Verse 38

1 Samuel 17:38

Literal Standard Version

38 And Saul clothes David with his long robe, and has put a helmet of bronze on his head, and clothes him with a coat of mail.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יַּלְבֵּ֨שׁ שָׁא֤וּל אֶת דָּוִד֙ מַדָּ֔י/ו וְ/נָתַ֛ן ק֥וֹבַע נְחֹ֖שֶׁת עַל רֹאשׁ֑/וֹ וַ/יַּלְבֵּ֥שׁ אֹת֖/וֹ שִׁרְיֽוֹן
English Translation
And Saul dressed David in his garments, and he put a bronze helmet on his head, and he dressed him in armor.
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Chapter 17 Context
1 And the Philistines gather their camps to battle, and are gathered to Shochoh, which is to Judah, an... Focus ↗
2 and Saul and the men of Israel have been gathered, and encamp by the Valley of Elah, and set in arra... Focus ↗
3 And the Philistines are standing on the mountain on this side, and Israel is standing on the mountai... Focus ↗
4 And a man goes out, the champion from the camps of the Philistines, his name is Goliath, from Gath;... Focus ↗
5 and a helmet of bronze is on his head, and he is clothed with a scaled coat of mail, and the weight... Focus ↗
6 and a frontlet of bronze is on his feet, and a javelin of bronze between his shoulders, Focus ↗
7 and the wood of his spear is like a weavers’ beam, and the flame of his spear is six hundred shekels... Focus ↗
8 And he stands and calls to the ranks of Israel, and says to them, “Why do you come out to set in arr... Focus ↗
9 if he is able to fight with me, and has struck me, then we have been for servants to you; and if I p... Focus ↗
10 And the Philistine says, “I have reproached the ranks of Israel this day; give a man to me and we fi... Focus ↗
11 And Saul hears—and all Israel—these words of the Philistine, and they are broken down and greatly af... Focus ↗
12 And David is son of this Ephraimite of Beth-Lehem-Judah, whose name is Jesse, and he has eight sons,... Focus ↗
13 and the three eldest sons of Jesse go, they have gone after Saul to battle; and the name of his thre... Focus ↗
14 And David is the youngest, and the three eldest have gone after Saul, Focus ↗
15 and David is going and returning from Saul, to feed the flock of his father at Beth-Lehem. Focus ↗
16 And the Philistine draws near, morning and evening, and stations himself for forty days. Focus ↗
17 And Jesse says to his son David, “Now take an ephah of this roasted grain and these ten loaves for y... Focus ↗
18 and take these ten cuttings of the cheese to the head of the one thousand, and inspect your brothers... Focus ↗
19 And Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, are in the Valley of Elah, fighting with the Philisti... Focus ↗
20 And David rises early in the morning, and leaves the flock to a keeper, and lifts up, and goes, as J... Focus ↗
21 and Israel and the Philistines set in array rank to meet rank. Focus ↗
22 And David lets down the goods from off him on the hand of a keeper of the goods, and runs into the r... Focus ↗
23 And he is speaking with them, and behold, a man, the champion, is coming up, his name is Goliath the... Focus ↗
24 and all the men of Israel, when they see the man, flee from his presence, and are greatly afraid. Focus ↗
25 And the men of Israel say, “Have you seen this man who is coming up? For he is coming up to reproach... Focus ↗
26 And David speaks to the men who are standing by him, saying, “What is done to the man who strikes th... Focus ↗
27 And the people speak to him according to this word, saying, “Thus it is done to the man who strikes... Focus ↗
28 And Eliab, his eldest brother, hears when he speaks to the men, and the anger of Eliab burns against... Focus ↗
29 And David says, “What have I done now? Is it not a word?” Focus ↗
30 And he turns around from him to another, and says according to this word, and the people return him... Focus ↗
31 And the words which David has spoken are heard, and they declare them before Saul, and he receives h... Focus ↗
32 and David says to Saul, “Let no man’s heart fall because of him, your servant goes, and has fought w... Focus ↗
33 And Saul says to David, “You are not able to go to this Philistine, to fight with him, for you are a... Focus ↗
34 And David says to Saul, “Your servant has been a shepherd among the sheep for his father, and the li... Focus ↗
35 and I have gone out after him, and struck him, and delivered it out of his mouth, and he rises again... Focus ↗
36 Your servant has struck both the lion and the bear, and this uncircumcised Philistine has been as on... Focus ↗
37 And David says, “YHWH, who delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear,... Focus ↗
38 And Saul clothes David with his long robe, and has put a helmet of bronze on his head, and clothes h...
39 And David girded his sword above his long robe, and begins to go, for he has not tried it; and David... Focus ↗
40 And he takes his staff in his hand, and chooses five smooth stones for himself from the brook, and p... Focus ↗
41 And the Philistine goes on, going and drawing near to David, and the man carrying the buckler is bef... Focus ↗
42 and the Philistine looks attentively, and sees David, and despises him, for he was a youth, and rudd... Focus ↗
43 And the Philistine says to David, “Am I a dog that you are coming to me with sticks?” And the Philis... Focus ↗
44 and the Philistine says to David, “Come to me, and I give your flesh to the bird of the heavens, and... Focus ↗
45 And David says to the Philistine, “You are coming to me with sword, and with spear, and with buckler... Focus ↗
46 This day YHWH shuts you up into my hand—and I have struck you, and turned aside your head from off y... Focus ↗
47 And all this assembly knows that YHWH does not save by sword and by spear, for the battle is YHWH’s,... Focus ↗
48 And it has come to pass, that the Philistine has risen, and goes, and draws near to meet David, and... Focus ↗
49 and David puts forth his hand into the vessel, and takes a stone from there, and slings, and strikes... Focus ↗
50 And David is stronger than the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and strikes the Philistine,... Focus ↗
51 and David runs and stands over the Philistine, and takes his sword, and draws it out of its sheath,... Focus ↗
52 And the men of Israel rise—also Judah—and shout, and pursue the Philistines until you enter the vall... Focus ↗
53 and the sons of Israel return from burning after the Philistines, and spoil their camps. Focus ↗
54 And David takes the head of the Philistine, and brings it to Jerusalem, and he has put his weapons i... Focus ↗
55 And when Saul sees David going out to meet the Philistine, he has said to Abner, head of the host, “... Focus ↗
56 And the king says, “Ask whose son this is—the young man.” Focus ↗
57 And when David turns back from striking the Philistine, then Abner takes him and brings him in befor... Focus ↗
58 and Saul says to him, “Whose son are you, O youth?” And David says, “Son of your servant Jesse, the... Focus ↗