1 Samuel 17:4 Parallel Translations

The Philistine army's champion came out of their camp. His name was Goliath from Gath. He was ten feet tall. (GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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.

ASV:

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.

BBE:

And a fighter came out from the tents of the Philistines, named Goliath of Gath; he was more than six cubits tall.

DBY:

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

ERV:

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.

JPS:

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

WBS:

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

WEB:

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

YLT:

And there goeth out a man of the duellists from the camps of the Philistines, Goliath is his name, from Gath; his height is six cubits and a span,

1 Samuel 17:4 Cross References

XREF:

Joshua 11:22 There were no Anakim left in the land of the sons of Israel; only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod some remained.

2 Samuel 21:19 There was war with the Philistines again at Gob, and Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim the Bethlehemite killed Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver's beam. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

17:4 And there {a} went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height [was] six cubits and a span.
(a) Between the two camps.

WES:

17:4 Six cubits - At least, nine feet, nine inches high. And this is not strange; for besides the giants mentioned in Scripture, Herodotus, Diodorus Siculus, and Pliny, make mention of persons seven cubits high.

MHC:

17:1-11 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.

CONC:

Armies Camp Camps Champion Cubits Duellists Fighter Gath Goliath Height Hight Named Nine Philistine Philistines Six Span Tall Tents

Armies Camp Camps Champion Cubits Duellists Height Hight Nine Philistine Philistines Six Span Tall Tents

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