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1 Samuel 17:7-9
New English Translation
1 Samuel 17:7-9
New English Translation
7 The shaft[a] of his spear was like a weaver’s beam, and the iron point of his spear weighed 600 shekels.[b] His shield bearer was walking before him.
8 Goliath[c] stood and called to Israel’s troops,[d] “Why do you come out to prepare for battle? Am I not the Philistine, and are you not the servants of Saul? Choose[e] for yourselves a man so he may come down[f] to me! 9 If he is able to fight with me and strike me down, we will become your servants. But if I prevail against him and strike him down, you will become our servants and will serve us.”
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- 1 Samuel 17:7 tn The translation follows the Qere and many medieval Hebrew mss in reading “wood,” rather than the “arrow” (the reading of the Kethib).
- 1 Samuel 17:7 sn That is, about fifteen or sixteen pounds.
- 1 Samuel 17:8 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Goliath) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- 1 Samuel 17:8 tn The Hebrew text adds “and said to them.”
- 1 Samuel 17:8 tc The translation follows the ancient versions in reading “choose,” (from the root בָּחַר, bakhar), rather than the MT. The verb in MT (בָּרָה, barah) elsewhere means “to eat food”; the sense of “to choose,” required here by the context, is not attested for this root. The MT apparently reflects an early scribal error.
- 1 Samuel 17:8 tn Following the imperative, the prefixed verbal form (either an imperfect or jussive) with the prefixed conjunction indicates purpose/result here.
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