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1 Samuel 17:47 — And all this assembly shall know that the Lord saveth not with sword…
“And all this assembly shall know that the Lord saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the Lord’s, and he will give you into our hands.”
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45Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
46This day will the Lord deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel.
47And all this assembly shall know that the Lord saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the Lord’s, and he will give you into our hands.
48And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came and drew nigh to meet David, that David hasted, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine.
49And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth.
Verse explanation
David publicly declares the real point of the duel: to prove that victories come from God, not from the size or military equipment of the winner.
From the 1 Samuel 17 study in Bible in Stories.
1 Samuel 17:47 in other versions
The same verse in the 4 Bible versions we have on the site.
- KJV · King James
And all this assembly shall know that the Lord saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the Lord’s, and he will give you into our hands.
Read the chapter in this version → - ARC · Almeida 1911Português
E saberá toda esta congregação que o Senhor salva, não com espada, nem com lança; porque do Senhor é a guerra, e elle vos entregará na nossa mão.
Read the chapter in this version → - BLIVRE · Bíblia LivrePortuguês
E saberá toda esta congregação que o SENHOR não salva com espada e lança; porque do SENHOR é la guerra, e ele vos entregará em nossas mãos.
Read the chapter in this version → - VBL · Versión Biblia LibreEspañol
Todos los aquí reunidos se darán cuenta de que el Señor salva, pero no con espada y lanza. Porque la batalla es del Señor, y él nos entregará a todos los filisteos”.
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