1 Samuel 17:10
“And the Philistine said, I defie the armies of Israel this day; giue me a man, that we may fight together.”
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1 Samuel 17:10 Context
8And hee stood and cried vnto the armies of Israel, and said vnto them, Why are yee come out to set your battell in aray? am not I a Philistine, and you seruants to Saul? chuse you a man for you, and let him come downe to me. 9If he be able to fight with mee, and to kill me, then will we be your seruants: but if I preuaile against him, and kill him, then shall yee be our seruants, and serue vs. 10And the Philistine said, I defie the armies of Israel this day; giue me a man, that we may fight together. 11When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid. 12¶ Now Dauid was the sonne of that Ephrathite of Bethlehem Iudah, whose name was Iesse, and hee had eight sonnes: and the man went among men for an old man in the dayes of Saul.
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And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.
- King James Version
Again the Philistine said, "I defy the ranks of Israel this day; give me a man that we may fight together."
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And the Philistine said, I have put to shame the armies of Israel this day; give me a man so that we may have a fight together.
- Basic English Bible
And the Philistine said, I have defied the ranks of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.
- Darby Bible
And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.
- Webster's Bible
The Philistine said, "I defy the armies of Israel this day! Give me a man, that we may fight together!"
- World English Bible
And the Philistine saith, `I have reproached the ranks of Israel this day; give to me a man, and we fight together.'
- Youngs Literal Bible
And the Philistine said: 'I do taunt the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.'
- Jewish Publication Society Bible