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David Accepts the Challenge

1 Samuel 17:27

In 11 translations

BSB
The people told him about the offer, saying, “That is what will be done for the man who kills him.”
KJV
And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that killeth him.
WEB
The people answered him in this way, saying, “So shall it be done to the man who kills him.”
ASV
And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that killeth him.
LSV
And the people speak to him according to this word, saying, “Thus it is done to the man who strikes him.”
YLT
And the people speak to him according to this word, saying, 'Thus it is done to the man who smiteth him.'
DBY
And the people told him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that smites him.
DRC
And the people answered him the same words saying: These things shall be given to the man that shall slay him.
GNV
And the people answered him after this maner, saying, Thus shall it be done to the man that killeth him.
JPS
And the people answered him after this manner, saying: 'So shall it be done to the man that killeth him.'
LXXE
And the people spoke to him according to this Word, saying Thus shall it be done to the man Who shall smite him.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר לוֹ֙ הָעָ֔ם כַּדָּבָ֥ר הַזֶּ֖ה לֵאמֹ֑ר כֹּ֣ה יֵעָשֶׂ֔ה לָאִ֖ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֥ר יַכֶּֽנּוּ׃

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◆ Reign of Saul◆ David Kills Goliath

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  • 1 Samuel 17:25Now the men of Israel had been saying, “Do you see this man who keeps coming out to defy Israel? To the man who kills him the king will give great riches. And he will give him his daughter in marriage and exempt his…

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