KJV King James Version
And the staff of his spear [was] like a weaver’s beam; and his spear’s head [weighed] six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went before him.
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1 Samuel 17:7
And the staff of his spear [was] like a weaver’s beam; and his spear’s head [weighed] six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went before him.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The shaft of his spear was like a weaver’s beam, and its iron point weighed six hundred shekels. In addition, his shield bearer went before him.
WEB World English Bible
The staff of his spear was like a weaver’s beam; and his spear’s head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and his shield bearer went before him.
ASV American Standard Version
And the staff of his spear was like a weaver’s beam; and his spear’s head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and his shield-bearer went before him.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and the wood of his spear is like a beam of weavers’, and the flame of his spear is six hundred shekels of iron, and the bearer of the buckler is going before him.
Surrounding context — 1 Samuel 17
4 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.
5 And [he had] an helmet of brass upon his head, and he [was] armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat [was] five thousand shekels of brass.
6 And [he had] greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass between his shoulders.
7 And the staff of his spear [was] like a weaver’s beam; and his spear’s head [weighed] six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went before him.
8 And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them, Why are ye come out to set [your] battle in array? [am] not I a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me.
9 If he be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we be your servants: but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall ye be our servants, and serve us.
10 And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.
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וְעֵ֣ץH6086 · etstree: woodחֲנִית֗וֹH2595 · cha.nitspearכִּמְנוֹר֙H4500 · ma.norloom-beamאֹֽרְגִ֔יםH707 · a.ragto weaveוְלַהֶ֣בֶתH3852 · le.ha.vahflameחֲנִית֔וֹH2595 · cha.nitspearשֵׁשׁ־H8337 · sheshsixמֵא֥וֹתH3967 · me.ahhundredשְׁקָלִ֖יםH8255 · she.qelshekelבַּרְזֶ֑לH1270 · bar.zelironוְנֹשֵׂ֥אH5375 · na.sato lift: raiseהַצִּנָּ֖הH6793 · tsin.nahhookהֹלֵ֥ךְH1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentלְפָנָֽיו׃H6440 · pa.nehface: before
Cross-references
2 Samuel 21:19And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaareoregim, a Bethlehemite, slew [the brother of] Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear [was] like a weaver’s beam.1 Samuel 17:41And the Philistine came on and drew near unto David; and the man that bare the shield [went] before him.1 Chronicles 11:23And he slew an Egyptian, a man of [great] stature, five cubits high; and in the Egyptian’s hand [was] a spear like a weaver’s beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and slew him with his own spear.1 Chronicles 20:5And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear staff [was] like a weaver’s beam.
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