1 Samuel 17:10
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Then the Philistine said, “I defy the ranks of Israel this day! Give me a man to fight!””
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“Then the Philistine said, “I defy the ranks of Israel this day! Give me a man to fight!””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And the Philistine saith, `I have reproached the ranks of Israel this day; give to me a man, and we fight together.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Samuel 17:10 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 23:7And Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: “Balak brought me from Aram, the king of Moab from the mountains of the east. ‘Come,’ he said, ‘put a curse on Jacob for me; come and denounce Israel!’
- 1 Samuel 17:25Now the men of Israel had been saying, “Do you see this man who keeps coming out to defy Israel? To the man who kills him the king will give great riches. And he will give him his daughter in marriage and exempt his father’s house from taxation in Israel.”
- 1 Samuel 17:26David asked the men who were standing with him, “What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel? Just who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?”
- 1 Samuel 17:36Your servant has killed lions and bears; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, for he has defied the armies of the living God.”
- 1 Samuel 17:45But David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD of Hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.
- 2 Samuel 21:21and when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of David’s brother Shimei killed him.
- 2 Samuel 23:9Next in command was Eleazar son of Dodo the Ahohite. As one of the three mighty men, he went with David to taunt the Philistines who had gathered for battle at Pas-dammim. The men of Israel retreated,
- 2 Kings 19:4Perhaps the LORD your God will hear all the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to defy the living God, and He will rebuke him for the words that the LORD your God has heard. Therefore lift up a prayer for the remnant that still survives.”
- Nehemiah 2:19But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard about this, they mocked us and ridiculed us, saying, “What is this you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?”
- Job 40:9Do you have an arm like God’s? Can you thunder with a voice like His?
- Psalms 9:4For You have upheld my just cause; You sit on Your throne judging righteously.
- Proverbs 16:18Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
- Jeremiah 9:23This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealthy man in his riches.
- Daniel 4:37Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, for all His works are true and all His ways are just. And He is able to humble those who walk in pride.
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