24When the Israelites saw the man, they all ran from him in great fear.


In Context

21 Israel and the Philistines were drawing up their lines facing each other.

22 David left his things with the keeper of supplies, ran to the battle lines and greeted his brothers.

23 As he was talking with them, Goliath, the Philistine champion from Gath, stepped out from his lines and shouted his usual defiance, and David heard it.

24 When the Israelites saw the man, they all ran from him in great fear.

25 Now the Israelites had been saying, "Do you see how this man keeps coming out? He comes out to defy Israel. The king will give great wealth to the man who kills him. He will also give him his daughter in marriage and will exempt his father's family from taxes in Israel."

26 David asked the men standing near him, "What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel? Who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he should defy the armies of the living God?"

1st Samuel 17:24 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:24And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

17:24And all the Israelites when they saw the man, fled from his face, fearing him exceedingly.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

17:24And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:24And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him and were greatly afraid.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

17:24And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:24And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were exceedingly afraid.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:24All the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were terrified.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

17:24and all the men of Israel when they see the man flee from his presence, and are greatly afraid.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:24And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid.