1 Samuel 13:20 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

and all Israel go down to the Philistines, to sharpen each his ploughshare, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock;

English ASV

but all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock;

English Amplified

But each of the Israelites had to go down to the Philistines to get his plowshare, mattock, axe, or sickle sharpened.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

But each of the Israelites had to go down to the Philistines to get his plowshare, mattock, axe, or sickle sharpened.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

Instead, all the Israelites would go down to the Philistines to sharpen their plowshares, mattocks, axes, and sickles.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

So all the Israelites went to the Philistines to sharpen their plows, mattocks, axes, and sickles.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

And all Israel went down to the Philistines, every man to get his ploughshare, and his hoe, and his axe, and his sickle sharpened,

English EASY 2024

So the Israelites had to ask the Philistines to mend their ploughs, axes, hoes and knives that they used on their farms.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

Only the Philistines could sharpen iron tools. So if the Israelites needed to sharpen their plows, hoes, axes, or sickles, they had to go to the Philistines.

But every one of the Israelites went down to the Philistines to sharpen his plowshare, his mattock, his axe, or his sickle,

English GNT (Good News Translation)

The Israelites had to go to the Philistines to get their plows, hoes, axes, and sickles sharpened;

English God's Word - GW 1995

Everyone in Israel had to go to the Philistines to sharpen the blade of his plow, his mattock, ax, or sickle.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

So all the Israelites went to the Philistines to sharpen their plowshares, mattocks, axes, and sickles.

English KJV 1611

But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock.

English LSB

So all Israel went down to the Philistines, each to sharpen his plowshare, his mattock, his axe, and his goad.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

So all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his plow-point, his axe, his sickle and his hoe.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

So all Israel went down to the Philistines, each to sharpen his plowshare, his mattock, his axe, and his hoe.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

All Israel, therefore, had to go down to the Philistines to sharpen their plowshares, mattocks, axes, and sickles.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

So all Israel had to go down to the Philistines in order to get their plowshares, cutting instruments, axes, and sickles sharpened.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

So all of the people of Israel had to go down to the Philistines. They had to go to them to get their plows, hoes, axes and sickles sharpened.

English NIV

So all Israel went down to the Philistines to have their plowshares, mattocks, axes and sickles sharpened.

English NKJ 1982

But all the Israelites would go down to the Philistines to sharpen each man’s plowshare, his mattock, his ax, and his sickle;

English NLT

So whenever the Israelites needed to sharpen their plowshares, picks, axes, or sickles, they had to take them to a Philistine blacksmith.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

so all the Israelites went down to the Philistines to sharpen their plowshare, mattocks, axes, or sickles;

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

but every one of the Israelites went down to the Philistines to sharpen his plowshare, his mattock, his axe, or his sickle;

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

So whenever the Israelites needed to sharpen their plowshares, discs, axes, or sickles, they had to take them to a Philistine blacksmith.

English Tyndale 1537

And therefore must all Israel go down to the Philistines, to mend every man his share, his mattock, his axe or his sickle:

1 Samuel 13:20 — Compare Translations