1 Samuel 13:20
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Instead, all the Israelites would go down to the Philistines to sharpen their plowshares, mattocks, axes, and sickles.”
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“Instead, all the Israelites would go down to the Philistines to sharpen their plowshares, mattocks, axes, and sickles.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock.”
King James Version · Public Domain“but all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock;”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and all Israel go down to the Philistines, to sharpen each his ploughshare, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Samuel 13:20 — 2 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Chronicles 34:6Josiah did the same in the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, and Simeon, as far as Naphtali, and in the ruins around them.
- Proverbs 27:17As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).