⁴And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named ^eGoliath, of ^fGath, whose height was six cubits and a span. ⁵And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was ^†armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass. ⁶And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a ^||target of brass between his shoulders. ⁷And the staff of his spear was like a weaver’s beam; and his spear’s head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went before him.

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Footnotes

fver. 52. Josh. 11:22. & 13:3. ch. 5:8. & 6:17. & 21:10. & 27:2, 3, 4, 11. 2 Sam. 1:20. & 15:18. & 21:19, 20, 22. 1 Kin. 2:39–41. 2 Kin. 12:17. 1 Chr. 8:13. & 18:1. & 20:5, 6, 8. 2 Chr. 26:6. Amos 6:2. Mic. 1:10.
†Heb. clothed. So ver. 38.
||Or, gorget. So ver. 45 (Heb.). Job 39:23 (Heb.).

Cross references

e 2 Sam. 21:19.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

And there came out from the camp of the Philistines a champion named Goliath of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span. He had a helmet of bronze on his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail, and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of bronze. And he had bronze armor on his legs, and a javelin of bronze slung between his shoulders. The shaft of his spear was like a weaver’s beam, and his spear’s head weighed six hundred shekels of iron. And his shield-bearer went before him.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

A champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out of the Philistine camp. His height was six cubits and a span. He had a bronze helmet on his head and wore a coat of scale armor of bronze weighing five thousand shekels; on his legs he wore bronze greaves, and a bronze javelin was slung on his back. His spear shaft was like a weaver’s rod, and its iron point weighed six hundred shekels. His shield bearer went ahead of him.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Then a champion named Goliath, from Gath, came out from the Philistine camp. He was nine feet, nine inches tall and wore a bronze helmet and bronze scale armor that weighed one hundred twenty-five pounds. There was bronze armor on his shins, and a bronze javelin was slung between his shoulders. His spear shaft was like a weaver’s beam, and the iron point of his spear weighed fifteen pounds. In addition, a shield-bearer was walking in front of him.

NLTNew Living Translation

Then Goliath, a Philistine champion from Gath, came out of the Philistine ranks to face the forces of Israel. He was over nine feet tall! He wore a bronze helmet, and his bronze coat of mail weighed 125 pounds. He also wore bronze leg armor, and he carried a bronze javelin on his shoulder. The shaft of his spear was as heavy and thick as a weaver’s beam, tipped with an iron spearhead that weighed 15 pounds. His armor bearer walked ahead of him carrying a shield.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Then a champion went out from the camps of the Philistines, whose name was Goliath from Gath. His height was six cubits and a span. A bronze helmet was on his head, and he was clothed with scale body armor; the weight of the body armor was five thousand bronze shekels. Bronze greaves were on his legs, and a bronze javelin was slung between his shoulders. The shaft of his spear was like a weaver’s beam and the point of his spear weighed six hundred iron shekels. His shield bearer was walking in front of him.