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1 Samuel 17:471Sam.17.47

And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle [is] the LORD'S, and he will give you into our hands.

KJV

Hebrew original

וְ/יֵֽדְעוּ֙ כָּל הַ/קָּהָ֣ל הַ/זֶּ֔ה כִּֽי לֹ֛א בְּ/חֶ֥רֶב וּ/בַ/חֲנִ֖ית יְהוֹשִׁ֣יעַ יְהוָ֑ה כִּ֤י לַֽ/יהוָה֙ הַ/מִּלְחָמָ֔ה וְ/נָתַ֥ן אֶתְ/כֶ֖ם בְּ/יָדֵֽ/נוּ

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Et toute cette multitude saura que ce n'est ni par l'épée ni par la lance que l'Eternel sauve. Car la victoire appartient à l'Eternel. Et il vous livre entre nos mains.

KJV

And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle [is] the LORD'S, and he will give you into our hands.

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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