1 Samuel 17 · Verse 3

1 Samuel 17:3

And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them.
1 Samuel 17:3, King James Version

1 Samuel 17:3 in other translations

BSBThe Philistines stood on one hill and the Israelites stood on another, with the valley between them.
WEBThe Philistines stood on the mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on the mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them.
ASVAnd the Philistines stood on the mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on the mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them.
YLTAnd the Philistines are standing on the mountain on this side, and the Israelites are standing on the mountain on that side, and the valley is between them.
DARBYAnd the Philistines stood on the mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on the mountain on the other side; and the ravine was between them.
BBEThe Philistines were stationed on the mountain on one side and Israel on the mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them.
WebsterAnd the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them.

What does 1 Samuel 17:3 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 3 The Philistines stood on a mountain - These were two eminences or hills, from which they could see and talk with each other.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Samuel 17:1-11

and goes to meet him. (40-47) He kills Goliath. (48-58) Verses 1-11 Men so entirely depend upon God in all things, that when he withdraws his help, the most valiant and resolute cannot find their hearts or hands, as daily experience shows.

Read the full comment on 1 Samuel 17:1-11 →

1 Samuel 17:3 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.

וּפְלִשְׁתִּ֞יםu.fe.lish.Timand [the] PhilistinesH6430
עֹמְדִ֤ים'o.me.Dim[were] standingH5975
אֶל\־'el-toH413
הָהָר֙ha.Harthe mountainH2022
מִזֶּ֔הmi.Zehfrom thisH2088
וְיִשְׂרָאֵ֛לve.Yis.ra.'Eland IsraelH3478
עֹמְדִ֥ים'o.me.Dim[were] standingH5975
אֶל\־'el-toH413
הָהָ֖רha.Harthe mountainH2022
מִזֶּ֑הmi.Zehfrom thisH2088
וְהַגַּ֖יְאve.ha.Gay'and the valleyH1516
בֵּינֵיהֶֽם\׃bei.nei.Hem[was] between themH996

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Context

  • 1 Samuel 17:2

    And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and pitched by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines.

  • 1 Samuel 17:3

    And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them.

  • 1 Samuel 17:4

    And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.

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1 Samuel 17:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y los Filisteos estaban sobre el un monte de la una parte, é Israel estaba sobre el otro monte de la otra parte, y el valle entre ellos:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et les Philistins se tenaient sur la montagne, d’un côté, et Israël se tenait sur la montagne, de l’autre côté, et le ravin était entre eux.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und die Philister standen am Berge jenseits, und Israel stand am Berge diesseits, und das Tal war zwischen ihnen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et Philisthiim stabant super montem ex parte hac, et Israël stabat supra montem ex altera parte: vallisque erat inter eos.