KJV King James Version
Be strong, and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye be not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you: quit yourselves like men, and fight.
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1 Samuel 4:9
Be strong, and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye be not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you: quit yourselves like men, and fight.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Take courage and be men, O Philistines! Otherwise, you will serve the Hebrews just as they served you. Now be men and fight!”
WEB World English Bible
Be strong, and behave like men, O you Philistines, that you not be servants to the Hebrews, as they have been to you. Strengthen yourselves like men, and fight!”
ASV American Standard Version
Be strong, and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye be not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you: quit yourselves like men, and fight.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Strengthen yourselves, and become men, O Philistines, lest ye do service to Hebrews, as they have done to you—then ye have become men, and have fought.’
Surrounding context — 1 Samuel 4
6 And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, What [meaneth] the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews? And they understood that the ark of the LORD was come into the camp.
7 And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come into the camp. And they said, Woe unto us! for there hath not been such a thing heretofore.
8 Woe unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Gods? these [are] the Gods that smote the Egyptians with all the plagues in the wilderness.
9 Be strong, and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye be not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you: quit yourselves like men, and fight.
10 And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man into his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.
11 And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.
12 And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes rent, and with earth upon his head.
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הִֽתְחַזְּק֞וּH2388 · cha.zaqto strengthen: strengthenוִֽהְי֤וּH1961 · ha.yahto beלַֽאֲנָשִׁים֙H582 · e.noshhumanפְּלִשְׁתִּ֔יםH6430 · pe.lish.tiPhilistineפֶּ֚ןH6435 · penlestתַּעַבְד֣וּH5647 · a.vadto serveלָעִבְרִ֔יםH5680 · iv.riHebrewכַּאֲשֶׁ֥רH834 · a.sherwhichעָבְד֖וּH5647 · a.vadto serveלָכֶ֑םH9036 · khemyouוִהְיִיתֶ֥םH1961 · ha.yahto beלַאֲנָשִׁ֖יםH582 · e.noshhumanוְנִלְחַמְתֶּֽם׃H3898 · la.chamto fight
Cross-references
1 Corinthians 16:13Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.Judges 13:1And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years.2 Samuel 10:12Be of good courage, and let us play the men for our people, and for the cities of our God: and the LORD do that which seemeth him good.Ephesians 6:10-11Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.Isaiah 33:1Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou [wast] not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; [and] when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.Judges 10:7And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands of the children of Ammon.Deuteronomy 28:47-48Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all [things];Isaiah 14:2And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the LORD for servants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.
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