1 Samuel 17:21
For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array, army against army.
1 Samuel 17:21 in other translations
| BSB | And Israel and the Philistines arrayed in formation against each other. |
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| WEB | Israel and the Philistines put the battle in array, army against army. |
| ASV | And Israel and the Philistines put the battle in array, army against army. |
| YLT | and Israel and the Philistines set in array rank to meet rank. |
| DARBY | And Israel and the Philistines put the battle in array, rank against rank. |
| BBE | And Israel and the Philistines had put their forces in position, army against army. |
| Webster | For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array, army against army. |
What does 1 Samuel 17:21 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 17:21 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- 1 Samuel 17:20
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.
- 1 Samuel 17:21
For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array, army against army.
- 1 Samuel 17:22
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.
1 Samuel 17:21 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Porque así los Israelitas como los Filisteos estaban en ordenanza, escuadrón contra escuadrón. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | et Israël et les Philistins se rangèrent en bataille, ligne contre ligne. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und Israel und die Philister stellten sich auf, Schlachtreihe gegen Schlachtreihe. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Direxerat enim aciem Israël, sed et Philisthiim ex adverso fuerant præparati. |