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YLT
Young's Literal Translation
KJV
King James Version
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;
Now
the Philistines gathered
together
their armies
to battle, and were
gathered together
at
Shochoh, which belongeth
to Judah, and pitched
between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephesdammim.
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.
And Saul and the men of Israel were
gathered together
, and pitched
by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against
the Philistines.
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.
And the Philistines stood
on a
mountain on the
one
side, and Israel
stood
on a
mountain on the
other
side :
and there
was
a
valley between them.
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 ,
And there went
out a champion
out
of the camp
of the Philistines, named
Goliath, of
Gath ,
whose
height was
six cubits and a span .
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 ,
And he
had
an
helmet of brass upon
his head, and he
was
armed
with a coat of mail ;
and the weight of the coat was
five thousand shekels of brass .
and a
frontlet
of brass `is'
on
his feet
, and a javelin
of brass between his shoulders ,
And he
had
greaves
of brass upon
his legs
, and a target
of brass between his shoulders .
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.
And the staff
of his spear was
like a weaver's
beam ;
and his spear's
head
weighed
six hundred shekels of iron :
and one
bearing
a
shield
went
before him.
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 ;
And he stood
and cried
unto the armies
of Israel, and said
unto
them, Why are ye come out to set your
battle
in array? am not I a
Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose you a man for
you
, and let him come down to
me .
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. '
If he be able to fight with me, and to
kill
me, then will
we be
your
servants :
but
if I prevail
against
him, and kill
him, then shall
ye be
our
servants, and serve
us.
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 said
, I defy
the armies
of Israel this day; give me a man, that
we may
fight together.
And
Saul heareth
--
and all Israel --
these
words of the Philistine, and
they are
broken
down
and greatly afraid.
When
Saul and all Israel heard
those
words of the Philistine, they were
dismayed,
and greatly afraid.
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;
Now
David was
the
son of that
Ephrathite of Bethlehemjudah
, whose name was
Jesse ;
and he had
eight sons :
and the man went
among
men
for
an
old
man
in the days of Saul .
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.
And the three eldest sons of Jesse went
and
followed
Saul to the
battle :
and the names
of his three sons that
went
to
the
battle were
Eliab the firstborn
, and next
unto
him
Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
And David is
the youngest ,
and the three eldest have
gone
after
Saul ,
And David was
the youngest :
and the three eldest followed
Saul .
and
David is
going
and returning
from Saul ,
to feed the
flock
of
his father
at Beth-Lehem
.
But
David went
and returned
from Saul to feed his father's
sheep
at Bethlehem
.
And the Philistine draweth
nigh,
morning and evening, and stationeth
himself forty days.
And the Philistine drew
near
morning and evening, and presented
himself forty days.
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;
And Jesse said
unto
David his son, Take now
for
thy brethren an ephah of this parched
corn, and these ten loaves, and run to the camp of
thy brethren;
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
. '
And carry
these ten cheeses
unto
the captain
of their
thousand, and look
how
thy brethren fare
, and take
their pledge.
And
Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel `are'
in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.
Now
Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel ,
were
in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.
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 ;
And David rose
up
early in the morning, and left
the sheep
with
a keeper, and took
, and went
, as Jesse had
commanded him ;
and he came
to the trench
, as
the host
was
going forth
to
the fight
, and shouted for the
battle .
and
Israel and the Philistines set
in array rank
to
meet
rank
.
For
Israel and the Philistines had
put
the
battle
in array ,
army
against
army
.
And David letteth
down
the
goods
from
off
him
on
the hand of a
keeper of the goods
, and runneth
into the rank
, and cometh
and asketh
of
his brethren of
welfare
.
And David left
his
carriage
in
the hand of the
keeper of the carriage
, and ran
into the army
, and came
and saluted
his brethren.
