1 Samuel 4:9
Be strong, and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye be not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you: quit yourselves like men, and fight.
KJV
Confortamini, et estote viri, Philisthiim, ne serviatis Hebræis, sicut et illi servierunt vobis : confortamini, et bellate.
Vulgate
κραταιοῦσθε καὶ γίνεσθε εἰς ἄνδρας καὶ πολεμήσατε αὐτούς.
LXX
Be strong, and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye be not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you: quit yourselves like men, and fight.
ASV
הִֽתְחַזְּק֞וּ וִֽ/הְי֤וּ לַֽ/אֲנָשִׁים֙ פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים פֶּ֚ן תַּעַבְד֣וּ לָ/עִבְרִ֔ים כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָבְד֖וּ לָ/כֶ֑ם וִ/הְיִיתֶ֥ם לַ/אֲנָשִׁ֖ים וְ/נִלְחַמְתֶּֽם
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Chr 19:13 — Be of good courage, and let us behave ourselves valiantly for our people, and for the cities of our God: and let the LORD do that which is good in his sight.
- 1Cor 16:13 — Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.
- 1Cor 16:13 — Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.
- 2Sam 10:12 — Be of good courage, and let us play the men for our people, and for the cities of our God: and the LORD do that which seemeth him good.
- 2Sam 10:12 — Be of good courage, and let us play the men for our people, and for the cities of our God: and the LORD do that which seemeth him good.
- Eph 6:10 — Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
- Isa 33:1 — Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou shalt
- Josh 1:6 — Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give them.
- Judg 10:7 — And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands of the children of Ammon.
- Judg 13:1 — And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years.