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


In Context

17 And there went out of the camp of the Philistines three companies to plunder. One company went towards the way of Ephra to the land of Sual;

18 And another went by the way of Beth-horon, and the third turned to the way of the border, above the valley of Seboim towards the desert.

19 Now there was no smith to be found in all the land of Israel, for the Philistines had taken this precaution, lest the Hebrews should make them swords or spears.

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

21 So that their shares, and their spades, and their forks, and their axes were blunt, even to the goad, which was to be mended.

22 And when the day of battle was come, there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with Saul and Jonathan, except Saul and Jonathan his son.

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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:20And all Israel went down to the Philistines, every man to get his ploughshare, and his hoe, and his axe, and his sickle sharpened,

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.