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1 Samuel 17:26–27

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26David spoke to the men who were standing with him: “What will be done for the man who kills that Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel?u Just who is this uncircumcised Philistinev that he should defy the armiesw of the living God?”x

27The troops told him about the offer, concluding, “That is what will be done for the man who kills him.”y

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Cross references

  1. u1Sm 11:2
  2. v1Sm 14:6; 17:36; Jr 9:25–26
  3. w1Sm 17:10
  4. xDt 5:26; 2Kg 19:4
  5. y1Sm 17:25

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

And David said to the men who stood by him, “What shall be done for the man who kills this Philistine and takes away the reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?” And the people answered him in the same way, “So shall it be done to the man who kills him.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

David asked the men standing near him, “What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel? Who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he should defy the armies of the living God?”

They repeated to him what they had been saying and told him, “This is what will be done for the man who kills him.”

NLTNew Living Translation

David asked the soldiers standing nearby, “What will a man get for killing this Philistine and ending his defiance of Israel? Who is this pagan Philistine anyway, that he is allowed to defy the armies of the living God?”

And these men gave David the same reply. They said, “Yes, that is the reward for killing him.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Now David had spoken to the men who were standing with him, saying, “What will be done for the man who defeats this Philistine and removes the disgrace from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he defies the battle lines of the living God?” And the troops had spoken to him according to this word, saying, “So it will be done for the man who defeats him.”

KJV 1900King James Version

And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God? And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that killeth him.