1 Samuel 17:16
And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.
1 Samuel 17:16 in other translations
| BSB | For forty days the Philistine came forward every morning and evening to take his stand. |
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| WEB | The Philistine came near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days. |
| ASV | And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days. |
| YLT | And the Philistine draweth nigh, morning and evening, and stationeth himself forty days. |
| DARBY | And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days. |
| BBE | And the Philistine came near every morning and evening for forty days. |
| Webster | And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days. |
What does 1 Samuel 17:16 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Samuel 17:12-30
Jesse little thought of sending his son to the army at that critical juncture; but the wise God orders actions and affairs, so as to serve his designs. In times of general formality and lukewarmness, every degree of zeal which implies readiness to go further, or to venture more in the cause of God than others, will be blamed as pride and ambition, and by none more than by near relations, like Eliab, or negligent…
1 Samuel 17:16 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 1 Samuel 17:16
- Matthew 4:2
And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.
- Luke 4:2
Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered.
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Context
- 1 Samuel 17:15
But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Beth–lehem.
- 1 Samuel 17:16
And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.
- 1 Samuel 17:17
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 to thy brethren;
1 Samuel 17:16 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Venía pues aquel Filisteo por la mañana y á la tarde, y presentóse por cuarenta días. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et le Philistin s’approchait le matin et le soir, et il se présenta pendant 40 jours. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und der Philister trat morgens und abends herzu und stellte sich hin, vierzig Tage lang. - |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Procedebat vero Philisthæus mane et vespere, et stabat quadraginta diebus. |