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Parallel 1SA 17:5

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BI 1Sa 17:5 ©

OET (OET-RV)No OET-RV 1SA 17:5 verse available

OET-LVAnd_helmet of_bronze [was]_on his/its_head and_coat of_scales he [was]_clothed and_weight the_coat [was]_five thousand(s) shekels bronze.

UHBוְ⁠כ֤וֹבַע נְחֹ֨שֶׁת֙ עַל־רֹאשׁ֔⁠וֹ וְ⁠שִׁרְי֥וֹן קַשְׂקַשִּׂ֖ים ה֣וּא לָב֑וּשׁ וּ⁠מִשְׁקַל֙ הַ⁠שִּׁרְי֔וֹן חֲמֵשֶׁת־אֲלָפִ֥ים שְׁקָלִ֖ים נְחֹֽשֶֽׁת׃ 
   (və⁠kōⱱaˊ nəḩoshet ˊal-roʼsh⁠ō və⁠shiryōn qasqassiym hūʼ lāⱱūsh ū⁠mishəqal ha⁠shshiryōn ḩₐmēshet-ʼₐlāfiym shəqāliym nəḩoshet.)

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Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT And a helmet of bronze was on his head and he was wearing body armor of scales. And the weight of the body armor was 5,000 shekels of bronze.

UST He wore a helmet made of bronze to protect his head, and he wore a coat made of metal plates to protect his body. The metal coat weighed about fifty-five kilograms.


BSB and he had a bronze helmet on his head. He wore a bronze coat of mail weighing five thousand shekels,[fn]


17:5 5,000 shekels is approximately 125.6 pounds or 57 kilograms.

OEB He had a helmet of bronze on his head, and he was clad with a bronze breastplate of scales, the weight of which was about two hundred pounds.

WEB He had a helmet of bronze on his head, and he wore a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels[fn] of bronze.


17:5 A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces, so 5000 shekels is about 50 kilograms or 110 pounds.

NET He had a bronze helmet on his head and was wearing scale body armor. The weight of his bronze body armor was five thousand shekels.

LSV and a helmet of bronze [is] on his head, and he is clothed [with] a scaled coat of mail, and the weight of the coat of mail [is] five thousand shekels of bronze,

FBV He had on his head a bronze helmet and he wore a bronze coat of mail weighing five thousand shekels.

T4T He wore a helmet made of bronze to protect his head, and he wore a coat made of metal plates to protect his body. The coat weighed 125 pounds/56 kg.►.

LEB A bronze helmet was on his head, and he was clothed with scale body armor; the weight of the body armor was five thousand bronze shekels.

BBE And he had a head-dress of brass on his head, and he was dressed in a coat of metal, the weight of which was five thousand shekels of brass.

MOFNo MOF 1SA book available

JPS And he had a helmet of brass upon his head, and he was clad with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass.

ASV And he had a helmet of brass upon his head, and he was clad with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass.

DRA And he had a helmet of brass upon his head, and he was clothed with a coat of mail with scales, and the weight of his coat of mail was five thousand sicles of brass:

YLT and a helmet of brass [is] on his head, and [with] a scaled coat of mail he [is] clothed, and the weight of the coat of mail [is] five thousand shekels of brass,

DBY And he had a helmet of bronze upon his head, and he was clothed with a corselet of scales; and the weight of the corselet was five thousand shekels of bronze.

RV And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was clad with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass.

WBS And he had a 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.

KJB 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.[fn]
  (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.)


17.5 armed: Heb. clothed

BB And had an helmet of brasse vpon his head, and a coate of male about him. And the weight of his coate of mayle, was fiue thousand sicles of brasse.
  (And had an helmet of brasse upon his head, and a coate of male about him. And the weight of his coate of mayle, was five thousand sicles of brasse.)

GNV Aud had an helmet of brasse vpon his head, and a brigandine vpon him: and the weight of his brigandine was fiue thousand shekels of brasse.
  (Aud had an helmet of brasse upon his head, and a brigandine upon him: and the weight of his brigandine was five thousand shekels of brasse. )

CB and had an helmet of stele on his heade, and a fast habergion vpon him, and the weight of his habergion was fyue thousande Sicles of stele,
  (and had an helmet of stele on his heade, and a fast habergion upon him, and the weight of his habergion was five thousand Sicles of stele,)

WYC and he was clothid with `an haburioun hokid, ether mailid; forsothe the weiyte of his haburioun was fyue thousynde siclis of bras;
  (and he was clothid with `an haburioun hokid, ether mailid; forsothe the weiyte of his haburioun was five thousand siclis of bras;)

LUT und hatte einen ehernen Helm auf seinem Haupt und einen schuppichten Panzer an, und das Gewicht seines Panzers war fünftausend Sekel Erzes;
  (and had a ehernen Helm on seinem Haupt and a schuppichten Panzer an, and the Gewicht seines Panzers was fünftausend Sekel Erzes;)

CLV et cassis ærea super caput ejus, et lorica squamata induebatur. Porro pondus loricæ ejus, quinque millia siclorum æris erat:
  (and cassis ærea super caput his, and lorica squamata induebatur. Porro pondus loricæ his, quinque millia siclorum æris was: )

BRN And he had a helmet upon his head, and he wore a breastplate of chain armour; and the weight of his breastplate was five thousand shekels of brass and iron.

BrLXX Καὶ περικεφαλαῖα ἐπὶ τῆς κεφαλῆς αὐτοῦ, καὶ θώρακα ἁλυσιδωτὸν αὐτὸς ἐνδεδυκώς· καὶ ὁ σταθμὸς τοῦ θώρακος αὐτοῦ, πέντε χιλιάδες σίκλων χαλκοῦ καὶ σιδήρου.
  (Kai perikefalaia epi taʸs kefalaʸs autou, kai thōraka halusidōton autos endedukōs; kai ho stathmos tou thōrakos autou, pente ⱪiliades siklōn ⱪalkou kai sidaʸrou. )


TSNTyndale Study Notes:

17:5-7 Although Goliath was a fully armored warrior of terrifying size, he did not have God—a far mightier warrior—on his side (17:45-47).


UTNuW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

(Occurrence 0) he was armed with a coat of chainmail

(Some words not found in UHB: and,helmet copper/brass/bronze//coin on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in his/its=head and,coat scale he/it wore and,weight the,coat five thousand shekels bronze )

A “coat of chainmail” is a flexible piece of body armor covered with protective scales or small plates. If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you can state this in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “he protected himself by wearing a coat of chainmail” or “he wore a coat of chainmail”

Note 2 topic: translate-bweight

(Occurrence 0) five thousand shekels

(Some words not found in UHB: and,helmet copper/brass/bronze//coin on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in his/its=head and,coat scale he/it wore and,weight the,coat five thousand shekels bronze )

A shekel is a unit of weight equal to about 11 grams. Alternate translation: “about 55 kilograms”

BI 1Sa 17:5 ©