1 Samuel 17:46 “This day the LORD will deliver you into my hand. This day I will strik…”

1 Samuel 17:46

This day the LORD will deliver you into my hand. This day I will strike you down, cut off your head, and give the carcasses of the Philistine army to the birds of the air and the creatures of the earth. Then the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

This 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.

World English Bible

Today, the LORD will deliver you into my hand. I will strike you and take your head from off you. I will give the dead bodies of the army of the Philistines today to the birds of the sky and to the wild animals of the earth, that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel,

American Standard Version

This day will Jehovah deliver thee into my hand; and I will smite thee, and take thy head from off thee; and I will give the dead bodies of the host of the Philistines this day unto the birds of the heavens, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel,

Geneva Bible 1599

This day shall the Lord close thee in mine hand, and I shall smite thee, and take thine head from thee, and I wil giue the carkeises of the hoste of the Philistims this daye vnto the foules of the heauen, and to the beasts of the earth, that all the world may know that Israel hath a God,

Darby Translation

This day will Jehovah deliver thee up into my hand; and I will smite thee, and take thy head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the camp of the Philistines this day to the fowl of the heavens and to the wild beasts of the earth. And all the earth shall know that Israel has a God;

Young's Literal Translation

This day doth Jehovah shut thee up into my hand — and I have smitten thee, and turned aside thy head from off thee, and given the carcase of the camp of the Philistines this day to the fowl of the heavens, and to the beast of the earth, and all the earth do know that God is for Israel.

Bible in Basic English

This day the Lord will give you up into my hands, and I will overcome you, and take your head off you; and I will give the bodies of the Philistine army to the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth today, so that all the earth may see that Israel has a God;

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Cross references

“will the Lord”

Deuteronomy 7:2 Deuteronomy 7:23 Joshua 10:8 Deuteronomy 9:2 Deuteronomy 9:3

Deuteronomy 7:2 · BSB

and when the LORD your God has delivered them over to you to defeat them, then you must devote them to complete destruction. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy.

Deuteronomy 7:23 · BSB

But the LORD your God will give them over to you and throw them into great confusion, until they are destroyed.

Joshua 10:8 · BSB

The LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them, for I have delivered them into your hand. Not one of them shall stand against you.”

Deuteronomy 9:2 · BSB

The people are strong and tall, the descendants of the Anakim. You know about them, and you have heard it said, “Who can stand up to the sons of Anak?”

Deuteronomy 9:3 · BSB

But understand that today the LORD your God goes across ahead of you as a consuming fire; He will destroy them and subdue them before you. And you will drive them out and annihilate them swiftly, as the LORD has promised…

“deliver thee”

Psalm 31:8

Psalm 31:8 · BSB

You have not delivered me to the enemy; You have set my feet in the open.

“carcases”

Deuteronomy 28:26 1 Samuel 17:44 Matthew 24:28 Isaiah 56:9 Revelation 19:17 Revelation 19:18

Deuteronomy 28:26 · BSB

Your corpses will be food for all the birds of the air and beasts of the earth, with no one to scare them away.

1 Samuel 17:44 · BSB

“Come here,” he called to David, “and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and the beasts of the field!”

Matthew 24:28 · BSB

Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.

Isaiah 56:9 · BSB

Come, all you beasts of the field; eat greedily, all you beasts of the forest.

Revelation 19:17 · BSB

Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out in a loud voice to all the birds flying overhead, “Come, gather together for the great supper of God,

Revelation 19:18 · BSB

so that you may eat the flesh of kings and commanders and mighty men, of horses and riders, of everyone slave and free, small and great.”

“all the earth”

Isaiah 52:10 Joshua 4:24 2 Kings 19:19 1 Kings 8:43 Exodus 9:16 Daniel 2:47

Isaiah 52:10 · BSB

The LORD has bared His holy arm in the sight of all the nations; all the ends of the earth will see the salvation of our God.

Joshua 4:24 · BSB

He did this so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the hand of the LORD is mighty, and so that you may always fear the LORD your God.”

2 Kings 19:19 · BSB

And now, O LORD our God, please save us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You alone, O LORD, are God.”

1 Kings 8:43 · BSB

then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You. Then all the peoples of the earth will know Your name and fear You, as do Your people Israel, and they wil…

Exodus 9:16 · BSB

But I have raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display My power to you, and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth.

Daniel 2:47 · BSB

The king said to Daniel, “Your God is truly the God of gods and Lord of kings, the Revealer of Mysteries, since you were able to reveal this mystery.”

Also

Isaiah 37:20

Isaiah 37:20 · BSB

And now, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You alone, O LORD, are God. ”

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

In context

45But David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD of Hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.

47And all those assembled here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the LORD saves; for the battle is the LORD’s, and He will give all of you into our hands.”

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