1 Samuel 17:5

⁵ He had a bronze helmet on his head and wore a coat of scale armor of bronze weighing five thousand shekels [1] ;

1 Samuel 17

Other Translations of 1 Samuel 17:5

King James Version

⁵ And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed armed: Heb. clothed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass.

English Standard Version

⁵ 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 shekelsA shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams of bronze.

The Message

⁵ He had a bronze helmet on his head and was dressed in armor - 126 pounds of it!

New King James Version

⁵ 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.

New Living Translation

⁵ He wore a bronze helmet, and his bronze coat of mail weighed 125Â pounds.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Samuel 17:5

Commentary on 1 Samuel 17:1-11

(Read 1 Samuel 17:1-11)

Men so entirely depend upon God in all things, that when he withdraws his help, the most valiant and resolute cannot find their hearts or hands, as daily experience shows.