1 Samuel 4:9 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Be strong, and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye be not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you: quit yourselves like men, and fight.”
1 Samuel 4:9 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
1 Samuel 4:9 in 6 Bible Translations
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1 Samuel 4:9 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Be strong and behave like men, O you Philistines, that you not be servants to the Hebrews, as they have been to you. Strengthen yourselves like men, and fight!””
1 Samuel 4:9 — World English Bible
1 Samuel 4:9 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Be strong, and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye be not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you: quit yourselves like men, and fight.”
1 Samuel 4:9 — American Standard Version
1 Samuel 4:9 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Strengthen yourselves, and become men, O Philistines, lest ye do service to Hebrews, as they have done to you--then ye have become men, and have fought.'”
1 Samuel 4:9 — Young's Literal Translation
1 Samuel 4:9 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Shew yourselves valiant and be men, ye Philistines, that ye may not have to be servants to the Hebrews, as they have been servants to you: be men, and fight.”
1 Samuel 4:9 — Darby Translation
1 Samuel 4:9 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Be strong and play the men, O Philistims, that ye be not seruants vnto the Ebrewes, as they haue serued you: be valiant therefore, and fight.”
1 Samuel 4:9 — Geneva Bible
1 Samuel 4:9 in Context — 1 Samuel 4
7 And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come into the camp. And they said, Woe unto us! for there hath not been such a thing heretofore.
8 Woe unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Gods? these are the Gods that smote the Egyptians with all the plagues in the wilderness.
9 Be strong, and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye be not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you: quit yourselves like men, and fight.
10 And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man into his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.
11 And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.
What Does 1 Samuel 4:9 Mean?
1 Samuel 4:9 is a verse from the Book of 1 Samuel, part of the Old Testament. It appears in 1 Samuel chapter 4. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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