1 Samuel 17 · Verse 23

1 Samuel 17:23

And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies of the Philistines, and spake according to the same words: and David heard them.
1 Samuel 17:23, King James Version

1 Samuel 17:23 in other translations

BSBAnd as he was speaking with them, suddenly the champion named Goliath, the Philistine from Gath, came forward from the Philistines and shouted his usual words, which David also heard.
WEBAs he talked with them, behold, the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, came up out of the ranks of the Philistines, and said the same words; and David heard them.
ASVAnd as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the ranks of the Philistines, and spake according to the same words: and David heard them.
YLTAnd he is speaking with them, and lo, a man of the duellists is coming up, Goliath the Philistine is his name, of Gath, out of the ranks of the Philistines, and he speaketh according to those words, and David heareth;
DARBYAnd as he talked with them, behold there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the ranks of the Philistines, and spoke according to the same words; and David heard them.
BBEAnd while he was talking to them, the fighter, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, came out from the Philistines' lines and said the same words, in David's hearing.
WebsterAnd as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, from the armies of the Philistines, and spoke according to the same words: and David heard them.

What does 1 Samuel 17:23 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…

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1 Samuel 17:23 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְה֣וּא\׀ve.Hu'and heH1931
מְדַבֵּ֣רme.da.Ber[was] speakingH1696
עִמָּ֗ם'i.Mamwith themH5973
וְהִנֵּ֣הve.hi.Nehand there!H2009
אִ֣ישׁ'ish[the] man ofH376
הַבֵּנַ֡יִםha.be.Na.yimthe championsH1143
עוֹלֶ֞הo.Leh[was] coming upH5927
גָּלְיָת֩gal.Yat[was] GoliathH1555
הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֨יha.pe.lish.Tithe PhilistineH6430
שְׁמ֤וֹshe.Moname hisH8034
מִגַּת֙mi.Gatfrom GathH1661
מִמַּעַרְכ֣וֹתmi.ma.'ar.khotfrom [the] battle lines ofH4634
פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔יםpe.lish.Tim[the] PhilistinesH6430
וַיְדַבֵּ֖רvay.da.Berand he spokeH1696
כַּדְּבָרִ֣יםka.de.va.Rimaccording to the wordsH1697
הָאֵ֑לֶּהha.'E.leh<the> theseH428
וַיִּשְׁמַ֖עvai.yish.Ma'and he heardH8085
דָּוִֽד\׃da.VidDavidH1732

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Cross references for 1 Samuel 17:23

  • 1 Samuel 17:8-10

    And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them, Why are ye come out to set your battle in array? am not I a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me. If he be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we be your servants: but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall ye be our servants, and serve us. And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.

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Context

  • 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 17:23

    And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies of the Philistines, and spake according to the same words: and David heard them.

  • 1 Samuel 17:24

    And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid.

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1 Samuel 17:23 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y estando él hablando con ellos, he aquí aquel varón que se ponía en medio de los dos campos, que se llamaba Goliath, el Filisteo de Gath, salió de los escuadrones de los Filisteos, y habló las mismas palabras; las cuales oyó David.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et comme il parlait avec eux, voici le champion, nommé Goliath, le Philistin de Gath, qui s’avançait hors des rangs des Philistins et il proféra les mêmes paroles; et David l’entendit.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und während er mit ihnen redete, siehe, da kam der Zwischenkämpfer herauf, Goliath, der Philister, sein Name, von Gath, aus den Schlachtreihen der Philister und sprach nach jenen Worten; und David hörte es.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Cumque adhuc ille loqueretur eis, apparuit vir ille spurius ascendens, Goliath nomine, Philisthæus de Geth, de castris Philisthinorum: et loquente eo hæc eadem verba audivit David.