1 Samuel 17:44

In 11 translations

BSB

“Come here,” he called to David, “and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and the beasts of the field!”

KJV

And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field.

WEB

The Philistine said to David, “Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the sky and to the animals of the field.”

ASV

And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh unto the birds of the heavens, and to the beasts of the field.

LSV

and the Philistine says to David, “Come to me, and I give your flesh to the bird of the heavens, and to the beast of the field.”

YLT

and the Philistine saith unto David, 'Come unto me, and I give thy flesh to the fowl of the heavens, and to the beast of the field.'

DBY

And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh to the fowls of the heavens and to the beasts of the field.

DRC

And he said to David: Come to me, and I will give thy flesh to the birds of the air, and to the beasts of the earth.

GNV

And the Philistim sayd to Dauid, Come to me, and I will giue thy flesh vnto the foules of the heauen, and to the beastes of the field.

JPS

And the Philistine said to David: 'Come to me, and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field.'

LXXE

And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh to the birds of the air, and to the beasts of the earth.

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Original-language editions

WLC

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֖י אֶל־דָּוִ֑ד לְכָ֣ה אֵלַ֔י וְאֶתְּנָה֙ אֶת־בְּשָׂ֣רְךָ֔ לְע֥וֹף הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם וּלְבֶהֱמַ֥ת הַשָּׂדֶֽה׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ εἶπεν ὁ ἀλλόφυλος πρὸς Δαυὶδ, δεῦρο πρὸς μὲ, καὶ δώσω τὰς σάρκας σου τοῖς πετεινοῖς τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ τοῖς κτήνεσι τῆς γῆς.

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• Ezekiel 28:9–10Will you still say, ‘I am a god,’ in the presence of those who slay you? You will be only a man, not a god, in the hands of those who wound you. You will die the death of the uncircumcised at the hands of foreigners.…
• 1 Kings 20:10–11Then Ben-hadad sent another message to Ahab: “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if enough dust remains of Samaria for each of my men to have a handful.” And the king of Israel replied, “Tell him: ‘The…
• Proverbs 18:12Before his downfall a man’s heart is proud, but humility comes before honor.
• Ecclesiastes 9:11–12I saw something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong; neither is the bread to the wise, nor the wealth to the intelligent, nor the favor to the skillful. For time and chance…
• Ezekiel 39:17–20And as for you, son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says: Call out to every kind of bird and to every beast of the field: ‘Assemble and come together from all around to the sacrificial feast that I am preparing for…
• 1 Samuel 17:46This day the LORD will deliver you into my hand. This day I will strike you down, cut off your head, and give the carcasses of the Philistines to the birds of the air and the creatures of the earth. Then the whole…
• Ezekiel 28:2“Son of man, tell the ruler of Tyre that this is what the Lord GOD says: Your heart is proud, and you have said, ‘I am a god; I sit in the seat of gods in the heart of the sea.’ Yet you are a man and not a god, though…
• Jeremiah 9:23This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealthy man in his riches.

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