20And all Israel went down to the Philistines, every man to get his ploughshare, and his hoe, and his axe, and his sickle sharpened,


In Context

17 And the ravagers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned the way of Ophrah, into the land of Shual;

18 and another company turned the way to Beth-horon; and the other company turned the way to the district that looks over the ravine of Zeboim toward the wilderness.

19 Now there was no smith found throughout the land of Israel; for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears.

20 And all Israel went down to the Philistines, every man to get his ploughshare, and his hoe, and his axe, and his sickle sharpened,

21 when the edges of the sickles, and the hoes, and the forks, and the axes were blunted; and to set the goads.

22 And it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with Saul and Jonathan; but with Saul and with Jonathan his son there was found.

1 Samuel 13:20 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

13:20So all Israel went down to the Philistines to have their plowshares, mattocks, axes and sickles sharpened.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:20But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

13:20So all Israel went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his ploughshare, and his spade, and his axe, and his rake.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

13:20but all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

13:20but all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:20But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his colter, and his ax, and his mattock.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:20but all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his plowshare, mattock, axe, and sickle;

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

13:20and all Israel go down to the Philistines, to sharpen each his ploughshare, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:20But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his ax, and his mattock.