4A champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out of the Philistine camp. He was over nine feet tall.


In Context

1 Now the Philistines gathered their forces for war and assembled at Socoh in Judah. They pitched camp at Ephes Dammim, between Socoh and Azekah.

2 Saul and the Israelites assembled and camped in the Valley of Elah and drew up their battle line to meet the Philistines.

3 The Philistines occupied one hill and the Israelites another, with the valley between them.

4 A champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out of the Philistine camp. He was over nine feet tall.

5 He had a bronze helmet on his head and wore a coat of scale armor of bronze weighing five thousand shekels ;

6 on his legs he wore bronze greaves, and a bronze javelin was slung on his back.

1st Samuel 17:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:4And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height [was] six cubits and a span.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

17:4And there went out a man baseborn from the camp of the Philistines named Goliath, of Geth, whose height was six cubits and a span:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

17:4And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:4And there went out a champion from the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

17:4And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:4And there went out a champion from the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose hight was six cubits and a span.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:4There went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

17:4And there goeth out a man of the duellists from the camps of the Philistines, Goliath is his name, from Gath; his height is six cubits and a span,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:4And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.