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


In Context

16 Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people who were present with them, stayed in Geba of Benjamin: but the Philistines encamped in Michmash.

17 The spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned to the way that leads to Ophrah, to the land of Shual;

18 and another company turned the way to Beth Horon; and another company turned the way of the border that looks down on the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness.

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

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

21 yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the plowshares, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to set the goads.

1 Samuel 13:19 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

13:19Not a blacksmith could be found in the whole land of Israel, because the Philistines had said, "Otherwise the Hebrews will make swords or spears!"

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:19Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make [them] swords or spears:

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

13:19Now 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

13:19Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel; for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:19Now there was no smith found throughout the land of Israel; for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

13:19Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:19Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel: (for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears:)

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

13:19And an artificer is not found in all the land of Israel, for the Philistines said, 'Lest the Hebrews make sword or spear;'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:19Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears: