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1 Samuel 17:36

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Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.

Thy servant {H5650} slew {H5221} both the lion {H738} and the bear {H1677}: and this uncircumcised {H6189} Philistine {H6430} shall be as one {H259} of them, seeing he hath defied {H2778} the armies {H4634} of the living {H2416} God {H430}.

Your servant has defeated both lions and bears, and this uncircumcised P'lishti will be like one of them, because he has challenged the armies of the living God."

Your servant has killed lions and bears; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, for he has defied the armies of the living God.”

Thy servant smote both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.

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Cross-References

  • 1 Samuel 17:10 (4 votes)

    And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.

  • Isaiah 37:22 (2 votes)

    This [is] the word which the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin, the daughter of Zion, hath despised thee, [and] laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.

  • Isaiah 37:23 (2 votes)

    Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted [thy] voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? [even] against the Holy One of Israel.

  • Acts 12:22 (2 votes)

    And the people gave a shout, [saying, It is] the voice of a god, and not of a man.

  • Acts 12:23 (2 votes)

    And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.

  • Ezekiel 32:27 (2 votes)

    And they shall not lie with the mighty [that are] fallen of the uncircumcised, which are gone down to hell with their weapons of war: and they have laid their swords under their heads, but their iniquities shall be upon their bones, though [they were] the terror of the mighty in the land of the living.

  • Ezekiel 32:32 (2 votes)

    For I have caused my terror in the land of the living: and he shall be laid in the midst of the uncircumcised with [them that are] slain with the sword, [even] Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord GOD.