1 Samuel 13:21 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads.”

1 Samuel 13:21 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

1 Samuel 13:21 in 6 Bible Translations

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1 Samuel 13:21 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“The price was one payim each to sharpen mattocks, plowshares, pitchforks, axes, and goads.”

1 Samuel 13:21 — World English Bible

1 Samuel 13:21 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to set the goads.”

1 Samuel 13:21 — American Standard Version

1 Samuel 13:21 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“and there hath been the file for mattocks, and for coulters, and for three-pronged rakes, and for the axes, and to set up the goads.”

1 Samuel 13:21 — Young's Literal Translation

1 Samuel 13:21 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“when the edges of the sickles, and the hoes, and the forks, and the axes were blunted; and to set the goads.”

1 Samuel 13:21 — Darby Translation

1 Samuel 13:21 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Yet they had a file for the shares, and for the mattockes, and for the picke forkes, and for the axes, and for to sharpen the goades.”

1 Samuel 13:21 — Geneva Bible

1 Samuel 13:21 in Context — 1 Samuel 13

19 On ne trouvait point de forgeron dans tout le pays d’Israël; car les Philistins avaient dit: Empêchons les Hébreux de fabriquer des épées ou des lances.

20 Et chaque homme en Israël descendait chez les Philistins pour aiguiser son soc, son hoyau, sa hache et sa bêche,

21 quand le tranchant des bêches, des hoyaux, des tridents et des haches, était émoussé, et pour redresser les aiguillons.

22 Il arriva qu’au jour du combat il ne se trouvait ni épée ni lance entre les mains de tout le peuple qui était avec Saül et Jonathan; il ne s’en trouvait qu’auprès de Saül et de Jonathan, son fils.

23 Un poste de Philistins vint s’établir au passage de Micmasch.

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What Does 1 Samuel 13:21 Mean?

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