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1 Samuel 17:9-11
New English Translation
1 Samuel 17:9-11
New English Translation
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[a] each other!” 11 When Saul and all the Israelites[b] heard these words of the Philistine, they were upset and very afraid.
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- 1 Samuel 17:10 tn Following the imperative, the cohortative verbal form indicates purpose/result here.
- 1 Samuel 17:11 tn Heb “all Israel.”
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