And he is
speaking
with them, and
lo
, a
man
of
the
duellists
is
coming
up, Goliath
the Philistine `is'
his
name,
of Gath, out of the ranks
of the Philistines, and he
speaketh
according to those
words ,
and David heareth;
And as
he talked
with them, behold
, there
came
up the
champion
, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath
by
name,
out of the armies
of the Philistines, and spake
according to the
same
words :
and David heard
them.
and all the men of Israel when they see
the man flee
from his
presence
, and are
greatly
afraid.
And all the men of Israel ,
when they saw
the man ,
fled
from him
, and were
sore
afraid.
And the men of Israel say
, `
Have ye seen this man who
is coming
up? for,
to reproach
Israel he
is coming
up ,
and it hath
been
--
the man who smiteth
him, the king doth
enrich him with great riches, and his
daughter
he
doth
give to
him, and his father's house doth
make
free in Israel. '
And the men of Israel said
, Have ye seen this man that
is come
up? surely
to defy
Israel is he
come
up :
and it shall
be,
that
the man who killeth
him, the king will
enrich him with great riches, and will
give him his
daughter
, and make
his father's house free in Israel.
And David speaketh
unto
the men who
are
standing
by him, saying, `
What is
done to the man who
smiteth
this Philistine, and hath
turned
aside
reproach from Israel? for who `
is '
this uncircumcised Philistine that he hath
reproached
the ranks
of the living God? '
And David spake
to
the men that
stood
by him, saying, What shall
be
done to the man that
killeth
this Philistine, and taketh
away
the
reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine ,
that he should
defy
the armies
of the living God?
And the people speak
to
him according
to
this word
, saying, `Thus
it is
done to the man who
smiteth
him. '
And the people answered
him after
this manner
, saying, So
shall
it be
done to the man that
killeth
him.
And Eliab ,
his eldest brother ,
heareth
when he speaketh
unto the men ,
and the
anger of
Eliab
burneth
against David, and he saith
, `
Why `is'
this
--
thou hast
come
down !
and to
whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I have
known
thy pride, and the evil
of thy
heart --
for ,
to
see
the
battle
thou hast
come down. '
And Eliab his eldest brother heard
when he spake
unto the men ;
and Eliab's
anger was
kindled
against David, and he said
, Why camest
thou down hither?
and with
whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know
thy pride, and the naughtiness
of thine
heart ;
for thou art
come down that
thou
mightest
see
the
battle
.
And David saith
, `
What have I done
now? is it
not a word
? '
And David said
, What have I now done
? Is there
not a cause
?
And he turneth
round
from him unto
another, and saith
according
to
this
word,
and the people return
him word
as
the first
word
.
And he turned
from him toward
another, and spake
after
the
same
manner:
and the people answered
him again
after
the former
manner
.
And the words which David hath
spoken
are
heard
, and
they declare
before Saul ,
and he receiveth
him ;
And when
the words were
heard
which David spake
, they rehearsed
them
before Saul :
and he sent
for
him .
and David saith
unto
Saul, `
Let no man's heart fall
because of him ,
thy servant doth
go ,
and hath
fought
with this Philistine. '
And David said
to
Saul, Let no man's heart fail
because of him ;
thy servant will
go and fight
with this Philistine.
And Saul saith
unto
David, `
Thou art not able to go unto
this Philistine ,
to fight with him ,
for a
youth
thou `
art '
, and he a man of war from his youth. '
And Saul said
to
David, Thou art not able to go against
this Philistine to fight with him :
for thou art but
a
youth
, and he a man of war from his youth.
And David saith
unto Saul, `A
shepherd
hath
thy servant been
to
his father
among
the
sheep, and the
lion hath
come
--
and the
bear --
and hath
taken
away
a sheep
out of the drove,
And David said
unto Saul, Thy servant kept
his father's
sheep, and there
came
a
lion ,
and a
bear ,
and took
a lamb
out of the flock:
and I have
gone
out after him, and smitten
him, and delivered out of his mouth ,
and he riseth
against me, and
I have
taken
hold
on
his beard, and smitten
him, and put
him to
death
.
And I went
out after him, and smote
him, and delivered it
out of his mouth :
and when
he arose
against me, I caught
him
by
his beard, and smote
him, and slew
him.
