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1 Samuel 17:44

“Come here,” he called to David, “and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and the beasts of the field!”

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ASV

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.

KJV

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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13 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיֹּ֥אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559 →
הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֖יha.pe.lish.Tithe PhilistineH6430 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
דָּוִ֑דda.VidDavidH1732 →
לְכָ֣הle.Khahcome !H1980 →
אֵלַ֔י'e.Laito meH413 →
וְאֶתְּנָה֙ve.'e.te.Nahso let me giveH5414 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
בְּשָׂ֣רְךָ֔be.Sa.re.khaflesh yourH1320 →
לְע֥וֹףle.'ofto [the] bird[s] ofH5775 →
הַשָּׁמַ֖יִםha.sha.Ma.yimthe heavensH8064 →
וּלְבֶהֱמַ֥תu.le.ve.he.Matand to [the] animal[s] ofH929 →
הַשָּׂדֶֽה׃ סha.sa.Dehthe fieldH7704 →

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Revelation 19:18so that you may eat the flesh of kings and commanders and mighty men, of horses and riders, of everyone slave and free, small and great.”Jeremiah 34:20I will deliver into the hands of their enemies who seek their lives. Their corpses will become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth.Proverbs 30:17As for the eye that mocks a father and scorns obedience to a mother, may the ravens of the valley pluck it out and young vultures devour it.Ezekiel 28:9–10Will you still say, ‘I am a god,’ in the presence of those who slay you? You will be only a man, not a god, in the hands of those who wound you.1 Kings 20:10–11Then Ben-hadad sent another message to Ahab: “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if enough dust remains of Samaria for each of my men to have a handful.”Proverbs 18:12Before his downfall a man’s heart is proud, but humility comes before honor.1 Kings 20:18“If they have marched out in peace,” he said, “take them alive. Even if they have marched out for war, take them alive.”Genesis 40:19Within three days Pharaoh will lift off your head and hang you on a tree. Then the birds will eat the flesh of your body.”Genesis 19:9“Get out of the way!” they replied. And they declared, “This one came here as a foreigner, and he is already acting like a judge! Now we will treat you worse than them.” And they pressed in on Lot and moved in to break down the door.2 Kings 18:23Now, therefore, make a bargain with my master, the king of Assyria. I will give you two thousand horses—if you can put riders on them!2 Samuel 21:10And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it out for herself on a rock. From the beginning of the harvest until the rain from heaven poured down on the bodies, she did not allow the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.Ezekiel 29:5I will leave you in the desert, you and all the fish of your streams. You will fall on the open field and will not be taken away or gathered for burial. I have given you as food to the beasts of the earth and the birds of the air.Ezekiel 39:17–20And as for you, son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says: Call out to every kind of bird and to every beast of the field: ‘Assemble and come together from all around to the sacrificial feast that I am preparing for you, a great feast on the mountains of Israel. There you will eat flesh and drink blood.Ecclesiastes 9:11–12I saw something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong; neither is the bread to the wise, nor the wealth to the intelligent, nor the favor to the skillful. For time and chance happen to all.Jeremiah 9:23This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealthy man in his riches.Ezekiel 28:2“Son of man, tell the ruler of Tyre that this is what the Lord GOD says: Your heart is proud, and you have said, ‘I am a god; I sit in the seat of gods in the heart of the sea.’ Yet you are a man and not a god, though you have regarded your heart as that of a god.1 Samuel 17:46This day the LORD will deliver you into my hand. This day I will strike you down, cut off your head, and give the carcasses of the Philistines to the birds of the air and the creatures of the earth. Then the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel.

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