1 Samuel 17:21

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Israel and the Philistines lined up in battle formation facing each other.

Hebrew Names Version
Yisra'el and the Pelishtim put the battle in array, army against army.

King James Version
For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array, army against army.

Lexham English Bible
Israel and the Philistines drew up in battle lines, one battle line against the other.

English Standard Version
And Israel and the Philistines drew up for battle, army against army.

New Century Version
The Israelites and Philistines were lining up their men to face each other in battle.

New English Translation
Israel and the Philistines drew up their battle lines opposite one another.

Amplified Bible
Israel and the Philistines drew up in battle formation, army against army.

New American Standard Bible
Israel and the Philistines drew up in battle formation, army against army.

Geneva Bible (1587)
For Israel & the Philistims had put themselues in araie, armie against armie.

Legacy Standard Bible
And Israel and the Philistines arranged themselves in battle lines, battle line against battle line.

Contemporary English Version
The army of Israel and the Philistine army stood there facing each other.

Complete Jewish Bible
Isra'el and the P'lishtim had set up their battle lines facing each other.

Darby Translation
And Israel and the Philistines put the battle in array, rank against rank.

Easy-to-Read Version
The Israelites and Philistines were lined up and ready for battle.

George Lamsa Translation
Then Israel and the Philistines put themselves in battle array, army against army.

Good News Translation
The Philistine and the Israelite armies took positions for battle, facing each other.

Literal Translation
And Israel and the Philistines set up in battle array for rank to meet rank.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For Israel had set them selues in araye, and the Philistynes were agaynst their hoost in their araye also.

American Standard Version
And Israel and the Philistines put the battle in array, army against army.

Bible in Basic English
And Israel and the Philistines had put their forces in position, army against army.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
For Israel and the Philistines had put them selues in array armie against armie.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Israel and the Philistines put the battle in array, army against army.

King James Version (1611)
For Israel and the Philistines had put the battel in aray, army against armie.

English Revised Version
And Israel and the Philistines put the battle in array, army against army.

Berean Standard Bible
And Israel and the Philistines arrayed in formation against each other.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For Israel hadde dressid scheltrun; `but also Filisteis weren maad redi `euen ayens.

Young's Literal Translation
and Israel and the Philistines set in array rank to meet rank.

Update Bible Version
And Israel and the Philistines put the battle in array, army against army.

Webster's Bible Translation
For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array, army against army.

World English Bible
Israel and the Philistines put the battle in array, army against army.

New King James Version
For Israel and the Philistines had drawn up in battle array, army against army.

New Living Translation
Soon the Israelite and Philistine forces stood facing each other, army against army.

New Life Bible
Israel and the Philistines came near each other dressed for battle, army against army.

New Revised Standard
Israel and the Philistines drew up for battle, army against army.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So Israel and the Philistines set in array for battle, army against army.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For Israel had put themselves in array, and the Philistines who stood against them were prepared.

Revised Standard Version
And Israel and the Philistines drew up for battle, army against army.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Israel and the Philistines drew up in battle array, army against army.

Contextual Overview

¹²Enter David. He was the son of Jesse the Ephrathite from Bethlehem in Judah. Jesse, the father of eight sons, was himself too old to join Saul's army. Jesse's three oldest sons had followed Saul to war. The names of the three sons who had joined up with Saul were Eliab, the firstborn; next, Abinadab; and third, Shammah. David was the youngest son. While his three oldest brothers went to war with Saul, David went back and forth from attending to Saul to tending his father's sheep in Bethlehem. ¹⁶ Each morning and evening for forty days, Goliath took his stand and made his speech. ¹⁷One day, Jesse told David his son, "Take this sack of cracked wheat and these ten loaves of bread and run them down to your brothers in the camp. And take these ten wedges of cheese to the captain of their division. Check in on your brothers to see whether they are getting along all right, and let me know how they're doing—Saul and your brothers, and all the Israelites in their war with the Philistines in the Oak Valley." ²⁰David was up at the crack of dawn and, having arranged for someone to tend his flock, took the food and was on his way just as Jesse had directed him. He arrived at the camp just as the army was moving into battle formation, shouting the war cry. Israel and the Philistines moved into position, facing each other, battle-ready. David left his bundles of food in the care of a sentry, ran to the troops who were deployed, and greeted his brothers. While they were talking together, the Philistine champion, Goliath of Gath, stepped out from the front lines of the Philistines, and gave his usual challenge. David heard him. ²⁴The Israelites, to a man, fell back the moment they saw the giant—totally frightened. The talk among the troops was, "Have you ever seen anything like this, this man openly and defiantly challenging Israel? The man who kills the giant will have it made. The king will give him a huge reward, offer his daughter as a bride, and give his entire family a free ride." ²⁶ David, who was talking to the men standing around him, asked, "What's in it for the man who kills that Philistine and gets rid of this ugly blot on Israel's honor? Who does he think he is, anyway, this uncircumcised Philistine, taunting the armies of God-Alive?" ²⁷ They told him what everyone was saying about what the king would do for the man who killed the Philistine. ²⁸ Eliab, his older brother, heard David fraternizing with the men and lost his temper: "What are you doing here! Why aren't you minding your own business, tending that scrawny flock of sheep? I know what you're up to. You've come down here to see the sights, hoping for a ringside seat at a bloody battle!" ²⁹"What is it with you?" replied David. "All I did was ask a question." Ignoring his brother, he turned to someone else, asked the same question, and got the same answer as before.

Bible Verse Review
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Reciprocal: Ruth 1:2 - Ephrathites 1 Samuel 4:2 - put

Cross-References

Genesis 17:3
Overwhelmed, Abram fell flat on his face. Then God said to him, "This is my covenant with you: You'll be the father of many nations. Your name will no longer be Abram, but Abraham, meaning that ‘I'm making you the father of many nations.' I'll make you a father of fathers—I'll make nations from you, kings will issue from you. I'm establishing my covenant between me and you, a covenant that includes your descendants, a covenant that goes on and on and on, a covenant that commits me to be your God and the God of your descendants. And I'm giving you and your descendants this land where you're now just camping, this whole country of Canaan, to own forever. And I'll be their God."

Genesis 18:10
One of them said, "I'm coming back about this time next year. When I arrive, your wife Sarah will have a son." Sarah was listening at the tent opening, just behind the man.

Genesis 46:1
So Israel set out on the journey with everything he owned. He arrived at Beersheba and worshiped, offering sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.

Exodus 2:24
God listened to their groanings. God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.

Exodus 3:6
Then he said, "I am the God of your father: The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, the God of Jacob." Moses hid his face, afraid to look at God.

Acts 1:7
He told them, "You don't get to know the time. Timing is the Father's business. What you'll get is the Holy Spirit. And when the Holy Spirit comes on you, you will be able to be my witnesses in Jerusalem, all over Judea and Samaria, even to the ends of the world."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For Israel and all the Philistines had put the battle in array,.... Both sides prepared for it, and drew up in line of battle:

army against army; rank against rank, battalion against battalion, the right wing of the one against the left of the other, &c.