1 Samuel 17:21 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Israel and the Philistines drew up for battle, army against army.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array, army against army.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And Israel and the Philistines put the battle in array, army against army.

American Standard Version (1901)

And Israel and the Philistines put the battle in array, army against army.

Common English Bible

Israel and the Philistines took up their battle formations opposite each other.

Catholic Public Domain Version

For Israel had positioned their troops, but the Philistines also had prepared themselves against them.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

For Israel had put themselves in array: and the Philistines who stood against them were prepared.

1 Samuel 17:21 Cross References

Ruth 1:2

The name of the man was Elimelech and the name of his wife Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion; they were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah. They went into the country of Moab and remained there.

1 Samuel 17:20

David rose early in the morning, left the sheep with a keeper, took the provisions, and went as Jesse had commanded him. He came to the encampment as the army was going forth to the battle line, shouting the war cry.

1 Samuel 17:22

David left the things in charge of the keeper of the baggage, ran to the ranks, and went and greeted his brothers.

1 Samuel 4:2

The Philistines drew up in line against Israel, and when the battle was joined, Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who killed about four thousand men on the field of battle.