1 Samuel 17 · Verse 24

1 Samuel 17:24

And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid.
1 Samuel 17:24, King James Version

1 Samuel 17:24 in other translations

BSBWhen all the men of Israel saw Goliath, they fled from him in great fear.
WEBAll the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him and were terrified.
ASVAnd all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid.
YLTand all the men of Israel when they see the man flee from his presence, and are greatly afraid.
DARBYAnd all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him and were greatly afraid.
BBEAnd all the men of Israel, when they saw him, went in flight, overcome with fear.
WebsterAnd all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were exceedingly afraid.

What does 1 Samuel 17:24 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 17:24 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.

וְכֹל֙ve.Kholand everyH3605
אִ֣ישׁ'ish<the> man ofH376
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
בִּרְאוֹתָ֖םbir.'o.Tamwhen saw theyH7200
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הָאִ֑ישׁha.'Ishthe manH376
וַיָּנֻ֙סוּ֙vai.ya.Nu.suand they fledH5127
מִפָּנָ֔יוmi.pa.Navfrom before himH6440
וַיִּֽירְא֖וּvai.yi.re.'Uand they were afraidH3372
מְאֹֽד\׃me.'OdexceedinglyH3966

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Cross references for 1 Samuel 17:24

  • 1 Samuel 13:6-7

    When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait, (for the people were distressed,) then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits. And some of the Hebrews went over Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead. As for Saul, he was yet in Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling.

  • 1 Samuel 17:11

    When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.

  • Deuteronomy 32:30

    How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the Lord had shut them up?

  • Numbers 13:33

    And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.

  • Isaiah 30:17

    One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on an hill.

  • Leviticus 26:36

    And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.

  • Isaiah 7:2

    And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the wood are moved with the wind.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
him. Heb. his face.
13:6,7
sore.
11; Le 26:36; Nu 13:33; De 32:30; Isa 7:2; 30:17

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Context

  • 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.

  • 1 Samuel 17:25

    And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father’s house free in Israel.

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1 Samuel 17:24 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y todos los varones de Israel que veían aquel hombre, huían de su presencia, y tenían gran temor.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et tous les hommes d’Israël, voyant l’homme, s’enfuirent de devant lui et eurent très peur.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und alle Männer von Israel, als sie den Mann sahen, flohen vor ihm und fürchteten sich sehr.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Omnes autem Israëlitæ, cum vidissent virum, fugerunt a facie ejus, timentes eum valde.