Verse 31
1 Samuel 17:31
GOD'S WORD Translation
31
When the words were heard which David spoke, they rehearsed them before Saul; and he sent for him.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יְּשָּֽׁמְעוּ֙ הַ/דְּבָרִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֖ר דִּבֶּ֣ר דָּוִ֑ד וַ/יַּגִּ֥דוּ לִ/פְנֵֽי שָׁא֖וּל וַ/יִּקָּחֵֽ/הוּ
English Translation
And they told the words that David spoke, and they reported to Saul, and he took it.
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Chapter 17 Context
1
Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle; and they were gathered together at Soc...
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Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and encamped in the valley of Elah, and set the b...
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The Philistines stood on the mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on the mountain on the other...
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4
A champion out of the camp of the Philistines named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits an...
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He had a helmet of brass on his head, and he wore a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was fiv...
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He had brass shin armor on his legs, and a brass javelin between his shoulders.
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7
The staff of his spear was like a weaver’s beam; and his spear’s head weighed six hundred shekels of...
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8
He stood and cried to the armies of Israel, and said to them, “Why have you come out to set your bat...
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9
If he is able to fight with me and kill me, then will we be your servants; but if I prevail against...
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10
The Philistine said, “I defy the armies of Israel today! Give me a man, that we may fight together!”...
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11
When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid...
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12
Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehem Judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight...
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13
The three oldest sons of Jesse had gone after Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons wh...
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14
David was the youngest; and the three oldest followed Saul.
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15
Now David went back and forth from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Bethlehem.
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16
The Philistine came near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.
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17
Jesse said to David his son, “Now take for your brothers an ephah
of this parched grain, and these...
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18
and bring these ten cheeses to the captain of their thousand, and see how your brothers are doing, a...
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19
Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philist...
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20
David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took and went, as Jesse ha...
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21
Israel and the Philistines put the battle in array, army against army.
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22
David left his baggage in the hand of the keeper of the baggage, and ran to the army, and came and g...
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23
As he talked with them, behold, the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, came up out o...
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All the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were terrified.
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25
The men of Israel said, “Have you seen this man who has come up? He has surely come up to defy Israe...
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26
David spoke to the men who stood by him, saying, “What shall be done to the man who kills this Phili...
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The people answered him in this way, saying, “So shall it be done to the man who kills him.”
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Eliab his oldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliab’s anger burned against David, and...
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David said, “What have I now done? Is there not a cause?”
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He turned away from him toward another, and spoke like that again; and the people answered him again...
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31
When the words were heard which David spoke, they rehearsed them before Saul; and he sent for him.
32
David said to Saul, “Let no man’s heart fail because of him. Your servant will go and fight with thi...
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33
Saul said to David, “You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for you are b...
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34
David said to Saul, “Your servant was keeping his father’s sheep; and when a lion or a bear came, an...
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35
I went out after him, and struck him, and rescued it out of his mouth. When he arose against me, I c...
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36
Your servant struck both the lion and the bear. This uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of the...
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37
David said, “Yahweh who delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he...
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38
Saul dressed David with his clothing. He put a helmet of brass on his head, and he clad him with a c...
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39
David strapped his sword on his clothing, and he tried to move; for he had not tested it. David said...
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40
He took his staff in his hand, and chose for himself five smooth stones out of the brook, and put th...
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41
The Philistine walked and came near to David; and the man who bore the shield went before him.
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42
When the Philistine looked around, and saw David, he disdained him; for he was but a youth, and rudd...
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43
The Philistine said to David, “Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?” The Philistine cursed D...
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44
The Philistine said to David, “Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the sky, and t...
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45
Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword, with a spear, and with a javelin; b...
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46
Today, Yahweh will deliver you into my hand. I will strike you, and take your head from off you. I w...
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47
and that all this assembly may know that Yahweh doesn’t save with sword and spear; for the battle is...
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48
When the Philistine arose, and walked and came near to meet David, David hurried, and ran toward the...
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49
David put his hand in his bag, took a stone, and slung it, and struck the Philistine in his forehead...
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50
So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and struck the Philistine, and...
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51
Then David ran, stood over the Philistine, took his sword, drew it out of its sheath, killed him, an...
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52
The men of Israel and of Judah arose and shouted, and pursued the Philistines as far as Gai and to t...
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53
The children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines and they plundered their camp.
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54
David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armor in his tent...
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55
When Saul saw David go out against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the captain of the army, “Abner...
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56
The king said, “Inquire whose son the young man is!”
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57
As David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul w...
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Saul said to him, “Whose son are you, you young man?”
David answered, “I am the son of your servant...
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Verse Information
- Book
- 1 Samuel
- Chapter
- Chapter 17 (58 verses)
- Version
- GOD'S WORD Translation