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


In Context

13 and the three eldest sons of Jesse go, they have gone after Saul to battle; and the name of his three sons who have gone into battle are Eliab the first-born, and his second Abinadab, and the third Shammah.

14 And David is the youngest, and the three eldest have gone after Saul,

15 and David is going and returning from Saul, to feed the flock of his father at Beth-Lehem.

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

17 And Jesse saith to David his son, 'Take, I pray thee, to thy brethren, an ephah of this roasted corn, and these ten loaves, and run to the camp to thy brethren;

18 and these ten cuttings of the cheese thou dost take in to the head of the thousand, and thy brethren thou dost inspect for welfare, and their pledge dost receive.'

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 World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:16The Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented 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.