The Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.
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The Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.
And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.
And the Philistine said, “I myself taunt the arrays of Israel this day! Give to me a man, and let us fight together!”
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The Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.
Then the Philistine said, “I defy the ranks of Israel this day! Give me a man to fight!”
Then the Philistine said, “I defy the ranks of Israel this day! Give me a man to fight!”
And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.
And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.
And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.
Also the Philistim saide, I defie the hoste of Israel this day: giue mee a man, that we may fight together.
And the Philistine said: I have defied the bands of Israel this day: Give me a man, and let him fight with me hand to hand.
And the Philistine saith, `I have reproached the ranks of Israel this day; give to me a man, and we fight together.'
And the Philistine says, “I have reproached the ranks of Israel this day; give a man to me and we fight together!”
Again the Philistine said, “I challenge the ranks of Israel today. Give me a man so we may fight together.”
And the Philistine said, “I myself taunt the arrays of Israel this day! Give to me a man, and let us fight together!”
And the Philistine said, I have defied the ranks of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.
The Philistine said, “I defy the armies of Israel today! Give me a man, that we may fight together!”
And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.
Then the Philistine said, “I mock the battle lines of Israel today! Give me a man so we can fight each other!”
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.
And the Philistine said: 'I do taunt the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.'
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Notable vocabulary
The rarest word here is מַעַרְכ֥וֹת rank H4634 — appearing just 20 times in the whole Hebrew Bible.
Shared distinctive vocabulary
מַעַרְכ֥וֹת rank H4634 occurs in 18 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:
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Verb forms
Hebrew & Septuagint length
In English translation the verse runs 20 words from the Hebrew and 29 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — the Septuagint runs noticeably longer here. See the side-by-side →
A rough comparison of the two English renderings, which tokenize alike — not a word-level alignment.
Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.
In the original languages it is 14 Hebrew tokens and 21 Greek tokens — but the two are counted differently (Hebrew bundles its prefixes and suffixes into one token; the Greek is in lemma form), so that isn’t a like-for-like length.
Topical passages linked to 1 Samuel 17:10 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.
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The same verse in the two great witnesses to the Old Testament, shown verse-for-verse.
Here the Septuagint runs noticeably longer than the Hebrew — LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) 29 words vs World English Bible 20. A rough length comparison of the two English translations, not a word-level alignment — read both below.
These are two independent witnesses, not word-aligned to each other, and the Septuagint is shown in lemma (dictionary) form.
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר֙ הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֔י אֲנִ֗י חֵרַ֛פְתִּי אֶת מַעַרְכ֥וֹת יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל הַיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֑ה תְּנוּ לִ֣י אִ֔ישׁ וְנִֽלָּחֲמָ֖ה יָֽחַד
The Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.
World English Bible · Public Domain
καί εἶπον ὁ ἀλλόφυλος ἰδού ἐγώ ὀνειδίζω ὁ παράταξις ἰσραήλ σήμερον ἐν ὁ ἡμέρα οὗτος δίδωμι ἐγώ ἀνήρ καί μονομαχέω ἀμφότεροι
And the Philistine said, Behold, I have defied the armies of Israel this very day: give me a man, and we will both of us fight in single combat.
LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain
Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) (Public Domain). How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →
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וַאֲמַר פְּלִשְׁתָּאָה אֲנָא חֲסָדִית יַת סִדְרֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל יוֹמָא דֵין לְמֵימָר אַיְתוֹ לִי גַבְרָא וְנַגִיחַ קְרָבָא כַּחֲדָא:
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Targum Jonathan — Aramaic: “Mikraot Gedolot” (public domain). English: “Sefaria Community Translation” (CC0 1.0 (public-domain dedication)); “London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.
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1 Samuel, in the Historical, opens this verse with 14 words (13 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is maʻărâkâh (“rank”). The Greek Septuagint runs longer here. A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.
Commentary
Notes on 1 Samuel 17:10 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.
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Trapp's Complete Commentary
John Trapp
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Geneva Bible (1599)
Geneva Bible translators
Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain. Text via Bolls.life.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible (1810–1826) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
John Gill's Exposition
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible
Daniel D. Whedon
Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
unfoldingWord translationNotes
Door43 World Missions Community
unfoldingWord translationNotes — © Distant Shores Media and the Door43 World Missions Community, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: git.door43.org/Door43/en_tn.