1 Samuel 17:44
Good News Translation
"Come on," he challenged David, "and I will give your body to the birds and animals to eat."

New Revised Standard Version
The Philistine said to David, “Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and to the wild animals of the field.”

Contemporary English Version
and shouted, "Come on! When I'm finished with you, I'll feed you to the birds and wild animals!"

New American Bible
and said to him, “Come here to me, and I will feed your flesh to the birds of the air and the beasts of the field.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
And 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.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And 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.

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1 Kings 20:10,11 And the messengers returning brought him word. And he sent again, and said: Such and such things may the gods do to me, and more may they add, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me. . . .

Proverbs 18:12 Before destruction, the heart of a man is exalted: and before he be glorified, it is humbled.

Ecclesiastes 9:11,12 I turned me to another thing, and I saw that under the sun, the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the learned, nor favour to the skilful: but time and chance in all. . . .

Jeremiah 9:23 Thus saith the Lord: Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, and let not the strong man glory in his strength, and let not the rich man glory in his riches:

Ezekiel 28:2,9,10 Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre: Thus saith the Lord God: Because thy heart is lifted up, and thou hast said: I am God, and I sit in the chair of God in the heart of the sea: whereas thou art a man, and not God: and hast set thy heart as if it were the heart of God. . . .

Ezekiel 39:17-20 And thou, O son of man, saith the Lord God, say to every fowl, and to all the birds, and to all the beasts of the field: Assemble yourselves, make haste, come together from every side to my victim, which I slay for you, a great victim upon the mountains of Israel: to eat flesh, and drink blood. . . .

Context
David Slays Goliath
43And the Philistine said to David: Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with a staff? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. 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 defied…
Cross References
Revelation 19:17
And I saw an angel standing in the sun: and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that did fly through the midst of heaven: Come, gather yourselves together to the great supper of God:

1 Samuel 14:12
And the men of the garrison spoke to Jonathan, and to his armourbearer, and said: Come up to us, and we will shew you a thing. And Jonathan said to his armourbearer: Let us go up, follow me: for the Lord hath delivered them into the hands of Israel.

1 Samuel 17:46
This 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.

2 Samuel 21:10
And Respha the daughter of Aia took haircloth, and spread it under her upon the rock from the beginning of the harvest, till water dropped upon them out of heaven: and suffered neither the birds to tear them by day, nor the beasts by night.

Jeremiah 34:20
And I will give them into the hands of their enemies, and into the hands of them that seek their life: and their dead bodies shall be for meat to the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the earth.

1 Samuel 17:43
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