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1 Samuel 17:7

And the staff of his spear was like a weaver’s beam; and his spear’s head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went before him.

KJV

Hastile autem hastæ ejus erat quasi liciatorium texentium : ipsum autem ferrum hastæ ejus sexcentos siclos habebat ferri : et armiger ejus antecedebat eum.

Vulgate

καὶ ὁ κοντὸς τοῦ δόρατος αὐτοῦ ὡσεὶ μέσακλον ὑφαινόντων, καὶ ἡ λόγχη αὐτοῦ ἑξακοσίων σίκλων σιδήρου· καὶ ὁ αἴρων τὰ ὅπλα αὐτοῦ προεπορεύετο αὐτοῦ.

LXX

And the staff of his spear was like a weaver’s beam; and his spear’s head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and his shield-bearer went before him.

ASV

ו/חץ וְ/עֵ֣ץ חֲנִית֗/וֹ כִּ/מְנוֹר֙ אֹֽרְגִ֔ים וְ/לַהֶ֣בֶת חֲנִית֔/וֹ שֵׁשׁ מֵא֥וֹת שְׁקָלִ֖ים בַּרְזֶ֑ל וְ/נֹשֵׂ֥א הַ/צִּנָּ֖ה הֹלֵ֥ךְ לְ/פָנָֽי/ו

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֹרֵ֑ג
'rg
verb · 13×
בַּרְזֶל֙
brzl
noun · 76×
הוֹלֵ֣ךְ
hvlk
verb · 507×
ו
v
noun · 45×
וֹ
v
noun · 48×
יִּשְׂא֥וּ
ysh'v
verb · 652×
לֶהָבָ֖ה
lhbh
noun · 19×
מְנ֖וֹר
mnvr
noun · 4×
מֵא֖וֹת
m'vt
adjective · 581×
עֵ֣ץ
'ts
noun · 324×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
צִנָּ֖ה
tsnh
noun · 21×
שֵׁ֥שׁ
shsh
adjective · 215×
שֶׁ֣קֶל
shql
noun · 88×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Chr 11:23 — And he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits high; and in the Egyptian’s hand was a spear like a weaver’s beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the E
  • 1Chr 11:23 — And he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits high; and in the Egyptian’s hand was a spear like a weaver’s beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the E
  • 1Sam 17:41 — And the Philistine came on and drew near unto David; and the man that bare the shield went before him.
  • 2Sam 21:19 — And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaareoregim, a Bethlehemite, slew the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver’s be