Both the lion and the bear hath
thy
servant
smitten,
and this uncircumcised Philistine hath
been
as one of them, for
he hath reproached
the ranks
of the living God. '
Thy
servant
slew
both the lion and the bear :
and this uncircumcised Philistine shall
be
as one of them, seeing
he hath defied
the armies
of the living God.
And
David saith,
`Jehovah
, who
delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, He doth
deliver me from
the hand of this Philistine. '
And Saul saith
unto David, `
Go, and Jehovah
is
with thee. '
David said
moreover
, The
LORD
that
delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will
deliver me out
of
the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said
unto David, Go, and the
LORD
be
with thee.
And Saul clotheth
David with his long
robe
, and hath
put a
helmet of brass on
his head ,
and
doth
clothe
him with a coat of mail.
And Saul armed
David with his armor
, and he
put an
helmet of brass upon
his head ;
also
he
armed
him with a coat of mail.
And David girded his sword above
his long
robe
, and beginneth
to go ,
for he hath
not tried
`
it ';
and David saith
unto Saul, `
I am
not
able
to
go with these ,
for I had
not tried;'
and David turneth
them aside
from
off him.
And David girded his sword upon
his armor
, and he
assayed
to go ;
for he had
not proved
it .
And David said
unto Saul, I cannot
go with these ;
for I have
not proved
them.
And David put
them off him.
And he taketh
his staff in his hand, and chooseth
for
him five smooth stones from
the brook, and putteth
them in the
shepherds'
habiliments
that
he hath
, even in the
scrip ,
and his sling `is'
in his hand ,
and he draweth
nigh
unto
the Philistine.
And he took
his staff in his hand, and chose
him five smooth stones out
of
the brook, and put
them in a
shepherd's
bag
which
he had
, even in a
scrip ;
and his sling was
in his hand :
and he drew
near
to
the Philistine.
And the Philistine goeth
on ,
going
and drawing
near unto David ,
and the man bearing
the buckler
`is'
before him ,
And the Philistine came
on and drew
near unto David ;
and the man that
bare
the shield
went
before him .
and the Philistine looketh
attentively
, and seeth
David, and
despiseth
him ,
for he was a youth, and ruddy, with
a fair appearance
.
And when
the Philistine looked
about
, and saw
David, he
disdained
him :
for he was but
a youth, and ruddy, and
of
a fair countenance
.
And the Philistine saith
unto David, `
Am I a dog that thou art
coming
unto
me with staves? '
and the Philistine revileth
David by his gods ,
And the Philistine said
unto David, Am I a dog ,
that thou comest
to
me with staves? And the Philistine cursed
David by his gods .
and the Philistine saith
unto
David, `
Come unto
me, and I give thy flesh to
the fowl
of the heavens
, and to the beast
of the field. '
And the Philistine said
to
David, Come to
me, and I will
give thy flesh unto
the fowls
of the air
, and to the beasts
of the field.
And
David saith
unto
the Philistine, `
Thou art
coming
unto
me with sword, and with spear, and with buckler,
and
I am
coming
unto
thee in the name of Jehovah
of Hosts, God of the ranks
of Israel, which
thou hast reproached
.
Then
said
David to
the Philistine, Thou comest
to
me with a
sword, and with a
spear, and with a
shield:
but
I come
to
thee in the name of the
LORD
of hosts, the
God of the armies
of Israel, whom
thou hast defied
.
This day doth
Jehovah
shut
thee up
into my
hand --
and I have
smitten
thee, and turned
aside
thy
head from off
thee ,
and given
the carcase
of the camp
of the Philistines this day to
the fowl
of the heavens
, and to the beast
of the earth ,
and
all the earth do
know that God
is for
Israel.
