1 Samuel 17:24 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

²⁴ And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁴ And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁴ And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, terrified.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁴ And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid.

Common English Bible

²⁴ When the Israelites saw Goliath, every one of them ran away terrified of him. (

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁴ Then all the Israelites, when they had seen the man, fled from his face, fearing him greatly.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁴ And all the Israelites, when they saw the man, fled from his face, fearing him exceedingly.

1 Samuel 17:24 Cross References

Isaiah 30:17

One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on an hill.

Isaiah 7:2

And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the forest are moved with the wind.

Leviticus 26:36

And as for them that are left of you, I will send a faintness into their heart in the lands of their enemies: and the sound of a driven leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as one fleeth from the sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.

Numbers 13:33

And there we saw the Nephilim, the sons of Anak, which come of the Nephilim: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.

Deuteronomy 32:30

How should one chase a thousand, And two put ten thousand to flight, Except their Rock had sold them, And the LORD had delivered them up?

1 Samuel 17:11

And when Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.

1 Samuel 17:23

And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the ranks of the Philistines, and spake according to the same words: and David heard them.

1 Samuel 17:25

And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel.