Verse 33
1 Samuel 17:33
Free Bible Version
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When the Philistine looked closely he could see that David was just a red-faced handsome youth, and so he treated David with contempt.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר שָׁא֜וּל אֶל דָּוִ֗ד לֹ֤א תוּכַל֙ לָ/לֶ֨כֶת֙ אֶל הַ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֣י הַ/זֶּ֔ה לְ/הִלָּחֵ֖ם עִמּ֑/וֹ כִּֽי נַ֣עַר אַ֔תָּה וְ/ה֛וּא אִ֥ישׁ מִלְחָמָ֖ה מִ/נְּעֻרָֽי/ו
English Translation
And Saul said to David, "You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him, for you are a youth, and he is a man of war from his youth."
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Chapter 17 Context
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The Philistine armies gathered for battle at Socoh in Judah. They set up camp between Socoh and Azek...
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Then a champion came out of the Philistine camp. His name was Goliath from Gath, and he was six cubi...
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On his legs he wore bronze armor, and he carried a javelin slung between his shoulders.
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The shaft of his spear was as thick as weaver's beam, with an iron tip that weighed six hundred shek...
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Goliath stood and shouted at the lines of Israelite soldiers, “Why have you come and lined for battl...
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If he can fight me and kill me, then we will be your slaves. But if I beat him and kill him, then yo...
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Then the Philistine said, “I mock the battle lines of Israel today! Give me a man so we can fight ea...
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David was the son of a man named Jesse. He was an Ephrathite from Bethlehem of Judah who had eight s...
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Jesse's three oldest sons had joined Saul's army. These were Eliab (the firstborn), Abinadab (second...
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David was the youngest. The three oldest were with Saul,
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Jesse told his son David, “Please take your brothers this ephah of roasted grain and these ten loave...
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Take these ten cheese pieces to their commander. Check carefully to see how your brothers are doing...
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13
They were with Saul and the whole Israelite army in the Valley of Elah, fighting the Philistines.
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14
David got up early in the morning and left the flock with a shepherd. He took the supplies and set o...
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David left his supplies with the one responsible and ran to the battle line. When he got there he as...
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While he was talking with them, Goliath, the Philistine champion from Gath, came up out of his lines...
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17
“Have you seen this man who keeps on coming out to mock Israel?” they asked. “The king will make the...
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18
David asked the men who were standing beside him, “What will the man receive who kills this Philisti...
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The soldiers repeated what they had said, telling him, “This is what the man who kills him will rece...
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When David's oldest brother Eliab heard him talking with the men, he got angry with him. “What are y...
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“What have I done now?” David asked. “Can't I even ask a question?”
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He went over to some others and asked the same question, and they gave the same answer as before.
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David told Saul, “No one should lose heart because of this Philistine. I, your servant, will go and...
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“You can't go out and fight this Philistine,” Saul replied. “You're just a boy, and he's a warrior t...
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David replied, “Your servant has been looking after his father's sheep. When a lion or a bear came a...
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I would chase after it, knock it down, and save the lamb from its mouth. If it turned to attack me,...
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I have killed lions and bears, and this heathen Philistine will be just like one of them, for he has...
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David concluded, “The Lord who saved me from the claws of the lion and the bear will save me from th...
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Saul gave David his own battle clothes to wear, placed a bronze helmet on his head, and put armor on...
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David strapped his sword on over the armor but he couldn't walk because he wasn't used to it. “I can...
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He picked up his stick, chose five smooth stones from the stream, and put them in his shepherd's bag...
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32
The Philistine came towards David, closer and closer, with his shield-bearer in front of him.
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When the Philistine looked closely he could see that David was just a red-faced handsome youth, and...
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“Do you think I'm a dog, coming to fight me with a stick?” the Philistine asked David, and he cursed...
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Then the Philistine shouted at David, “Come over here, and I'll feed your flesh to the birds and the...
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David replied to the Philistine, “You come to attack me with a sword, a spear, and a javelin. But I...
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Today the Lord will hand you over to me, and I will strike you down, cut off your head, and give the...
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Everyone gathered here will realize that the Lord saves, but not with sword and spear. For the battl...
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39
As the Philistine moved forward to attack him, David raced toward the battle line to confront him.
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40
David reached into his bag, took out a stone, and fired it from his sling, hitting the Philistine on...
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41
This is how David defeated the Philistine with just a sling and a stone; with no sword in his hand D...
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42
David ran and stood over the Philistine. He took the Philistine's sword and pulled it out of its she...
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43
Then the men of Israel and Judah rushed forward shouting the war cry and chased the Philistines all...
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44
When the Israelites returned from their hot pursuit of the Philistines, they plundered their camps.
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45
David took the Philistine's head and brought it to Jerusalem, but he put the Philistine's weapons in...
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46
When Saul had watched David going out to fight the Philistine, he'd asked Abner the army commander,...
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47
“Find out whose son this young man is,” the king ordered.
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48
As soon as David returned from killing the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul. D...
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“Whose son are you, young man?” Saul asked. “I am the son of your servant Jesse of Bethlehem,” David...
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