1st Samuel Chapter 17 verse 44 Holy Bible
And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh unto the birds of the heavens, and to the beasts of the field.
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And the Philistine said to David, Come here to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and the beasts of the field.
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And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh to the fowls of the heavens and to the beasts of the field.
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And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field.
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And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh to the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field.
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The Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the sky, and to the animals of the field.
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and the Philistine saith unto David, `Come unto me, and I give thy flesh to the fowl of the heavens, and to the beast of the field.'
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Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(44) Come to me.--In similar terms Hector addresses Ajax--"And thou imperious! if thy madness waitThe lance of Hector, thou shalt meet thy fate.That giant corse, extended on the shore.Shall largely feed the fowls with fat and gore."--Iliad, xiii. 1053.Parallel Commentaries ...Hebrew“Comeלְכָ֣ה (lə·ḵāh)Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singularStrong's 1980: To go, come, walkhere,”הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֖י (hap·pə·liš·tî)Article | Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 6430: Philistines -- inhabitants of Philistiahe calledוַיֹּ֥אמֶר (way·yō·mer)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 559: To utter, saytoאֶל־ (’el-)PrepositionStrong's 413: Near, with, among, toDavid,דָּוִ֑ד (dā·wiḏ)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse“and I will giveוְאֶתְּנָה֙ (wə·’et·tə·nāh)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singularStrong's 5414: To give, put, setyour fleshבְּשָׂ֣רְךָ֔ (bə·śā·rə·ḵā)Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singularStrong's 1320: Flesh, body, person, the pudenda of a, manto the birdsלְע֥וֹף (lə·‘ō·wp̄)Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular constructStrong's 5775: Flying creaturesof the airהַשָּׁמַ֖יִם (haš·šā·ma·yim)Article | Noun - masculine pluralStrong's 8064: Heaven, skyand the beastsוּלְבֶהֱמַ֥ת (ū·lə·ḇe·hĕ·maṯ)Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular constructStrong's 929: A dumb beast, any large quadruped, animalof the field!”הַשָּׂדֶֽה׃ (haś·śā·ḏeh)Article | Noun - masculine singularStrong's 7704: Field, landJump to PreviousAir Animals Beast Beasts Birds David Heavens I'll Philistine Sky