Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads.
KJV
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsyet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to set the goads.
The charge was a pim for sharpening a plowshare or mattock, a third of a shekel for sharpening a pitchfork or an axe, and a third of a shekel for repointing an oxgoad.
and there hath been the file for mattocks, and for coulters, and for three-pronged rakes, and for the axes, and to set up the goads.
when the edges of the sickles, and the hoes, and the forks, and the axes were blunted; and to set the goads.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old Testament1 Samuel — The transition from judges to monarchy. Samuel rises as prophet-judge; Israel demands a king; Saul rises and is rejected; David is anointed in obscurity and flees across the wilderness. Three lives overlapping — the prophetic-judicial-royal handoff.
- Author
- Traditionally Samuel (with additions after his death by Nathan and Gad — cf. 1 Chr 29:29)
- Date
- Events c. 1050–1010 BC; compilation during the early monarchy