1 Samuel 17:5 - Easy To Read Version

⁵ He had a bronze helmet on his head. He wore a coat of armor that was made like the scales on a fish. This armor was made of bronze and weighed about 125 pounds. [149]

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ And he had a bronze helmet on his head and wore a coat of mail, and the coat weighed 5,000 shekels of bronze.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ And he had a helmet of brass upon his head, and he was clad with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass.

Common English Bible

⁵ He had a bronze helmet on his head and wore bronze scale-armor weighing one hundred twenty-five pounds.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ And he had a helmet of brass upon his head, and he was clothed with a breastplate of scales. Moreover, the weight of his breastplate was five thousand shekels of brass.

1 Samuel 17:5 Cross References

Jeremiah 46:4

Get the horses ready.\par Soldiers, get on your horses.\par Go to your places for battle.\par Put your helmets on.\par Sharpen your spears.\par Put your armor on.\par

Ephesians 6:17

Accept God’s salvation to be your helmet. And take the sword of the Spirit {\cf2\super [47]} —that sword is the teaching of God.

1 Samuel 17:4

The Philistines had a champion fighter named Goliath. Goliath was from Gath. Goliath was over 9 feet [148] tall. Goliath came out of the Philistine camp.

1 Samuel 17:6

Goliath wore bronze protectors on his legs. He had a bronze javelin [150] tied on his back.