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1 Samuel 17:27

The people answered him in this way, saying, “So shall it be done to the man who kills him.”

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  • WEB World English Bible

    The people answered him in this way, saying, “So shall it be done to the man who kills him.”

  • KJV King James Version

    And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that killeth him.

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    And the people answered him after this manner, saying: 'So shall it be done to the man that killeth him.'

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Cross-references (1)

Passages linked to 1 Samuel 17:27 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • 1 Samuel 17:25 The men of Israel said, “Have you seen this man who has come up? He has surely come up to defy Israel. The king will give great riches to the man who kills him, and will give him his daughter, and make his father’s house free in Israel.”

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Explain this verse (2 sources)

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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Sa 17:27 And the people answered him after this…

1Sa 17:27 And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that killeth him.

Ver. 27. And the people.] Ever better at talking than at fighting, as Philip said of the Athenians.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And the people answered him after this manner,.... Told…

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