And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the Lord, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein.
1 Samuel 13:21 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition 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. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the price for plowshares and mattocks was a pim, and a third of a shekel for axes and for setting goads [with resulting blunt edges on the sickles, mattocks, forks, axes, and goads.] 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. Common English Bible The cost was two-thirds of a shekel for plowshares and mattocks, but one-third of a shekel for sharpening axes and for setting goads. Catholic Public Domain Version For their plow blades, and pick axes, and pitch forks, and axes had become blunt, and even the handles needed to be repaired. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version So that their shares, and their spades, and their forks, and their axes were blunt, even to the goad, which was to be mended. |
And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the Lord, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein.
but all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock.
So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there found.