1 Samuel 13:20 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

but every one of the Israelites went down to the Philistines to sharpen his plowshare, his mattock, his axe, or his sickle;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

but all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

But each of the Israelites had to go down to the Philistines to get his plowshare, mattock, axe, or sickle sharpened.

American Standard Version (1901)

but all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock;

Common English Bible

So every Israelite had to go down to the Philistines to sharpen their plowshares, mattocks, axes, and sickles.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Therefore, all of Israel descended to the Philistines, so that each man could sharpen his plowshare, or pick axe, or hatchet, or hoe.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

So all Israel went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his ploughshare, and his spade, and his axe, and his rake.

1 Samuel 13:20 Cross References

2 Chronicles 34:6

And in the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, and Simeon, and as far as Naphtali, in their ruins round about,

Proverbs 27:17

Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another.

Deuteronomy 32:41

if I whet my glittering sword, and my hand takes hold on judgment, I will take vengeance on my adversaries, and will requite those who hate me.

1 Samuel 13:19

Now there was no smith to be found throughout all the land of Israel; for the Philistines said, “Lest the Hebrews make themselves swords or spears”;

1 Samuel 13:21

and the charge was a pim for the plowshares and for the mattocks, and a third of a shekel for sharpening the axes and for setting the goads.