Matthew Henry · Verses 1–11
Men so entirely depend upon God in all things, that when he withdraws his help, the most valiant and resolute cannot find their hearts or hands, as daily experience shows.
1 Samuel 17:3
The Philistines stood on the mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on the mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them.
World English Bible
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Other translations
WEBBE
The Philistines stood on the mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on the mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them.
BSB
The Philistines stood on one hill and the Israelites stood on another, with the valley between them.
KJV
And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them.
ASV
And the Philistines stood on the mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on the mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them.
BBE
The Philistines were stationed on the mountain on one side and Israel on the mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them.
Original Hebrew
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וּפְלִשְׁתִּים
u·fe·lish·tim
and [the] Philistines
H6430
עֹמְדִים
'o·me·dim
[were] standing
H5975
אֶל־
'el-
to
H413
הָהָר
ha·har
the mountain
H2022
מִזֶּה
mi·zeh
from this
H2088
וְיִשְׂרָאֵל
ve·yis·ra·'el
and Israel
H3478
עֹמְדִים
'o·me·dim
[were] standing
H5975
אֶל־
'el-
to
H413
הָהָר
ha·har
the mountain
H2022
מִזֶּה
mi·zeh
from this
H2088
וְהַגַּיְא
ve·ha·gay'
and the valley
H1516
בֵּינֵיהֶם
bei·nei·hem
[was] between them
H996
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Cross-references
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