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New Living Translation

1 Samuel 17:16

For forty days, every morning and evening, the Philistine champion strutted in front of the Israelite army.

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 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

12 Now David was the son of a man named Jesse, an Ephrathite from Bethlehem in the land of Judah. Jesse was an old man at that time, and he had eight sons. 13 Jesse's three oldest sons—Eliab, Abinadab, and Shimea—had already joined Saul's army to fight the Philistines. 14 David was the youngest son. David's three oldest brothers stayed with Saul's army, 15 but David went back and forth so he could help his father with the sheep in Bethlehem. 16 For forty days, every morning and evening, the Philistine champion strutted in front of the Israelite army. 17 One day Jesse said to David, "Take this basket of roasted grain and these ten loaves of bread, and carry them quickly to your brothers. 18 And give these ten cuts of cheese to their captain. See how your brothers are getting along, and bring back a report on how they are doing." 19 David's brothers were with Saul and the Israelite army at the valley of Elah, fighting against the Philistines. 20 So David left the sheep with another shepherd and set out early the next morning with the gifts, as Jesse had directed him. He arrived at the camp just as the Israelite army was leaving for the battlefield with shouts and battle cries. 21 Soon the Israelite and Philistine forces stood facing each other, army against army.

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
Then God blessed them and said, "Be fruitful and multiply. Fill the earth and govern it. Reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, and all the animals that scurry along the ground."
Genesis 12:2
I will make you into a great nation. I will bless you and make you famous, and you will be a blessing to others.
Genesis 17:6
I will make you extremely fruitful. Your descendants will become many nations, and kings will be among them!
Genesis 17:10
This is the covenant that you and your descendants must keep: Each male among you must be circumcised.
Genesis 17:14
Any male who fails to be circumcised will be cut off from the covenant family for breaking the covenant."
Genesis 17:26
Both Abraham and his son, Ishmael, were circumcised on that same day,
Genesis 24:60
They gave her this blessing as she parted: "Our sister, may you become the mother of many millions! May your descendants be strong and conquer the cities of their enemies."
Genesis 35:11
Then God said, "I am El-Shaddai—‘God Almighty.' Be fruitful and multiply. You will become a great nation, even many nations. Kings will be among your descendants!
Isaiah 49:23
Kings and queens will serve you and care for all your needs. They will bow to the earth before you and lick the dust from your feet. Then you will know that I am the Lord . Those who trust in me will never be put to shame."
Romans 9:9
For God had promised, "I will return about this time next year, and Sarah will have a son."

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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