Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Be strong, Philistines! Be men, or you will be subject to the Hebrews, as they have been to you. Be men, and fight!” New Living Translation Fight as never before, Philistines! If you don’t, we will become the Hebrews’ slaves just as they have been ours! Stand up like men and fight!” English Standard Version Take courage, and be men, O Philistines, lest you become slaves to the Hebrews as they have been to you; be men and fight.” 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!” King James Bible 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. New King James Version Be strong and conduct yourselves like men, you Philistines, that you do not become servants of the Hebrews, as they have been to you. Conduct yourselves like men, and fight!” New American Standard Bible Take courage and be men, Philistines, or you will become slaves to the Hebrews, as they have been slaves to you; so be men and fight!” NASB 1995 “Take courage and be men, O Philistines, or you will become slaves to the Hebrews, as they have been slaves to you; therefore, be men and fight.” NASB 1977 “Take courage and be men, O Philistines, lest you become slaves to the Hebrews, as they have been slaves to you; therefore, be men and fight.” Legacy Standard Bible Be strong and become men, O Philistines, lest you become slaves to the Hebrews, as they have been slaves to you; therefore, become men and fight.” Amplified Bible Take courage, and be men, O Philistines, so that you do not become servants to the Hebrews, as they have been servants to you; act like men and fight!” Christian Standard Bible Show some courage and be men, Philistines! Otherwise, you’ll serve the Hebrews just as they served you. Now be men and fight! ” Holman Christian Standard Bible Show some courage and be men, Philistines! Otherwise, you’ll serve the Hebrews just as they served you. Now be men and fight!” 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. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Be strengthened and be men, Philistines, lest you serve the Hebrews as they served you and be men and fight with them!” Brenton Septuagint Translation Strengthen yourselves and behave yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye may not serve the Hebrews as they have served us, but be ye men and fight with them. Contemporary English Version Philistines, be brave and fight hard! If you don't, those Hebrews will rule us, just as we've been ruling them. Fight and don't be afraid. Douay-Rheims Bible Take courage and behave like men, ye Philistines: lest you come to be servants to the Hebrews, as they have served you: take courage and fight. English Revised 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. GOD'S WORD® Translation Be strong, Philistines, and act like men, or else you will serve the Hebrews as they served you. Act like men and fight." Good News Translation Be brave, Philistines! Fight like men, or we will become slaves to the Hebrews, just as they were our slaves. So fight like men!" International Standard Version Philistines, be strong and be men, or you will become slaves to the Hebrews just as they have been slaves to you! Be men and fight!" JPS Tanakh 1917 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.' Literal Standard Version Strengthen yourselves, and become men, O Philistines, lest you do service to Hebrews, as they have done to you—then you have become men, and have fought.” Majority 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!” New American Bible Take courage and act like soldiers, Philistines; otherwise you will become slaves to the Hebrews, as they were your slaves. Fight like soldiers!” NET Bible Be strong and act like men, you Philistines, or else you will wind up serving the Hebrews the way they have served you! Act like men and fight!" New Revised Standard Version Take courage, and be men, O Philistines, in order not to become slaves to the Hebrews as they have been to you; be men and fight.” New Heart 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." Webster's Bible Translation Be strong, and acquit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye may not be servants to the Hebrews, as they have been to you: acquit yourselves like men, and fight. 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!” 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.' Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Philistines Capture the Ark…8Woe to us! Who will deliver us from the hand of these mighty gods? These are the gods who struck the Egyptians with all kinds of plagues in the wilderness. 9Take courage and be men, O Philistines! Otherwise, you will serve the Hebrews just as they served you. Now be men and fight!” 