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Young's Literal Translation

1 Samuel 17:11

And Saul heareth -- and all Israel -- these words of the Philistine, and they are broken down and greatly afraid.

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.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine, and they were dismayed, and greatly terrified.
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.
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 camps to battle, and are gathered to Shochoh, which [is] to Judah, and encamp between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephes-Dammim; 2 and Saul and the men of Israel have been gathered, and encamp by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array to meet the Philistines. 3 And the Philistines are standing on the mountain on this side, and the Israelites are standing on the mountain on that side, and the valley [is] between them. 4 And there goeth out a man of the duellists from the camps of the Philistines, Goliath [is] his name, from Gath; his height [is] six cubits and a span, 5 and a helmet of brass [is] on his head, and [with] a scaled coat of mail he [is] clothed, and the weight of the coat of mail [is] five thousand shekels of brass, 6 and a frontlet of brass [is] on his feet, and a javelin of brass between his shoulders, 7 and the wood of his spear [is] like a beam of weavers', and the flame of his spear [is] six hundred shekels of iron, and the bearer of the buckler is going before him. 8 And he standeth and calleth unto the ranks of Israel, and saith to them, `Why are ye come out to set in array the battle? [am] not I the Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose for you a man, and let him come down unto me; 9 if he be able to fight with me, and have smitten me, then we have been to you for servants; and if I am able for him, and have smitten him, then ye have been to us for servants, and have served us.' 10 And the Philistine saith, `I have reproached the ranks of Israel this day; give to me a man, and we fight together.'

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 Ishmael his son [is] a son of thirteen years in the flesh of his foreskin being circumcised;
Genesis 17:27
and all the men of his house -- born in the house, and bought with money from the son of a stranger -- have been circumcised with him.
Exodus 4:25
and Zipporah taketh a flint, and cutteth off the foreskin of her son, and causeth [it] to touch his feet, and saith, `Surely a bridegroom of blood [art] thou to me;'
Exodus 12:48
`And when a sojourner sojourneth with thee, and hath made a passover to Jehovah, every male of his [is] to be circumcised, and then he doth come near to keep it, and he hath been as a native of the land, but any uncircumcised one doth not eat of it;
Deuteronomy 10:16
and ye have circumcised the foreskin of your heart, and your neck ye do not harden any more;
Joshua 5:3
and Joshua maketh for him knives of flint, and circumciseth the sons of Israel at the height of the foreskins.
2 Samuel 3:14
And David sendeth messengers unto Ish-Bosheth son of Saul, saying, `Give up my wife Michal, whom I betrothed to myself with a hundred foreskins of the Philistines.'
Acts 7:8
`And He gave to him a covenant of circumcision, and so he begat Isaac, and did circumcise him on the eighth day, and Isaac [begat] Jacob, and Jacob -- the twelve patriarchs;
Romans 4:11
and a sign he did receive of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith in the uncircumcision, for his being father of all those believing through uncircumcision, for the righteousness also being reckoned to them,

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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