1 Samuel 17:24 “When all the men of Israel saw Goliath, they fled from him in great fe…”

1 Samuel 17:24

When all the men of Israel saw Goliath, they fled from him in great fear.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid.

World English Bible

All the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him and were terrified.

American Standard Version

And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid.

Geneva Bible 1599

And all the men of Israel, when they sawe the man, ranne away from him, and were sore afraied.

Darby Translation

And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him and were greatly afraid.

Young's Literal Translation

and all the men of Israel when they see the man flee from his presence, and are greatly afraid.

Bible in Basic English

And all the men of Israel, when they saw him, went in flight, overcome with fear.

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Cross references

“him”

1 Samuel 13:6 1 Samuel 13:7

1 Samuel 13:6 · BSB

Seeing that they were in danger because their troops were hard-pressed, the men of Israel hid in caves and thickets, among the rocks, and in cellars and cisterns.

1 Samuel 13:7 · BSB

Some Hebrews even crossed the Jordan into the land of Gad and Gilead. Saul, however, remained at Gilgal, and all his troops were quaking in fear.

“sore”

1 Samuel 17:11 Leviticus 26:36 Numbers 13:33 Deuteronomy 32:30 Isaiah 7:2 Isaiah 30:17

1 Samuel 17:11 · BSB

On hearing the words of the Philistine, Saul and all the Israelites were dismayed and greatly afraid.

Leviticus 26:36 · BSB

As for those of you who survive, I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies, so that even the sound of a windblown leaf will put them to flight. And they will flee as one flees the sword, and…

Numbers 13:33 · BSB

We even saw the Nephilim there—the descendants of Anak that come from the Nephilim! We seemed like grasshoppers in our own sight, and we must have seemed the same to them!”

Deuteronomy 32:30 · BSB

How could one man pursue a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up?

Isaiah 7:2 · BSB

When it was reported to the house of David that Aram was in league with Ephraim, the hearts of Ahaz and his people trembled like trees in the forest shaken by the wind.

Isaiah 30:17 · BSB

A thousand will flee at the threat of one; at the threat of five you will all flee, until you are left alone like a pole on a mountaintop, like a banner on a hill.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

23And as he was speaking with them, suddenly the champion named Goliath, the Philistine from Gath, came forward from the ranks of the Philistines and shouted his usual words, which David also heard.

25Now the men of Israel had been saying, “Do you see how this man keeps coming out to defy Israel? To the man who kills him the king will give great riches. And he will give him his daughter in marriage and exempt his father’s house from taxation in Israel.”

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