1 Samuel 17:7

NETBible

The shaft 1  of his spear was like a weaver’s beam, and the iron point of his spear weighed six hundred shekels. 2  His shield bearer was walking before him.

NIV ©

His spear shaft was like a weaver’s rod, and its iron point weighed six hundred shekels. His shield-bearer went ahead of him.

NASB ©

The shaft of his spear was like a weaver’s beam, and the head of his spear weighed six hundred shekels of iron; his shield-carrier also walked before him.

NLT ©

The shaft of his spear was as heavy and thick as a weaver’s beam, tipped with an iron spearhead that weighed fifteen pounds. An armor bearer walked ahead of him carrying a huge shield.

MSG ©

His spear was like a fence rail--the spear tip alone weighed over fifteen pounds. His shield bearer walked ahead of him.

BBE ©

The stem of his spear was as long as a cloth-worker’s rod, and its head was made of six hundred shekels’ weight of iron: and one went before him with his body-cover.

NRSV ©

The shaft of his spear was like a weaver’s beam, and his spear’s head weighed six hundred shekels of iron; and his shield-bearer went before him.

NKJV ©

Now the staff of his spear was like a weaver’s beam, and his iron spearhead weighed six hundred shekels; and a shield–bearer went before him.

KJV
And the staff
<06086> (8675) <02671>
of his spear
<02595>
[was] like a weaver's
<0707> (8802)
beam
<04500>_;
and his spear's
<02595>
head
<03852>
[weighed] six
<08337>
hundred
<03967>
shekels
<08255>
of iron
<01270>_:
and one bearing
<05375> (8802)
a shield
<06793>
went
<01980> (8802)
before
<06440>
him.
NASB ©
The shaft
<2671>
of his spear
<2595>
was like a weaver's
<707>
beam
<4500>
, and the head
<3852>
of his spear
<2595>

weighed
six
<8337>
hundred
<3967>
shekels
<8255>
of iron
<1270>
; his shield-carrier
<6793>
<5375> also walked
<1980>
before
<6440>
him.
LXXM
kai
<2532> 
CONJ
o
<3588> 
T-NSM
kontov {N-NSM} tou
<3588> 
T-GSN
doratov {N-GSN} autou
<846> 
D-GSM
wsei
<5616> 
ADV
mesaklon {N-NSN} ufainontwn {V-PAPGP} kai
<2532> 
CONJ
h
<3588> 
T-NSF
logch
<3057> 
N-NSF
autou
<846> 
D-GSM
exakosiwn
<1812> 
A-GPM
siklwn {N-GPM} sidhrou
<4604> 
N-GSM
kai
<2532> 
CONJ
o
<3588> 
T-NSM
airwn
<142> 
V-PAPNS
ta
<3588> 
T-APN
opla
<3696> 
N-APN
autou
<846> 
D-GSM
proeporeueto
<4313> 
V-IMI-3S
autou
<846> 
D-GSM
NET [draft] ITL
The shaft
<02671>
of his spear
<02595>
was like a weaver’s
<0707>
beam
<04500>
, and the iron
<01270>
point
<03852>
of his spear
<02595>
weighed six
<08337>
hundred
<03967>
shekels
<08255>
. His shield
<06793>
bearer
<05375>
was walking
<01980>
before
<06440>
him.
HEBREW
wynpl
<06440>
Klh
<01980>
hnuh
<06793>
avnw
<05375>
lzrb
<01270>
Mylqs
<08255>
twam
<03967>
ss
<08337>
wtynx
<02595>
tbhlw
<03852>
Mygra
<0707>
rwnmk
<04500>
wtynx
<02595>
*Uew {Uxw} (17:7)
<02671>
NETBible

The shaft 1  of his spear was like a weaver’s beam, and the iron point of his spear weighed six hundred shekels. 2  His shield bearer was walking before him.

NET Notes

1 tn The translation follows the Qere and many medieval Hebrew mss in reading “wood,” rather than the “arrow” (the reading of the Kethib).

2 sn That is, about fifteen or sixteen pounds.