1 Samuel 17:9 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“If he be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we be your servants: but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall ye be our servants, and serve us.”
1 Samuel 17:9 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
1 Samuel 17:9 in 6 Bible Translations
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1 Samuel 17:9 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“If he is able to fight with me and kill me, then will we be your servants; but if I prevail against him and kill him, then you will be our servants and serve us.””
1 Samuel 17:9 — World English Bible
1 Samuel 17:9 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“If he be able to fight with me, and kill me, then will we be your servants; but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall ye be our servants, and serve us.”
1 Samuel 17:9 — American Standard Version
1 Samuel 17:9 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“if he be able to fight with me, and have smitten me, then we have been to you for servants; and if I am able for him, and have smitten him, then ye have been to us for servants, and have served us.'”
1 Samuel 17:9 — Young's Literal Translation
1 Samuel 17:9 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“If he be able to fight with me, and to smite me, then will we be your servants; but if I overcome and smite him, then shall ye be our servants and serve us.”
1 Samuel 17:9 — Darby Translation
1 Samuel 17:9 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“If he be able to fight with me, and kill me, then wil we be your seruants: but if I ouercome him, and kill him, then shall yee be our seruants, and serue vs.”
1 Samuel 17:9 — Geneva Bible
1 Samuel 17:9 in Context — 1 Samuel 17
7 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.
8 And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them, Why are ye come out to set your battle in array? am not I a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me.
9 If he be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we be your servants: but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall ye be our servants, and serve us.
10 And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.
11 When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.
What Does 1 Samuel 17:9 Mean?
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