And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid.

And all the Israelites when they saw the man, fled from his face, fearing him exceedingly.

And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him and were greatly afraid.

And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were exceedingly afraid.

and all the men of Israel when they see the man flee from his presence, and are greatly afraid.

And all the men of Israel, when they saw him, went in flight, overcome with fear.

Then all the Israelites, when they had seen the man, fled from his face, fearing him greatly.

And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man,.... Even as it should seem before they heard him; knowing who he was, and what he was about to say, having seen and heard him forty days running:
fled from him, and were sore afraid; it is pretty much a whole army should be afraid of one man, and flee from him; they must be greatly forsaken of God, and given up by him, see Deuteronomy 32:30; but perhaps they were not so much afraid of personal danger from him, as that they could not bear to hear his blasphemy.

Fled - One Philistine could never have thus put ten thousand Israelites to flight, unless their rock, being forsaken by them, had justly sold them and shut them up.