1 Samuel 13:20
But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock.
1 Samuel 13:20 in other translations
| BSB | Instead, all the Israelites would go down to the Philistines to sharpen their plowshares, mattocks, axes, and sickles. |
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| WEB | but all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, each man to sharpen his own plowshare, mattock, ax, and sickle. |
| ASV | but all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock; |
| YLT | and all Israel go down to the Philistines, to sharpen each his ploughshare, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock; |
| DARBY | And all Israel went down to the Philistines, every man to get his ploughshare, and his hoe, and his axe, and his sickle sharpened, |
| BBE | But all the Israelites had to go to the Philistines to get their ploughs and blades and axes and hooks made sharp; |
| Webster | But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his colter, and his ax, and his mattock. |
What does 1 Samuel 13:20 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Samuel 13:19-20
19-20. Now there was no smith found throughout ... Israel--The country was in the lowest state of depression and degradation. The Philistines, after the great victory over the sons of Eli, had become the virtual masters of the land. Their policy in disarming the natives has been often followed in the East. For repairing any serious damage to their agricultural implements, they had to apply to the neighboring forts.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Samuel 13:15-23
See how politic the Philistines were when they had power; they not only prevented the people of Israel from making weapons of war, but obliged them to depend upon their enemies, even for instruments of husbandry. How impolitic Saul was, who did not, in the beginning of his reign, set himself to redress this. Want of true sense always accompanies want of grace. Sins which appear to us very little, have dangerous…
1 Samuel 13:20 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- 1 Samuel 13:19
Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears:
- 1 Samuel 13:20
But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock.
- 1 Samuel 13:21
Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads.
1 Samuel 13:20 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y todos los de Israel descendían á los Filisteos cada cual á amolar su reja, su azadón, su hacha, ó su sacho, |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et tout Israël descendait vers les Philistins pour aiguiser chacun son soc, et sa houe, et sa hache, et sa faucille, |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und ganz Israel ging zu den Philistern hinab, ein jeder um seine Pflugschar und seinen Spaten und sein Beil und seine Sichel zu schärfen, |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Descendebat ergo omnis Israël ad Philisthiim, ut exacueret unusquisque vomerem suum, et ligonem, et securim, et sarculum. |