16The Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.


In Context

13 The three eldest sons of Jesse had gone after Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons who went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.

14 David was the youngest; and the three eldest followed Saul.

15 Now David went back and forth from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem.

16 The Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.

17 Jesse said to David his son, |Now take for your brothers an ephah of this parched grain, and these ten loaves, and carry them quickly to the camp to your brothers;

18 and bring these ten cheeses to the captain of their thousand, and see how your brothers are doing, and bring back news.|

1 Samuel 17:16 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

17:16For forty days the Philistine came forward every morning and evening and took his stand.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:16And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

17:16Now the Philistine came out morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

17:16And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:16And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:16And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

17:16And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

17:16And the Philistine draweth nigh, morning and evening, and stationeth himself forty days.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:16And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.