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1 Samuel 17:8-10
New English Translation
1 Samuel 17:8-10
New English Translation
8 Goliath[a] stood and called to Israel’s troops,[b] “Why do you come out to prepare for battle? Am I not the Philistine, and are you not the servants of Saul? Choose[c] for yourselves a man so he may come down[d] to me! 9 If he is able to fight with me and strike me down, we will become your servants. But if I prevail against him and strike him down, you will become our servants and will serve us.” 10 Then the Philistine said, “I defy Israel’s troops this day! Give me a man so we can fight[e] each other!”
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- 1 Samuel 17:8 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Goliath) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- 1 Samuel 17:8 tn The Hebrew text adds “and said to them.”
- 1 Samuel 17:8 tc The translation follows the ancient versions in reading “choose,” (from the root בָּחַר, bakhar), rather than the MT. The verb in MT (בָּרָה, barah) elsewhere means “to eat food”; the sense of “to choose,” required here by the context, is not attested for this root. The MT apparently reflects an early scribal error.
- 1 Samuel 17:8 tn Following the imperative, the prefixed verbal form (either an imperfect or jussive) with the prefixed conjunction indicates purpose/result here.
- 1 Samuel 17:10 tn Following the imperative, the cohortative verbal form indicates purpose/result here.
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