Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

Then a champion named Goliath, from Gath, came out from the Philistine camp. He was nine feet, nine inches tall

New American Standard Bible

Then a champion came out from the armies of the Philistines named Goliath, from Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.

King James Version

And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.

International Standard Version

A champion named Goliath from Gath came out from the Philistine camp. He was four cubits and a span tall,

A Conservative Version

And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.

American Standard Version

And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.

Amplified

Then a champion came out from the camp of the Philistines named Goliath of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.

Bible in Basic English

And a fighter came out from the tents of the Philistines, named Goliath of Gath; he was more than six cubits tall.

Darby Translation

And there went out a champion from the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.

Julia Smith Translation

And there went forth a man of the sons of the camp of the rovers, Goliah his name, from Gath; his height six cubits and a span.

King James 2000

And there went a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Then {a champion} went out from the camps of [the] Philistines, whose name was Goliath from Gath. His height was six cubits and a span.

Modern King James verseion

And a champion named Goliath came out of the Philistines camp; he was from Gath. His height was six cubits and a span.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And then came a man and stood in the midst, out of the tents of the Philistines, named Goliath of Gath: six cubits and a handbreadth long,

NET Bible

Then a champion came out from the camp of the Philistines. His name was Goliath; he was from Gath. He was close to seven feet tall.

New Heart English Bible

There went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.

The Emphasized Bible

And there came forth a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, Goliath, his name, from Gath, - his height, six cubits and a span;

Webster

And there went out a champion from the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose hight was six cubits and a span.

World English Bible

There went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.

Youngs Literal Translation

And there goeth out a man of the duellists from the camps of the Philistines, Goliath is his name, from Gath; his height is six cubits and a span,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And there went out
יצא 
Yatsa' 
....out, ....forth, bring, come, proceed, go, depart,
Usage: 1068

אישׁ 
'iysh 
Usage: 692

out of the camp
מחנה 
Machaneh 
Usage: 216

of the Philistines
פּלשׁתּי 
P@lishtiy 
Usage: 288

שׁם 
Shem 
Usage: 865

גּלית 
Golyath 
Usage: 6

of Gath
גּת 
Gath 
Usage: 33

גּבהּ 
Gobahh 
Usage: 17

שׁשּׁה שׁשׁ 
Shesh 
Usage: 215

אמּה 
'ammah 
Usage: 245

References

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Context Readings

The Philistine Champion Taunts Israel

3 The Philistines were standing on one hill, and the Israelites were standing on another hill with a ravine between them. 4 Then a champion named Goliath, from Gath, came out from the Philistine camp. He was nine feet, nine inches tall 5 and wore a bronze helmet and bronze scale armor that weighed 125 pounds.


Cross References

Joshua 11:22

No Anakim were left in the land of the Israelites, except for some remaining in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod.

Deuteronomy 3:11

(Only Og king of Bashan was left of the remnant of the Rephaim. His bed was made of iron. Isn’t it in Rabbah of the Ammonites? It is 13 feet six inches long and six feet wide by a standard measure.)

1 Samuel 17:23

While he was speaking with them, suddenly the champion named Goliath, the Philistine from Gath, came forward from the Philistine battle line and shouted his usual words, which David heard.

1 Samuel 21:9-10

The priest replied, “The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the Valley of Elah, is here, wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod. If you want to take it for yourself, then take it, for there isn’t another one here.”

“There’s none like it!” David said. “Give it to me.”

1 Samuel 27:4

When it was reported to Saul that David had fled to Gath, he no longer searched for him.

2 Samuel 21:16-22

Then Ishbi-benob, one of the descendants of the giant, whose bronze spear weighed about eight pounds and who wore new armor, intended to kill David.

1 Chronicles 11:23

He also killed an Egyptian who was seven and a half feet tall. Even though the Egyptian had a spear in his hand like a weaver’s beam, Benaiah went down to him with a club, snatched the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and then killed him with his own spear.

1 Chronicles 20:4-8

After this, a war broke out with the Philistines at Gezer. At that time Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Sippai, a descendant of the giants, and the Philistines were subdued.

Amos 2:9

Yet I destroyed the Amorite as Israel advanced;
his height was like the cedars,
and he was as sturdy as the oaks;
I destroyed his fruit above and his roots beneath.

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