A thousand shall flee at the threat of one, at the threat of five you shall flee, till you are left like a flagstaff on the top of a mountain, like a signal on a hill.
1 Samuel 17:24 - Revised Standard Version All the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were much afraid. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, terrified. American Standard Version (1901) And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid. Common English Bible When the Israelites saw Goliath, every one of them ran away terrified of him. ( Catholic Public Domain Version Then all the Israelites, when they had seen the man, fled from his face, fearing him greatly. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And all the Israelites, when they saw the man, fled from his face, fearing him exceedingly. |
A thousand shall flee at the threat of one, at the threat of five you shall flee, till you are left like a flagstaff on the top of a mountain, like a signal on a hill.
When the house of David was told, “Syria is in league with Ephraim,” his heart and the heart of his people shook as the trees of the forest shake before the wind.
And as for those of you that are left, I will send faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; the sound of a driven leaf shall put them to flight, and they shall flee as one flees from the sword, and they shall fall when none pursues.
And there we saw the Nephilim (the sons of Anak, who come from the Nephilim); and we seemed to ourselves like grasshoppers, and so we seemed to them.”
How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, and the Lord had given them up?
When Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine, they were dismayed and greatly afraid.
As he talked with them, behold, the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, came up out of the ranks of the Philistines, and spoke the same words as before. And David heard him.
And the men of Israel said, “Have you seen this man who has come up? Surely he has come up to defy Israel; and the man who kills him, the king will enrich with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel.”