1 Samuel 17:35 - The Scriptures 1998

³⁵ I went out after it and smote it, and rescued it from its mouth. And when it rose against me, I caught it by its beard, and smote it and killed it.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁵ and I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁵ I went out after it and smote it and delivered the lamb out of its mouth; and when it arose against me, I caught it by its beard and smote it and killed it.

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁵ I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth; and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him.

Common English Bible

³⁵ I would go after it, strike it, and rescue the animal from its mouth. If it turned on me, I would grab it at its jaw, strike it, and kill it.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁵ And I pursued after them, and I struck them, and I rescued from their mouth. And they rose up against me. And I caught them by the throat, and I strangled and killed them.

1 Samuel 17:35 Cross References

2 Samuel 23:20

And Benayahu was the son of Yehoyaḏ

Psalm 91:13

You tread upon lion and cobra, Young lion and serpent you trample under foot.

Daniel 6:22

“My Elah has sent His messenger and has shut the lions’ mouths, and they did not harm me, because I was found innocent before Him. And also before you, O sovereign, I have done no harm.”

Amos 3:12

Thus said יהוה, “As a shepherd rescues from the mouth of a lion two legs or a piece of an ear, so are the children of Yisra’ĕ

1 Samuel 17:34

Then Dawiḏ

1 Samuel 17:36

“Your servant has smitten both lion and bear. And this uncircumcised Philistine shall be like one of them, seeing he has reproached the armies of the living Elohim.”