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Brenton's Septuagint

1 Samuel 17:11

And Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine, and they were dismayed, and greatly terrified.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Armies;   Championship;   Doubting;   Thompson Chain Reference - Bible Stories for Children;   Children;   Home;   Humbled, Israel;   Israel;   Israel-The Jews;   Pleasant Sunday Afternoons;   Religion;   Stories for Children;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Philistia, philistines;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Prayer;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Samuel, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - David;   Giant;   Samuel, Books of;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Goliath ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Goliath;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Goliath;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
When Saul and all Israel heard these words from the Philistine, they lost their courage and were terrified.
Hebrew Names Version
When Sha'ul and all Yisra'el heard those words of the Pelishti, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.
King James Version
When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.
Lexham English Bible
When Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine, they were dismayed and very afraid.
English Standard Version
When Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine, they were dismayed and greatly afraid.
New Century Version
When Saul and the Israelites heard the Philistine's words, they were very scared.
New English Translation
When Saul and all the Israelites heard these words of the Philistine, they were upset and very afraid.
Amplified Bible
When Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine, they were dismayed and greatly afraid.
New American Standard Bible
When Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine, they were dismayed and very fearful.
Geneva Bible (1587)
When Saul & all Israel heard those wordes of the Philistim, they were discouraged, & greatly afraide.
Legacy Standard Bible
When Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine, they were dismayed and greatly afraid.
Contemporary English Version
Saul and his men heard what Goliath said, but they were so frightened of Goliath that they couldn't do a thing.
Complete Jewish Bible
When Sha'ul and all Isra'el heard those words of the P'lishti, they were shaken and terrified.
Darby Translation
And Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine, and they were dismayed and greatly afraid.
Easy-to-Read Version
Saul and the Israelite soldiers heard what Goliath said, and they were very afraid.
George Lamsa Translation
When Saul and all Israel heard the words of the Philistine, they were dismayed and greatly afraid.
Good News Translation
When Saul and his men heard this, they were terrified.
Literal Translation
And Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine. And they were dismayed and greatly afraid.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Whan Saul and all Israel herde these wordes of ye Philistyne, they were astonnyed, and sore afrayed.
American Standard Version
And when Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.
Bible in Basic English
And Saul and all Israel, hearing those words of the Philistine, were troubled and full of fear.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
When Saul and all Israel heard those wordes of ye Philistine, they were discouraged, and greatly afraide.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And when Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.
King James Version (1611)
When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.
English Revised Version
And when Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.
Berean Standard Bible
On hearing the words of the Philistine, Saul and all the Israelites were dismayed and greatly afraid.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Sotheli Saul and alle men of Israel herden siche wordis of `the Filistey, and thei weren astonyed, and dredden greetli.
Young's Literal Translation
And Saul heareth -- and all Israel -- these words of the Philistine, and they are broken down and greatly afraid.
Update Bible Version
And when Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.
Webster's Bible Translation
When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.
World English Bible
When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.
New King James Version
When Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine, they were dismayed and greatly afraid.
New Living Translation
When Saul and the Israelites heard this, they were terrified and deeply shaken.
New Life Bible
When Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine, they were troubled and very afraid.
New Revised Standard
When Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine, they were dismayed and greatly afraid.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
When Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and feared exceedingly.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Saul and all the Israelites hearing these words of the Philistine, were dismayed, and greatly afraid.
Revised Standard Version
When Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine, they were dismayed and greatly afraid.
THE MESSAGE
When Saul and his troops heard the Philistine's challenge, they were terrified and lost all hope.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
When Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine, they were dismayed and greatly afraid.

Contextual Overview

1 And the Philistines gather their armies to battle, and gather themselves to Socchoth of Judaea, and encamp between Socchoth and Azeca Ephermen. 2 And Saul and the men of Israel gather together, and they encamp in the valley, and set the battle in array against the Philistines. 3 And the Philistines stand on the mountain on one side, and Israel stands on the mountain on the other side, and the valley was between them. 4 And there went forth a mighty man out of the army of the Philistines, Goliath, by name, out of Geth, his height was four cubits and a span. 5 And he had a helmet upon his head, and he wore a breastplate of chain armour; and the weight of his breastplate was five thousand shekels of brass and iron. 6 And greaves of grass were upon his legs, and a brazen target was between his shoulders. 7 And the staff of his spear was like a weaver’s beam, and the spear’s head was formed of six hundred shekels of iron; and his armour-bearer went before him. 8 017 9 And if he shall be able to fight against me, and shall smite me, then will we be your servants: but if I should prevail and smite him, ye shall be our servants, and serve us. 10 And the Philistine said, Behold, I have defied the armies of Israel this very day: give me a man, and we will both of us fight in single combat.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

dismayed: Deuteronomy 31:8, Joshua 1:9, Psalms 27:1, Proverbs 28:1, Isaiah 51:12, Isaiah 51:13, Isaiah 57:11

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 7:7 - afraid 1 Samuel 17:24 - sore

Cross-References

Genesis 17:25
And Ismael his son was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
Genesis 17:27
and all the men of his house, both those born in the house, and those bought with money of foreign nations.
Exodus 4:25
and Sepphora having taken a stone cut off the foreskin of her son, and fell at his feet and said, The blood of the circumcision of my son is staunched:
Exodus 12:48
And if any proselyte shall come to you to keep the passover to the Lord, thou shalt circumcise every male of him, and then shall he approach to sacrifice it, and he shall be even as the original inhabitant of the land; no uncircumcised person shall eat of it.
Deuteronomy 10:16
Therefore ye shall circumcise the hardness of your heart, and ye shall not harden your neck.
Joshua 5:3
And Joshua made sharp knives of stone, and circumcised the children of Israel at the place called the "Hill of Foreskins."
2 Samuel 3:14
And David sent messengers to Jebosthe the son of Saul, saying, Restore me my wife Melchol, whom I took for a hundred foreskins of the Philistines.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

When Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine,.... For they were delivered with such a tone and strength of voice, as to be heard very generally, at least by many, and which soon was reported through the whole army:

they were dismayed, and greatly afraid; which may seem strange, when there were so many valiant men among them, as Saul himself, who had behaved with so much courage against the Ammonites, Philistines, and Amalekites; but now the Spirit of God was departed from him, and he was become timorous and fearful; and though he was much better than he had been, yet still he was not the man of spirit and resolution as before: there was also Abner, the general of his army, a very valiant man, a great man in Israel, and yet appears not on this occasion; and, what is more wonderful, Jonathan the son of Saul was present, as appears from

1 Samuel 18:1 who had not only smitten a garrison of the Philistines, but with one man more only had attacked another garrison, and routed the whole army of the Philistines, and yet now shows not his head against a single man: so it is when God cuts off the spirits of princes, or takes away their courage; victory over this man, and the glory of it, were reserved for David; and all this fear and dread throughout the armies of Israel were suffered, that he might appear the more glorious.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 17:11. Saul and all Israel - were dismayed — They saw no man able to accept the challenge.


 
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