10So the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and each man fled to his tent. The slaughter was very great—thirty thousand foot soldiers of Israel fell.… Cross References 1 Corinthians 16:13 Be on the alert. Stand firm in the faith. Be men of courage. Be strong. Judges 13:1 Again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD, so He delivered them into the hand of the Philistines for forty years. 1 Samuel 4:8 Woe to us! Who will deliver us from the hand of these mighty gods? These are the gods who struck the Egyptians with all kinds of plagues in the wilderness. 1 Samuel 14:21 And the Hebrews who had previously gone up into the surrounding camps of the Philistines now went over to the Israelites who were with Saul and Jonathan. Treasury of Scripture Be strong and quit yourselves like men, O you Philistines, that you be not servants to the Hebrews, as they have been to you: quit yourselves like men, and fight. Be strong 2 Samuel 10:12 Be 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. 1 Corinthians 16:13 Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong. Ephesians 6:10,11 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might… as they have Deuteronomy 28:47,48 Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things; … Judges 10:7 And 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. Judges 13:1 And 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. quit yourselves like men. Jump to Previous Acquit Behave Courage Hebrews Philistines Quit Servants Shew Slaves Strengthen Strong Subject Valiant YourselvesJump to Next Acquit Behave Courage Hebrews Philistines Quit Servants Shew Slaves Strengthen Strong Subject Valiant Yourselves1 Samuel 4 1. The Israelites are overcome by the Philistines at Ebenezer3. They fetch the ark unto the terror of the Philistines 10. They are smitten again, the ark taken, and Hophni and Phinehas are slain 12. Eli at the news, falling backward, breaks his neck 19. Phinehas's wife, discouraged in her travail with Ichabod, dies (9) Be strong, . . . O ye Philistines . . .--The ring of these striking words--part of the same Philistine tradition of their splendid success--probably embodied in some well-known hymn of victory, was evidently in St. Paul's mind when he wrote his stirring words of exhortation to his loved Corinthian Church, "Quit ye like men; be strong."Verse 9. - Be strong. But, as is often the case, despair served only to nerve them to bitter determination. The greatness of the danger - for as heathen the Philistines fully believed that the ark would act as a charm - and the fearful alternative of being servants, i.e. slaves to those who not so very long ago had been slaves to them, made them resolve to do their very utmost. The result was a complete victory. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Take courageהִֽתְחַזְּק֞וּ (hiṯ·ḥaz·zə·qū) Verb - Hitpael - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's 2388: To fasten upon, to seize, be strong, obstinate, to bind, restrain, conquer and be וִֽהְי֤וּ (wih·yū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be men, לַֽאֲנָשִׁים֙ (la·’ă·nā·šîm) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person O Philistines! פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים (pə·liš·tîm) Noun - proper - masculine plural Strong's 6430: Philistines -- inhabitants of Philistia Otherwise, פֶּ֚ן (pen) Conjunction Strong's 6435: Removal, lest you will serve תַּעַבְד֣וּ (ta·‘aḇ·ḏū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 5647: To work, to serve, till, enslave the Hebrews לָעִבְרִ֔ים (lā·‘iḇ·rîm) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine plural Strong's 5680: Hebrews -- perhaps descendant of Eber, also another name for an Israelite just as כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר (ka·’ă·šer) Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that they served עָבְד֖וּ (‘ā·ḇə·ḏū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 5647: To work, to serve, till, enslave you. לָכֶ֑ם (lā·ḵem) Preposition | second person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew Now be וִהְיִיתֶ֥ם (wih·yî·ṯem) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be men לַאֲנָשִׁ֖ים (la·’ă·nā·šîm) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person and fight!” וְנִלְחַמְתֶּֽם׃ (wə·nil·ḥam·tem) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 3898: To feed on, to consume, to battle Links 1 Samuel 4:9 NIV1 Samuel 4:9 NLT 1 Samuel 4:9 ESV 1 Samuel 4:9 NASB 1 Samuel 4:9 KJV 1 Samuel 4:9 BibleApps.com 1 Samuel 4:9 Biblia Paralela 1 Samuel 4:9 Chinese Bible 1 Samuel 4:9 French Bible 1 Samuel 4:9 Catholic Bible OT History: 1 Samuel 4:9 Be strong and behave yourselves like men (1Sa iSam 1 Sam i sa) |
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