his position. The Philistine [Goliath] came out morning and evening, and took his stand for forty days. And the Philistine came forward morning and evening, and took his stand for forty days. And the Philistim drew neere in the morning, and euening, and continued fourtie daies. Then the Philistine approached, morning and evening, for forty days and took his stand. Goliath came out and gave his challenge every morning and every evening for forty days. Meanwhile, the P'lishti approached with his challenge every morning and evening for forty days. And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days. The Philistine came out every morning and evening and stood before the Israelite army. Goliath insulted Israel like this for 40 days. And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself for forty days. Goliath challenged the Israelites every morning and evening for forty days. And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days. But the Philistyne stepte forth early in the mornynge and at euen, and stode there fortye dayes. And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days. And the Philistine came near every morning and evening for forty days. And the Philistine came foorth in the morning and euening, and continued fourtie dayes. And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days. And the Philistine drewe neere, morning and euening, and presented himselfe forty dayes. And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days. For forty days the Philistine came forward every morning and evening to take his stand. Forsothe the Filistey cam forth in the morewtid, and euentid; and stood `bi fourti daies. And the Philistine draweth nigh, morning and evening, and stationeth himself forty days. And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days. And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days. The Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days. And the Philistine drew near and presented himself forty days, morning and evening. For forty days, every morning and evening, the Philistine champion strutted in front of the Israelite army. The Philistine came out and showed himself morning and evening for forty days. For forty days the Philistine came forward and took his stand, morning and evening. And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, - and presented himself forty days. Now the Philistine came out morning and evening, and presented himself forty days. For forty days the Philistine came forward and took his stand, morning and evening. And the Philistine draws near, morning and evening, and stations himself [for] forty days. Each morning and evening for forty days, Goliath took his stand and made his speech. The Philistine came forward morning and evening for forty days and took his stand.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Armies;   Championship;   Jesse;   Thompson Chain Reference - Bible Stories for Children;   Children;   Days;   Forty Days;   Home;   Periods and Numbers;   Pleasant Sunday Afternoons;   Religion;   Stories for Children;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Number;   Philistia, philistines;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Prayer;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Samuel, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - David;   Giant;   Samuel, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Numbers;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Goliath ;   Jesse ;   Numbers as Symbols;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Goliath;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Forty;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Goliath;   Morning;   Number;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Forty, the Number;   Numbers and Numerals;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Every morning and evening for forty days the Philistine came forward and took his stand.
Hebrew Names Version
The Pelishti drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.
King James Version
And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.
Lexham English Bible
Now the Philistine came forward early and late, and he took his stand for forty days.
English Standard Version
For forty days the Philistine came forward and took his stand, morning and evening.
New Century Version
For forty days the Philistine came out every morning and evening and stood before the Israelite army.
New English Translation
Meanwhile for forty days the Philistine approached every morning and evening and took his position.
Amplified Bible
The Philistine [Goliath] came out morning and evening, and took his stand for forty days.
New American Standard Bible
And the Philistine came forward morning and evening, and took his stand for forty days.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the Philistim drew neere in the morning, and euening, and continued fourtie daies.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then the Philistine approached, morning and evening, for forty days and took his stand.
Contemporary English Version
Goliath came out and gave his challenge every morning and every evening for forty days.
Complete Jewish Bible
Meanwhile, the P'lishti approached with his challenge every morning and evening for forty days.
Darby Translation
And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.
Easy-to-Read Version
The Philistine came out every morning and evening and stood before the Israelite army. Goliath insulted Israel like this for 40 days.
George Lamsa Translation
And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself for forty days.
Good News Translation
Goliath challenged the Israelites every morning and evening for forty days.
Literal Translation
And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But the Philistyne stepte forth early in the mornynge and at euen, and stode there fortye dayes.
American Standard Version
And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.
Bible in Basic English
And the Philistine came near every morning and evening for forty days.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the Philistine came foorth in the morning and euening, and continued fourtie dayes.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.
King James Version (1611)
And the Philistine drewe neere, morning and euening, and presented himselfe forty dayes.
English Revised Version
And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.
Berean Standard Bible
For forty days the Philistine came forward every morning and evening to take his stand.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe the Filistey cam forth in the morewtid, and euentid; and stood `bi fourti daies.
Young's Literal Translation
And the Philistine draweth nigh, morning and evening, and stationeth himself forty days.
Update Bible Version
And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.
World English Bible
The Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.
New King James Version
And the Philistine drew near and presented himself forty days, morning and evening.
New Living Translation
For forty days, every morning and evening, the Philistine champion strutted in front of the Israelite army.
New Life Bible
The Philistine came out and showed himself morning and evening for forty days.
New Revised Standard
For forty days the Philistine came forward and took his stand, morning and evening.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, - and presented himself forty days.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Now the Philistine came out morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.
Revised Standard Version
For forty days the Philistine came forward and took his stand, morning and evening.
THE MESSAGE
Each morning and evening for forty days, Goliath took his stand and made his speech.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The Philistine came forward morning and evening for forty days and took his stand.

