Be strong, and let us be courageous for the sake of our people and for the cities of our God, and may the Lord do what seems good to him.”
1 Samuel 4:9 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Take courage, and be men, O Philistines, in order not to become slaves to the Hebrews as they have been to you; be men and fight.” Plus de versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Be strong, and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye be not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you: quit yourselves like men, and fight. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Be strong, and acquit yourselves like men, O you Philistines, that you may not become servants to the Hebrews, as they have been to you; behave yourselves like men, and fight! American Standard Version (1901) Be strong, and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye be not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you: quit yourselves like men, and fight. Common English Bible Pull yourselves together and act like men, Philistines! Otherwise, you’ll serve the Hebrews like they’ve been serving you. Act like men and fight!” Catholic Public Domain Version "Be strengthened, and be manly, O Philistines! Otherwise, you may serve the Hebrews, as they also have served you. Be strengthened and wage war!" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Take courage and behave like men, ye Philistines: lest you come to be servants to the Hebrews, as they have served you. Take courage and fight. |
Be strong, and let us be courageous for the sake of our people and for the cities of our God, and may the Lord do what seems good to him.”
And the nations will take them and bring them to their place, and the house of Israel will possess the nations as male and female slaves in the Lord’s land; they will take captive those who were their captors and rule over those who oppressed them.
Woe to the destroyer, who yourself have not been destroyed; you treacherous one, with whom no one has dealt treacherously! When you have ceased to destroy, you will be destroyed; and when you have stopped dealing treacherously, you will be dealt with treacherously.
So the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of the Philistines and into the hand of the Ammonites,
The Israelites again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord gave them into the hand of the Philistines forty years.
Now the Hebrews who previously had been with the Philistines and had gone up with them into the camp turned and joined the Israelites who were with Saul and Jonathan.
Woe to us! Who can deliver us from the power of these mighty gods? These are the gods who struck the Egyptians with every sort of plague in the wilderness.