Protestantism
English
Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads.12
- a file: Heb. a file with mouths, or Heb. a pim, a third of a shekel
- sharpen: Heb. set
yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to set the goads.
and there hath been the file for mattocks, and for coulters, and for three-pronged rakes, and for the axes, and to set up the goads.
when the edges of the sickles, and the hoes, and the forks, and the axes were blunted; and to set the goads.
Yet they had a file for the shares, and for the mattockes, and for the picke forkes, and for the axes, and for to sharpen the goades.
Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to set the goads.
Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads.
For they had instruments for putting an edge on their ploughs and blades and forks and axes, and for putting iron points on their ox-driving rods.
The charge was a pim1 for sharpening a plowshare or mattock, a third of a shekel for sharpening a pitchfork or an axe, and a third of a shekel for repointing an oxgoad.2
- A pim possibly refers to a polished stone weighing approximately 0.25 ounces or 7 grams found in excavations. This is equivalent to about two-thirds of a shekel and likely refers to the price charged by the Philistines for the services listed.
- Hebrew does not include the currency unit of a shekel charged for sharpening a pitchfork, an axe, or an oxgoad; alternatively, possibly a third of a pim for each.
And the price of the filing was a pim1 for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks with three teeth, and for the axes; and to set the goads.
- That is, two-thirds of a shekel.
and when they had nicks in the mattocks and the coulters and the forks and the axes, or to fix a goad.
Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads.
The charge1 was ⌞two-thirds of a shekel⌟2 for the plowshare and for the mattock, and ⌞a third of a shekel for the pick⌟3 and for the axe, and to set the goading sticks.
- Or “fee”
- Literally “a pim” (possibly a stone weight used as a measure)
- Literally “and for three, a pick” (uncertain; perhaps meaning “a third of a shekel,” or a three-pronged pick”
And the sharpening charge was a pim for the plowshares, and for the mattocks, and for the three pronged forks, and for the axes, and for setting the plowshares.
And there was the charge of a pim for the plowshares, and for the mattocks, and for the three-pronged forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the plowshares.
yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the plowshares, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to set the goads.
yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the plowshares, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to set the goads.
yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the plowshares, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to set the goads.
Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads.12
- a file: Heb. a file with mouths, or Heb. a pim, a third of a shekel.
- sharpen: Heb. set.
Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads.
Howbeit they had a file for the sickles, and the mattocks, and the three-pronged forks, and the axes,—and for setting the goads.
And there was a charge of a third of a shekel for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads.12
- a file: Heb. a file with mouths, or Heb. a pim, a third of a shekel
- sharpen: Heb. set
Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads.
Catholicism
English
So that their shares, and their spades, and their forks, and their axes, were blunt, even to the goad, which was to be mended.