1st Samuel Chapter 17 verse 7 Holy Bible

ASV 1stSamuel 17:7

And the staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam; and his spear's head `weighed' six hundred shekels of iron: and his shield-bearer went before him.
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BBE 1stSamuel 17:7

The stem of his spear was as long as a cloth-worker's rod, and its head was made of six hundred shekels' weight of iron: and one went before him with his body-cover.
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DARBY 1stSamuel 17:7

And the shaft of his spear was like a weaver's beam; and his spear's head weighed six hundred shekels of iron; and the shield-bearer went before him.
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KJV 1stSamuel 17:7

And the staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam; and his spear's head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went before him.
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WBT 1stSamuel 17:7

And the staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam; and his spear's head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went before him.
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WEB 1stSamuel 17:7

The staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam; and his spear's head [weighed] six hundred shekels of iron: and his shield-bearer went before him.
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YLT 1stSamuel 17:7

and the wood of his spear `is' like a beam of weavers', and the flame of his spear `is' six hundred shekels of iron, and the bearer of the buckler is going before him.
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Ellicott's Commentary

Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewThe shaftוְעֵ֣ץ (wə·‘êṣ)Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular constructStrong's 2671: A piercer, an arrow, a wound, thunderbolt, the shaft of a, spearof his spearחֲנִית֗וֹ (ḥă·nî·ṯōw)Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singularStrong's 2595: A lancewas like a weaver'sאֹֽרְגִ֔ים (’ō·rə·ḡîm)Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine pluralStrong's 707: To plait, weaverod,כִּמְנוֹר֙ (kim·nō·wr)Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular constructStrong's 4500: A yoke, the frame of a, loomand its ironבַּרְזֶ֑ל (bar·zel)Noun - masculine singularStrong's 1270: Iron, an iron implementpointוְלַהֶ֣בֶת (wə·la·he·ḇeṯ)Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular constructStrong's 3852: A flash, a sharply polished blade, point of a, weapon[weighed] sixשֵׁשׁ־ (šêš-)Number - feminine singular constructStrong's 8337: Six (a cardinal number)hundredמֵא֥וֹת (mê·’ō·wṯ)Number - feminine pluralStrong's 3967: A hundredshekels.שְׁקָלִ֖ים (šə·qā·lîm)Noun - masculine pluralStrong's 8255: A weight, a commercial standardIn addition, his shield bearerוְנֹשֵׂ֥א (wə·nō·śê)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular constructStrong's 5375: To lift, carry, takewentהֹלֵ֥ךְ (hō·lêḵ)Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularStrong's 1980: To go, come, walkbefore him.לְפָנָֽיו׃ (lə·p̄ā·nāw)Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine singularStrong's 6440: The faceJump to PreviousBeam Bearer Bearing Cloth-Worker's Head Hundred Iron Point Rod Shaft Shekels Shield Shield-Bearer Six Spear Staff Stem Walked Weaver's Weighed Wood