1 Samuel 17:19

Young's Literal Translation

And Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel [are] in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
They are with Saul and all the men of Israel in the Valley of Elah fighting with the Philistines.”

Hebrew Names Version
Now Sha'ul, and they, and all the men of Yisra'el, were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Pelishtim.

King James Version
Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.

Lexham English Bible
Now Saul and they and all the men of Israel were in the valley of Elah fighting the Philistines.

English Standard Version
Now Saul and they and all the men of Israel were in the Valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.

New Century Version
Your brothers are with Saul and the army in the Valley of Elah, fighting against the Philistines."

New English Translation
They are with Saul and the whole Israelite army in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines."

Amplified Bible
"Now they are with Saul and all the men of Israel in the Valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines."

New American Standard Bible
"For Saul and they and all the men of Israel are in the Valley of Elah, fighting the Philistines."

Geneva Bible (1587)
(Then Saul and they, and all the men of Israel were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistims)

Legacy Standard Bible
And Saul and they and all the men of Israel are in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines."

Contemporary English Version
They're with Saul's army, fighting the Philistines in Elah Valley."

Complete Jewish Bible
Sha'ul and your brothers, with all the army of Isra'el, are in the Elah Valley, fighting the P'lishtim."

Darby Translation
Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel [were] in the valley of terebinths, fighting against the Philistines.

Easy-to-Read Version
Your brothers are with Saul and all the Israelite soldiers in the Valley of Elah. They are there to fight against the Philistines."

George Lamsa Translation
Now Saul and all the men of Israel were in the valley of Terebinth fighting with the Philistines.

Good News Translation
King Saul, your brothers, and all the other Israelites are in Elah Valley fighting the Philistines."

Literal Translation
And Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But Saul and they, and all the men of Israel were in the Oke valley, and foughte agaynst the Philistynes.

American Standard Version
Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the vale of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.

Bible in Basic English
Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Saul and they and all the men of Israel were in the valley of Elah, fyghtyng with the Philistines.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, are in the vale of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.'

King James Version (1611)
Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.

English Revised Version
Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the vale of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.

Berean Standard Bible
They are with Saul and all the men of Israel in the Valley of Elah, fighting against the Philistines."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe Saul, and thei, and alle the sones of Israel in the valei of Terebynte fouyten ayens Filisteis.

Update Bible Version
Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.

Webster's Bible Translation
Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, [were] in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.

World English Bible
Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.

New King James Version
Now Saul and they and all the men of Israel were in the Valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.

New Living Translation
David's brothers were with Saul and the Israelite army at the valley of Elah, fighting against the Philistines.

New Life Bible
Saul and your brothers and all the men of Israel are in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines."

New Revised Standard
Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Now, Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the vale of Elah, ready to fight with the Philistines.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But Saul, and they, and all the children of Israel, were in the valley of Terebinth, fighting against the Philistines.

Revised Standard Version
Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"For Saul and they and all the men of Israel are in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines."

Contextual Overview

¹² And David [is] son of this Ephrathite of Beth-Lehem-Judah, whose name [is] Jesse, and he hath eight sons, and the man in the days of Saul hath become aged among men; ¹³ and the three eldest sons of Jesse go, they have gone after Saul to battle; and the name of his three sons who have gone into battle [are] Eliab the first-born, and his second Abinadab, and the third Shammah. ¹⁴ And David is the youngest, and the three eldest have gone after Saul, ¹⁵ and David is going and returning from Saul, to feed the flock of his father at Beth-Lehem. ¹⁶ And the Philistine draweth nigh, morning and evening, and stationeth himself forty days. ¹⁷ And Jesse saith to David his son, `Take, I pray thee, to thy brethren, an ephah of this roasted [corn], and these ten loaves, and run to the camp to thy brethren; ¹⁸ and these ten cuttings of the cheese thou dost take in to the head of the thousand, and thy brethren thou dost inspect for welfare, and their pledge dost receive.' ¹⁹ And Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel [are] in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines. ²⁰ And David riseth early in the morning, and leaveth the flock to a keeper, and lifteth up, and goeth, as Jesse commanded him, and he cometh in to the path, and to the force which is going out unto the rank, and they have shouted for battle; ²¹ and Israel and the Philistines set in array rank to meet rank.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the valley: Dr. Richardson says, that in about twenty minutes, in an easterly direction, form the cave of St. John - which is about two hours or six miles, in a westerly direction, from Jerusalem they came to the valley of Elah; which position seems to agree with that of Shochoh and Azekah. He describes it as "a small valley, and the place of the encampment is pointed out where it narrows into a broad, deep ravine; part of it was in crop, and part of it was under the plough, which was drawn by a couple of oxen. A small stream, which had shrunk almost under its stony bed, passes through it from east to west, from which we are informed that David chose out five smooth stones, and hasted and ran to meet the haughty champion of Gath. A well of water under the bank, with a few olive trees above, on the north side of the valley, are said to mark the spot of the shepherd's triumph over his boasting antagonist. Saul and his men probably occupied the side of the valley which is nearest to Jerusalem, on which the ground is higher and more rugged than on the other side." 1 Samuel 17:19

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 17:2 - the valley

Cross-References

Genesis 17:2
and I give My covenant between Me and thee, and multiply thee very exceedingly.'

Genesis 17:3
And Abram falleth upon his face, and God speaketh with him, saying,

Genesis 17:6
and I have made thee exceeding fruitful, and made thee become nations, and kings go out from thee.

Genesis 17:9
And God saith unto Abraham, `And thou dost keep My covenant, thou and thy seed after thee, to their generations;

Genesis 17:10
this [is] My covenant which ye keep between Me and you, and thy seed after thee: Every male of you [is] to be circumcised;

Genesis 17:13
he is certainly circumcised who [is] born in thine house, or bought with thy money; and My covenant hath become in your flesh a covenant age-during;

Genesis 17:14
and an uncircumcised one, a male, the flesh of whose foreskin is not circumcised, even that person hath been cut off from his people; My covenant he hath broken.'

Genesis 17:16
and I have blessed her, and have also given to thee a son from her; and I have blessed her, and she hath become nations -- kings of peoples are from her.'

Genesis 17:17
And Abraham falleth upon his face, and laugheth, and saith in his heart, `To the son of an hundred years is one born? or doth Sarah -- daughter of ninety years -- bear?'

Genesis 17:20
As to Ishmael, I have heard thee; lo, I have blessed him, and made him fruitful, and multiplied him, very exceedingly; twelve princes doth he beget, and I have made him become a great nation;

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Now Saul, and they,.... That is, the sons of Jesse, and brethren of David:

and all the men of Israel; the soldiers in the army:

were in the valley Elah; or "by" it, near unto it; for they were set in array on the mountain on the side of it:

fighting with the Philistines; not actually engaged in battle, but drawn up for it; prepared and in readiness to engage whenever it was necessary, or they were obliged to it; and perhaps there might be now and then some skirmishes in the outer parts of the camp.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 17:19. Fighting with the Philistines. — See at the end of the chapter. 1 Samuel 17:58.