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1 Samuel 17:461Sam.17.46

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.

KJV

Hebrew original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Aujourd'hui l'Eternel te livrera entre mes mains, je t'abattrai et je te couperai la tête; aujourd'hui je donnerai les cadavres du camp des Philistins aux oiseaux du ciel et aux animaux de la terre. Et toute la terre saura qu'Israël a un Dieu.

KJV

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.

Patristic reading

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  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 112 (Migne)

    gladium illius, qui percussus accubuit, evaginavitque et caput ejus amputavit [Note: [Col. 0941] 1 I Reg. XVII, 38-51.] . David in hoc facto significat Ecclesiam, cujus vultum deprecabuntur habere omnes divites plebis. Haec rufa est in martyribus, et formosa in omnibus memb…

  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 194 (Migne)

    rit universa Ecclesia haec, quia non in gladio nec in hasta salvat Dominus, ipsius est enim bellum (I Reg. XVII, 45-47) .» Sic loquens ego tunc puer aetate immaturus et sensu maturus non in mea virtute, sed in tuo, Deus, verbo supersperavi habendo fiduciam in verbo tuo supra fid…

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