1 Samuel 17:45
Good News Translation
David answered, "You are coming against me with sword, spear, and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD Almighty, the God of the Israelite armies, which you have defied.

New Revised Standard Version
But David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with sword and spear and javelin; but I come to you in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.

Contemporary English Version
David answered: You've come out to fight me with a sword and a spear and a dagger. But I've come out to fight you in the name of the LORD All-Powerful. He is the God of Israel's army, and you have insulted him too!

New American Bible
David answered him: “You come against me with sword and spear and scimitar, but I come against you in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel whom you have insulted.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And David said to the Philistine: Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, which thou hast defied

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And David said to the Philistine: Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, which thou hast defied

Thou comest

Psalm 44:6 Through thee we will push down our enemies with the horn: and through thy name we will despise them that rise up against us.

in the name

2 Samuel 22:33-35 God who hath girded me with strength, and made my way perfect. . . .

2 Chronicles 32:8 For with him is an arm of flesh: with us the Lord our God, who is our helper, and fighteth for us. And the people were encouraged with these words of Ezechias king of Juda.

Psalm 3:8 Salvation is of the Lord: and thy blessing is upon thy people.

Psalm 18:2 The Lord is my firmament, my refuge, and my deliverer. My God is my helper, and in him will I put my trust. My protector, and the horn of my salvation, and my support.

Psalm 20:5-7 We will rejoice in thy salvation; and in the name of our God we shall be exalted. . . .

Psalm 118:10,11 All nations compassed me about; and, in the name of the Lord I have been revenged on them. . . .

Psalm 124:8 Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

Psalm 125:1 A gradual canticle. They that trust in the Lord shall be as mount Sion: he shall not be moved for ever that dwelleth

Proverbs 18:10 The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the just runneth to it, and shall be exalted.

2 Corinthians 3:5 Not that we are sufficient to think any thing of ourselves, as of ourselves: but our sufficiency is from God.

2 Corinthians 10:4 For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty to God, unto the pulling down of fortifications, destroying counsels,

Philippians 4:13 I can do all things in him who strengtheneth me.

Hebrews 11:33,34 Who by faith conquered kingdoms, wrought justice, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, . . .

defied

1 Samuel 17:10,26,36 And the Philistine said: I have defied the bands of Israel this day: give me a man, and let him fight with me hand to hand. . . .

Isaiah 37:23,28 Whom hast thou reproached, and whom hast thou blasphemed, and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thy eyes on high? Against the Holy One of Israel. . . .

Context
David Slays Goliath
44And he said to David: Come to me, and I will give thy flesh to the birds of the air, and to the beasts of the earth. 45And David said to the Philistine: Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, which thou hast defied46This day, and the Lord will deliver thee into my hand, and I will slay thee, and take away thy head from thee: and I will give the carcasses of the army of the Philistines this day to the birds of the air, and to the beasts of the earth: that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel.…
Cross References
Hebrews 11:32
And what shall I yet say? For the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, Barac, Samson, Jephthe, David, Samuel, and the prophets:

1 Samuel 17:6
And he had greaves of brass on his legs, and a buckler of brass covered his shoulders.

2 Samuel 22:35
He teacheth my hands to war: and maketh my arms like a bow of brass.

2 Chronicles 32:8
For with him is an arm of flesh: with us the Lord our God, who is our helper, and fighteth for us. And the people were encouraged with these words of Ezechias king of Juda.

Psalm 124:8
Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

1 Samuel 17:44
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