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.

And the Philistine said, I have defied the ranks of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.

And the Philistine saith, 'I have reproached the ranks of Israel this day; give to me a man, and we fight together.'

And the Philistine said, I have put to shame the armies of Israel this day; give me a man so that we may have a fight together.

And the Philistine said: 'I do taunt the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.'

And the Philistine was saying: "I have reproached the troops of Israel today. Present a man to me, and let him undertake a fight against me alone."

I defy - אני חרפתי ani cheraphti, "I strip and make bare," the armies of Israel; for none dared to fight him. From the Dhunoor Veda Shastra it appears that, among the Hindoos, it was common, before the commencement of an engagement, to challenge the enemy by throwing out some terms of abuse, similar to those used by Goliath. We find this also in Homer: his heroes scold each other heartily before they begin to fight. See on 1-Samuel 17:43 (note).

And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day,.... Or "reproach" (s) them; that is, should they not accept his challenge, and send down a man to fight with them, he should then upbraid them with cowardice; and now he disdained them, as if there was not a man among them that dared to encounter with him:
give me a man that we may fight together; and so decide the controversy between us; such as were those duels fought between Paris and Menelaus in the Trojan war, and between the Lacedemonians and the Argives in the times of Orthryades, and between the Athenians and Romans by the Horatii and Curiatii, as Grotius observes.
(s) "exprobravo". V. L. Pagninus, Montanus; "probro affeci", Tigurine version; "probro affecero", Junius & Tremellius.