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


In Context

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.

22 So 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 who were with Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there 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 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 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.