1 Samuel 17:7New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— The shaft of his spear was like a weaver’s beam, and the head of his spear [weighed] six hundred shekels of iron; his shield-carrier also walked before him.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— And 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.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— And the staff 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.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— And the staff 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.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— And 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.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— And the shaft of his spear was like a weaver's beam; and his spear's head weighed six hundred shekels of iron; and the shield-bearer went before him.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— and, the shaft of his spear, was like a weaver's beam, and, the flashing head of his spear, was six hundred shekels of iron,—and, his shield-bearer, was coming on before him.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— and the wood of his spear [is] like a beam of weavers', and the flame of his spear [is] six hundred shekels of iron, and the bearer of the buckler is going before him.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— And the staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam, and the head of his spear weighed six hundred sicles of iron: and his armourbearer went before him.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— And the shaft of his speare was like a weauers beame: and his speare head weyed sixe hundreth shekels of yron: and one bearing a shielde went before him.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— And the staffe of his speare was like a weauers beame, and his speares head [weighed] sixe hundred shekels of yron: and one bearing a shield, went before him.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— And the staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam, and his spear's head weighed six hundred shekels of iron; and his shieldbearer went before him.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— And the staff of his spear [was] like a weaver's beam, and the spear's head [was formed] of six hundred shekels of iron; and his armour-bearer went before him.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— And 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. |
And the staff
2671 {2671} Primeחֵץchets{khayts}
From H2686; properly a piercer, that is, an arrow; by implication a wound; figuratively (of God) thunder bolt; (by interchange for H6086) the shaft of a spear.
y6086 [6086] Standardעֵץ`ets{ates}
From H6095; a tree (from its firmness); hence wood (plural sticks).
z8675 <8675> Grammar
Kethiv Reading
Where the translators of the Authorised Version followed the qere reading rather than the kethiv.
of his spear
2595 {2595} Primeחֲנִיתchaniyth{khan-eeth'}
From H2583; a lance (for thrusting, like pitching a tent).
[ was] like a weaver's
707 {0707} Primeאָרַג'arag{aw-rag'}
A primitive root; to plait or weave.
z8802 <8802> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Participle Active (See H8814) Count - 5386
beam;
4500 {4500} Primeמָנוֹרmanowr{maw-nore'}
From H5214; a yoke (properly for ploughing), that is, the frame of a loom.
and his spear's
2595 {2595} Primeחֲנִיתchaniyth{khan-eeth'}
From H2583; a lance (for thrusting, like pitching a tent).
head
3852 {3852} Primeלֶהָבָהlehabah{leh-aw-baw'}
Feminine of H3851, and meaning the same.
[ weighed] six
8337 {8337} Primeשֵׁשׁshesh{shaysh}
(The second form is masculine); a primitive number; six (as an overplus (see H7797) beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ordinal sixth.
hundred
3967 {3967} Primeמֵאָהme'ah{may-aw'}
Probably a primitive numeral; a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction.
shekels
8255 {8255} Primeשֶׁקֶלsheqel{sheh'-kel}
From H8254; probably a weight; used as a commercial standard.
of iron:
1270 {1270} Primeבַּרְזֶלbarzel{bar-zel'}
Perhaps from the root of H1269; iron (as cutting); by extension an iron implement.
and one bearing
5375 {5375} Primeנָשָׂאnasa'{naw-saw'}
A primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, absolutely and relatively.
z8802 <8802> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Participle Active (See H8814) Count - 5386
a shield
6793 {6793} Primeצִנָּהtsinnah{tsin-naw'}
Feminine of H6791; a hook (as pointed); also a (large) shield (as if guarding by prickliness); also cold (as piercing).
went
1980 {1980} Primeהָלַךְhalak{haw-lak'}
Akin to H3212; a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively).
z8802 <8802> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Participle Active (See H8814) Count - 5386
before
6440 {6440} Primeפָּנִיםpaniym{paw-neem'}
Plural (but always used as a singular) of an unused noun ( פָּנֶה paneh, {paw-neh'}; from H6437); the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition ( before, etc.).
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1 Samuel 17:7
_ _ staff of his spear — rather under five feet long, and capable of being used as a javelin (1 Samuel 19:10). It had an iron head.
_ _ one bearing a shield — In consequence of their great size and weight, the Oriental warrior had a trusty and skilful friend, whose office it was to bear the large shield behind which he avoided the missile weapons of the enemy. He was covered, cap-a-pie, with defensive armor, while he had only two offensive weapons — a sword by his side and a spear in his hand. |
1 Samuel 17:7
Beam — On which the weavers fasten their web. It was like this for thickness. And though the whole weight of Goliath's armour may seem prodigious; yet it is not so much by far as one Athanatus did manage: of whom Pliny relates, That he saw him come into the theatre with arms weighing twelve thousand ounces. A shield — Probably for state: for he that was clad in brass, little needed a shield. |
- the staff:
2 Samuel 21:19 And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaareoregim, a Bethlehemite, slew [the brother of] Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear [was] like a weaver's beam.
1 Chronicles 11:23 And he slew an Egyptian, a man of [great] stature, five cubits high; and in the Egyptian's hand [was] a spear like a weaver's beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.
1 Chronicles 20:5 And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear staff [was] like a weaver's beam.
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