1 Samuel 17:5 — Compare All Translations

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

and a helmet of brass [is] on his head, and [with] a scaled coat of mail he [is] clothed, and the weight of the coat of mail [is] five thousand shekels of brass,

English ASV

And he had a helmet of brass upon his head, and he was clad with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass.

English Amplified

And he had a bronze helmet on his head and wore a coat of mail, and the coat weighed 5,000 shekels of bronze.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

And he had a bronze helmet on his head and wore a coat of mail, and the coat weighed 5,000 shekels of bronze.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

and he had a bronze helmet on his head. He wore a bronze coat of mail weighing five thousand shekels,

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

and wore a bronze helmet and bronze scale armor that weighed one hundred twenty-five pounds.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

And he had a helmet of bronze upon his head, and he was clothed with a corselet of scales; and the weight of the corselet was five thousand shekels of bronze.

English EASY 2024

He wore a helmet and armour that were made of bronze. The armour for his body weighed about 57 kilograms.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

He had a bronze helmet on his head. He wore a coat of armor that was made like the scales on a fish. This armor was made of bronze and weighed about 125 pounds.

He had a helmet of bronze on his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail, and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of bronze.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

and wore bronze armor that weighed about 125 pounds and a bronze helmet.

English God's Word - GW 1995

He had a bronze helmet on his head, and he wore a bronze coat of armor scales weighing 125 pounds.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

and wore a bronze helmet and bronze scale armor that weighed 125 pounds.

English KJV 1611

And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass.

English LSB

And he had a bronze helmet on his head, and he was clothed with scale-armor, and the weight of that scale-armor was five thousand shekels of bronze.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

He had a helmet of bronze on his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail. Now the weight of the bronze coat was five thousand shekels.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

He had a bronze helmet on his head, and he was clothed with scale-armor which weighed five thousand shekels of bronze.

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

He had a bronze helmet on his head and wore a bronze corselet of scale armor weighing five thousand shekels,

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

He had a bronze helmet on his head and was wearing scale body armor. The weight of his bronze body armor was five thousand shekels.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

He had a bronze helmet on his head. He wore a coat of bronze armor. It weighed 125 pounds.

English NIV

He had a bronze helmet on his head and wore a coat of scale armor of bronze weighing five thousand shekels;

English NKJ 1982

He had a bronze helmet on his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail, and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of bronze.

English NLT

He wore a bronze helmet and a coat of mail that weighed 125 pounds.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

He had a helmet of bronze on his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail; the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of bronze.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

He had a helmet of bronze on his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail, and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of bronze.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

He wore a bronze helmet, a two-hundred-pound coat of mail,

English Tyndale 1537

and had an helmet of brass upon his head, and a coat of mail about him. And the weight of his coat of mail was five thousand Sicles of brass.

1 Samuel 17:5 — Compare Translations