This day will
the
LORD
deliver
thee into mine
hand ;
and I will
smite
thee, and take
thine
head from thee ;
and I
will
give
the carcasses
of the host
of the Philistines this day unto
the fowls
of the air
, and to the wild
beasts
of the earth ;
that
all the earth may
know that there
is a
God
in
Israel.
and all this assembly do
know that not by
sword and by
spear doth
Jehovah
save,
that
the battle `
is '
Jehovah's
, and He hath
given
you into our hand
. '
And all this assembly shall
know that the
LORD
saveth
not with
sword and spear :
for
the battle is the
LORD's
, and he will
give
you into our hands
.
And it hath
come
to pass, that
the Philistine hath
risen
, and goeth
, and draweth
near
to meet David, and
David hasteth
and runneth
to
the rank
to meet the Philistine ,
And it came
to pass, when
the Philistine arose
, and came
, and drew
nigh
to meet David, that
David hastened,
and ran
toward
the army
to meet the Philistine .
and David putteth
forth
his hand unto
the
vessel
, and taketh
thence a stone, and slingeth
, and smiteth
the Philistine on
his forehead, and
the stone sinketh
into his forehead ,
and he falleth
on
his face to the earth.
And David put
his hand in
his
bag
, and took
thence a stone, and slang
it
, and smote
the Philistine in
his forehead, that
the stone sunk
into his forehead ;
and he fell
upon
his face to the earth.
And
David is
stronger
than
the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smiteth
the Philistine, and putteth
him to
death,
and
there is
no sword in the hand of David ,
So
David prevailed
over
the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote
the Philistine, and slew
him ;
but
there was
no sword in the hand of David .
and
David runneth
and standeth
over
the Philistine, and taketh
his sword, and draweth
it out of its
sheath, and putteth
him to
death
, and cutteth
off with
it
his head ;
and the Philistines see
that
their hero
`is'
dead, and
flee
.
Therefore
David ran,
and stood
upon
the Philistine, and took
his sword, and drew
it out of the
sheath thereof
, and slew
him, and cut
off his head therewith.
And when
the Philistines saw
their champion
was
dead, they
fled
.
And the men of Israel rise
--
also
Judah --
and shout
, and pursue
the Philistines till
thou enter
the valley, and unto
the gates of Ekron ,
and the wounded of the Philistines fall
in
the way of
Shaaraim, even unto Gath, and unto Ekron ,
And the men of Israel and
of
Judah arose,
and shouted
, and pursued
the Philistines ,
until
thou come
to
the valley, and to
the gates of Ekron .
And the wounded of the Philistines fell
down
by
the way to
Shaaraim, even unto Gath, and unto Ekron .
and the sons
of Israel turn
back
from burning
after the Philistines, and spoil
their camps
.
And the children
of Israel returned
from chasing
after the Philistines, and they
spoiled
their tents
.
And David taketh
the head of the Philistine, and bringeth
it in
to Jerusalem ,
and
his
weapons
he hath
put in his own
tent.
And David took
the head of the Philistine, and brought
it to Jerusalem ;
but
he put his
armor
in his tent.
And when Saul seeth
David going
out
to
meet
the Philistine, he hath
said unto Abner, head
of the host, `
Whose son `
is '
this --
the
youth ,
Abner
? '
and Abner saith
, `
Thy soul liveth, O king, I have
not
known
. '
And when Saul saw
David go
forth
against
the Philistine, he said unto Abner, the
captain
of the host, Abner,
whose son is this youth? And Abner said
, As
thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot
tell
.
And the king saith
, `Ask
thou whose son this
`is'
--
the young
man
. '
And the king said
, Inquire
thou whose son the stripling
is
.
And when
David turneth
back
from smiting
the Philistine, then
Abner taketh
him and bringeth
him in
before Saul ,
and
the head of the Philistine in his hand ;
And as
David returned
from the slaughter
of
the
Philistine, Abner took
him ,
and brought
him before Saul with
the head of the Philistine in his hand .
and Saul saith
unto
him, `
Whose son `
art '
thou, O
youth
? '
and David saith
, `
Son of thy servant Jesse ,
the Beth-Lehemite
. '
And Saul said
to
him, Whose son art thou, thou
young
man
? And David answered
, I
am
the
son of thy servant Jesse the Bethlehemite
.
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