1 Samuel 13:21

The charge was a pim for sharpening a plowshare or mattock, a third of a shekel for sharpening a pitchfork or an axe, and a third of a shekel for repointing an oxgoad.

Berean Standard Bible
Other translations

King James Version

Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads.

World English Bible

The price was one payim each to sharpen mattocks, plowshares, pitchforks, axes, and goads.

American Standard Version

yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to set the goads.

Geneva Bible 1599

Yet they had a file for the shares, and for the mattockes, and for the picke forkes, and for the axes, and for to sharpen the goades.

Darby Translation

when the edges of the sickles, and the hoes, and the forks, and the axes were blunted; and to set the goads.

Young's Literal Translation

and there hath been the file for mattocks, and for coulters, and for three-pronged rakes, and for the axes, and to set up the goads.

Bible in Basic English

For they had instruments for putting an edge on their ploughs and blades and forks and axes, and for putting iron points on their ox-driving rods.

In context

20Instead, all the Israelites would go down to the Philistines to sharpen their plowshares, mattocks, axes, and sickles.

22So on the day of battle not a sword or spear could be found in the hands of the troops with Saul and Jonathan; only Saul and his son Jonathan had weapons.

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