1 Samuel 17:39 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

³⁹ 4 And he said to David: Come to me, and I will give thy flesh to the birds of the air, and to the beasts of the earth.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁹ And David girded his sword upon his armour, and he assayed to go; for he had not proved it. And David said unto Saul, I cannot go with these; for I have not proved them. And David put them off him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁹ And David girded his sword over his armor. Then he tried to go, but could not, for he was not used to it. And David said to Saul, I cannot go with these, for I am not used to them. And David took them off.

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁹ And David girded his sword upon his apparel, and he assayed to go; for he had not proved it. And David said unto Saul, I cannot go with these; for I have not proved them. And David put them off him.

Common English Bible

³⁹ David strapped his sword on over the armor, but he couldn’t walk around well because he’d never tried it before. “I can’t walk in this,” David told Saul, “because I’ve never tried it before.” So he took them off.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁹ Then David, having girded his sword over his armor, began to see if he could walk in the armor. But he was not accustomed to it. And David said to Saul: "I cannot move about in this way. For I am not used to it." And he put them aside.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³⁹ And David, having girded his sword upon his armour, began to try if he could walk in armour: for he was not accustomed to it. And David said to Saul: I cannot go thus, for I am not used to it. And he laid them off,

1 Samuel 17:39 Cross References

Hosea 1:7

And I will not have mercy on her children: for they are the children of fornications.

Zechariah 4:6

4 And he said: These are two sons of oil who stand before the Lord of the whole earth.

1 Samuel 17:38

3 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.

1 Samuel 17:40

5 And David said to the Philistine: Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, which thou hast defied.