He killed an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits high; and in the Egyptian's hand was a spear like a weaver's beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and killed him with his own spear.
1 Samuel 17:4 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) There went out a champion out of the camp of the Pelishtim, named Golyat, of Gat, whose height was six cubits and a span. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And a champion went out of the camp of the Philistines named Goliath of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span [almost ten feet]. American Standard Version (1901) And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span. Common English Bible A champion named Goliath from Gath came out from the Philistine camp. He was more than nine feet tall. Catholic Public Domain Version And there went out from the camp of the Philistines, a man of illegitimate birth, named Goliath of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a palm. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And there went out a man baseborn from the camp of the Philistines named Goliath, of Geth, whose height was six cubits and a span. |
He killed an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits high; and in the Egyptian's hand was a spear like a weaver's beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and killed him with his own spear.
Yet I destroyed the Amori before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.
(For only `Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of the Refa'im; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; isn't it in Rabbah of the children of `Ammon? nine cubits was the length of it, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.)
There was none of the `Anakim left in the land of the children of Yisra'el: only in `Aza, in Gat, and in Ashdod, did some remain.
As he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Pelishti of Gat, Golyat by name, out of the ranks of the Pelishtim, and spoke according to the same words: and David heard them.
The Pelishtim stood on the mountain on the one side, and Yisra'el stood on the mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them.
He had a helmet of brass on his head, and he was clad with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass.
It was told Sha'ul that David was fled to Gat: and he sought no more again for him.