1 Samuel 17:27 — Compare All Translations

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

And the people speak to him according to this word, saying, `Thus it is done to the man who smiteth him.`

English ASV

And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that killeth him.

English Amplified

And the [men] told him, Thus shall it be done for the man who kills him.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

And the [men] told him, Thus shall it be done for the man who kills him.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

The people told him about the offer, saying, “That is what will be done for the man who kills him.”

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

The troops told him about the offer, concluding, “That is what will be done for the man who kills him.”

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

And the people told him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that smites him.

English EASY 2024

The men then told David what the king had promised to do. They said, ‘This is what the king will do to help the man who kills that Philistine soldier.’

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

So the Israelite told David about the reward for killing Goliath.

And the people answered him in the same way, "So shall it be done to the man who kills him."

English GNT (Good News Translation)

They told him what would be done for the man who killed Goliath.

English God's Word - GW 1995

The soldiers repeated {to David} how the man who kills Goliath would be treated.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

The people told him about the offer, concluding, "That is what will be done for the man who kills him."

English KJV 1611

And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that killeth him.

English LSB

And the people spoke to him in accord with this word, saying, “Thus it will be done for the man who strikes him down.”

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

And the people answered him in the same way, saying, “So will it be done to the man who kills him.”

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

The people answered him in accord with this word, saying, "Thus it will be done for the man who kills him."

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

They repeated the same words to him and said, "That is how the man who kills him will be rewarded."

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

The soldiers told him what had been promised, saying, “This is what will be done for the man who can strike him down.”

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

The men told David what Israel's soldiers had been saying. The men told him what would be done for the man who killed Goliath.

English NIV

They repeated to him what they had been saying and told him, "This is what will be done for the man who kills him."

English NKJ 1982

And the people answered him in this manner, saying, “So shall it be done for the man who kills him.”

English NLT

And David received the same reply as before: "What you have been hearing is true. That is the reward for killing the giant."

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

The people answered him in the same way, "So shall it be done for the man who kills him."

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

And the people answered him in the same way, “So shall it be done to the man who kills him.”

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

And he received the same reply as before.

English Tyndale 1537

And the people answered as it is rehearsed saying: so shall it be done to the man that beateth him.

1 Samuel 17:27 — Compare Translations