1 Samuel 17:27

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

And the people answered him, according to this word saying, - So, shall it be done to the man that shall smite him.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The troops told him about the offer, concluding, “That is what will be done for the man who kills him.”

Hebrew Names Version
The people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man who kills him.

King James Version
And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that killeth him.

Lexham English Bible
And the troops had spoken to him according to this word, saying, "So it will be done for the man who defeats him."

English Standard Version
And the people answered him in the same way, "So shall it be done to the man who kills him."

New Century Version
The Israelites told David what would be done for the man who would kill Goliath.

New English Translation
The soldiers told him what had been promised, saying, "This is what will be done for the man who can strike him down."

Amplified Bible
The men told him, "That is what will be done for the man who kills him."

New American Standard Bible
The people answered him in agreement with this statement, saying, "This is what will be done for the man who kills him."

Geneva Bible (1587)
And the people answered him after this maner, saying, Thus shall it be done to the man that killeth him.

Legacy Standard Bible
And the people spoke to him in accord with this word, saying, "Thus it will be done for the man who strikes him down."

Contemporary English Version
The soldiers told David what the king would give the man who killed Goliath.

Complete Jewish Bible
The people answered with what they had been saying, adding, "That's what will be done for the man who kills him."

Darby Translation
And the people told him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that smites him.

Easy-to-Read Version
So the Israelite told David about the reward for killing Goliath.

George Lamsa Translation
And the people told him the kings promises, saying, So shall it be done to the man who kills him.

Good News Translation
They told him what would be done for the man who killed Goliath.

Literal Translation
And the people spoke to him according to this word, saying, So shall it be done to the man who strikes him.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then the people tolde him as afore. Thus shall it be done vnto ye man that smyteth him.

American Standard Version
And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that killeth him.

Bible in Basic English
And the people gave him this answer, So it will be done to the man who overcomes him.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the people aunswered him (after this maner) saying: So shall it be done to the man that killeth him.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the people answered him after this manner, saying: 'So shall it be done to the man that killeth him.'

King James Version (1611)
And the people answered him after this maner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that killeth him.

English Revised Version
And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that killeth him.

Berean Standard Bible
The people told him about the offer, saying, "That is what will be done for the man who kills him."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe the puple tolde to hym the same word, and seide, These thingis schulen be youun to the man that sleeth hym.

Young's Literal Translation
And the people speak to him according to this word, saying, `Thus it is done to the man who smiteth him.'

Update Bible Version
And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So it shall be done to the man that kills him.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that killeth him.

World English Bible
The people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man who kills him.

New King James Version
And the people answered him in this manner, saying, "So shall it be done for the man who kills him."

New Living Translation
And these men gave David the same reply. They said, "Yes, that is the reward for killing him."

New Life Bible
And the people answered him in the same way, "This is what will be done for the man who kills him."

New Revised Standard
The people answered him in the same way, "So shall it be done for the man who kills him."

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the people answered him the same words, saying: These things shall be given to the man that shall slay him.

Revised Standard Version
And the people answered him in the same way, "So shall it be done to the man who kills him."

THE MESSAGE
They told him what everyone was saying about what the king would do for the man who killed the Philistine.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
The people answered him in accord with this word, saying, "Thus it will be done for the man who kills him."

Contextual Overview

¹² Now, David, was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehem-judah, whose, name, was Jesse, and, who, had eight sons, - and, the man, in the days of Saul was old, advanced in years. ¹³ And the three eldest sons of Jesse had followed Saul to the battle, - and, the names of his three sons who went into the battle, were Eliab the firstborn, and, the next to him, Abinadab, and, the third, Shammah. ¹⁴ But, as for David, he, was the youngest, - and, the three eldest, followed Saul; ¹⁵ whereas, David, kept going and returning from Saul, - to tend his father's sheep at Bethlehem. ¹⁶ And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, - and presented himself forty days. ¹⁷ And Jesse said unto David his son, Take, I pray thee, unto thy brethren - this ephah of parched corn, and these ten loaves, - and run to the camp unto thy brethren; ¹⁸ also these ten slices of soft cheese, shalt thou take to the captain of their thousand, - and, as for thy brethren, give good heed to their welfare, their pledge, also shalt thou receive. ¹⁹ Now, Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the vale of Elah, ready to fight with the Philistines. ²⁰ So then David rose up early in the morning, and entrusted the sheep to a keeper, and took up the provisions and went his way, as Jesse had commanded him, - and came into the circular rampart, as, the force, was going forth into the ranks, and shouted for the fight. ²¹ So Israel and the Philistines set in array for battle, army against army.

Bible Verse Review
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So shall it: 1 Samuel 17:25

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 17:30 - manner Matthew 5:22 - That

Cross-References

Genesis 18:19
For I have become his intimate friend, To the end that he may command his sons and his house after him, so shall they keep the way of Yahweh, by doing righteousness and justice. To the end that Yahweh may bring in for Abraham, what he hath spoken concerning him.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the people answered him after this manner,.... Told him what was proposed to be done in honour to the man that should attempt to kill him, and succeed:

saying, so shall it be done to the man that killeth him; as before related, that he should be enriched, marry the king's daughter, and his family be ennobled, 1 Samuel 17:25.