1st Samuel Chapter 17 verse 36 Holy Bible
Thy servant smote both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.
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Your servant has overcome lion and bear: and the fate of this Philistine, who is without circumcision, will be like theirs, seeing that he has put shame on the armies of the living God.
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Thy servant smote both the lion and the bear; and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, because he has defied the armies of the living God.
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Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.
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Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.
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Your servant struck both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he has defied the armies of the living God.
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Both the lion and the bear hath thy servant smitten, and this uncircumcised Philistine hath been as one of them, for he hath reproached the ranks of the living God.'
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Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(36) The lion and the bear.--The lion and the bear were, in the days of Saul, common in Palestine; the country then was densely wooded. In some of the wilder districts bears are still numerous.Shall be as one of them.--"He, the idolator, must know that he has not to do with mere men, but with God: with a living God will he have to do, and not with a lifeless idol."--Berleburger Bible.Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewYour servantעַבְדֶּ֑ךָ (‘aḇ·de·ḵā)Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singularStrong's 5650: Slave, servanthas killedהִכָּ֣ה (hik·kāh)Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 5221: To strikelionsהָאֲרִ֛י (hā·’ă·rî)Article | Noun - masculine singularStrong's 738: A lionandגַּ֧ם (gam)ConjunctionStrong's 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, andbears;הַדּ֖וֹב (had·dō·wḇ)Article | Noun - masculine singularStrong's 1677: The bearthisהַזֶּה֙ (haz·zeh)Article | Pronoun - masculine singularStrong's 2088: This, thatuncircumcisedהֶעָרֵ֤ל (he·‘ā·rêl)Article | Adjective - masculine singularStrong's 6189: Having foreskin (uncircumcised)Philistineהַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֨י (hap·pə·liš·tî)Article | Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 6430: Philistines -- inhabitants of Philistiawill beוְֽ֠הָיָה (wə·hā·yāh)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, belike oneכְּאַחַ֣ד (kə·’a·ḥaḏ)Preposition-k | Number - masculine singularStrong's 259: United, one, firstof them,מֵהֶ֔ם (mê·hem)Preposition-m | Pronoun - third person masculine pluralStrong's 1992: Theyforכִּ֣י (kî)ConjunctionStrong's 3588: A relative conjunctionhe has defiedחֵרֵ֔ף (ḥê·rêp̄)Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 2778: To pull off, to expose, to betroth, to carp at, defame, to spend the winterthe armiesמַעַרְכֹ֖ת (ma·‘ar·ḵōṯ)Noun - feminine plural constructStrong's 4634: An arrangement, a pile, a military arrayof the livingחַיִּֽים׃ (ḥay·yîm)Adjective - masculine pluralStrong's 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, lifeGod.”אֱלֹהִ֥ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm)Noun - masculine pluralStrong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlativeJump to PreviousArmies Bear Bears Circumcision Defied Killed Lion Overcome Philistine Ranks Reproached Servant Slew Smitten Smote Struck Taunted Theirs Uncircumcised
