Let peoples serve you, and nations bow down to you. Be master over your brothers, and let your mother’s sons bow down to you. Cursed be those cursing you, and blessed be those blessing you!”
1 Samuel 17:43 - The Scriptures 1998 And the Philistine said to Dawiḏ More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the Philistine said to David, Am I a dog, that you should come to me with sticks? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. American Standard Version (1901) And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. Common English Bible The Philistine asked David, “Am I some sort of dog that you come at me with sticks?” And he cursed David by his gods. Catholic Public Domain Version And the Philistine said to David, "Am I a dog, that you approach against me with a staff?" And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the Philistine said to David: Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with a staff? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. |
Let peoples serve you, and nations bow down to you. Be master over your brothers, and let your mother’s sons bow down to you. Cursed be those cursing you, and blessed be those blessing you!”
And he bowed himself and said, “What is your servant, that you should turn to such a dead dog as I?”
As a bird wanders, as a swallow flies about, So a curse without cause does not come.
“And now, please come at once, curse this people for me, for they are too strong for me. It might be that I smite them and drive them out of the land, for I know that he whom you bless is blessed, and he whom you curse is cursed.”
and went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards and trod out, and held a feast. And they went into the house of their mighty one, and ate and drank, and cursed Aḇ
And the men of the outpost called to Yonathan and his armour-bearer, and said, “Come up to us, and let us teach you a lesson.” Then Yonathan said to his armour-bearer, “Come up after me, for יהוה has given them into the hand of Yisra’ĕ
“And יהוה shall be judge, and rightly rule between you and me, and see and plead my case, and rightly rule me out of your hand.”