Contextual Overview

12Now David was the son of the Ephrathite from Bethlehem of Judah named Jesse. Jesse had eight sons and during Saul’s reign was already an old man. 12 Now David was the son of that Efratite of Beit-Lechem-Yehudah, whose name was Yishai; and he had eight sons: and the man was an old man in the days of Sha'ul, stricken [in years] among men. 12 Now David was 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. 12 Now David was the son of an Ephrathite. This man was from Bethlehem of Judah, and his name was Jesse. He had eight sons; in the days of Saul this man was old, yet he still walked among the men. 12 Now David was the son of an Ephrathite of Bethlehem in Judah, named Jesse, who had eight sons. In the days of Saul the man was already old and advanced in years. 12 Now David was the son of Jesse, an Ephrathite from Bethlehem in Judah. Jesse had eight sons. In Saul's time Jesse was an old man. 12 Now 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. 12Now David was the son of the Ephrathite of Bethlehem in Judah, named Jesse, who had eight sons. Jesse was old in the days of Saul, advanced in years among men. 12 Now David was the son of the Ephrathite of Bethlehem in Judah, the man whose name was Jesse, and he had eight sons. And Jesse was old in the days of Saul, advanced in years among men. 12 Nowe this Dauid was the sonne of an Ephrathite of Beth-lehem Iudah, named Ishai, which had eight sonnes: and this man was taken for an olde man in the daies of Saul.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

forty days: Matthew 4:2, Luke 4:2

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 20:29 - seven days

Cross-References

Genesis 1:28
God blessed them. God said to them, "Be fruitful, multiply, fill the eretz, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the eretz."
Genesis 1:28
And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
Genesis 1:28
And God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it, and rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of heaven, and over every animal that moves upon the earth."
Genesis 1:28
God blessed them and said, "Have many children and grow in number. Fill the earth and be its master. Rule over the fish in the sea and over the birds in the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth."
Genesis 1:28
God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply! Fill the earth and subdue it! Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that moves on the ground."
Genesis 1:28
And God blessed them [granting them certain authority] and said to them, "Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the earth, and subjugate it [putting it under your power]; and rule over (dominate) the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and every living thing that moves upon the earth."
Genesis 1:28
God blessed them; and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth."
Genesis 1:28
And God blessed them, and God said to them, Bring forth fruite and multiplie, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule ouer the fish of the sea, and ouer the foule of the heauen, & ouer euery beast that moueth vpon the earth.
Genesis 1:28
God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that creeps on the earth."
Genesis 1:28
God gave them his blessing and said: Have a lot of children! Fill the earth with people and bring it under your control. Rule over the fish in the ocean, the birds in the sky, and every animal on the earth.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the Philistine drew near morning and evening,.... Twice a day he came near the camp, within the hearing of it. The Jews w say, he took those seasons on purpose to disturb them in reading their "Shema", or "hear, O Israel", c. and saying their prayers morning and evening:

and presented himself forty days Successively, before the armies of Israel, daring them to send down a man to fight with him, and reproaching them for their cowardice in not doing it.

w T. Bab. Sotah, fol. 42. 2.


 
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