1 Samuel 17:31
29 “What have I done now?” said David. “Was it not just a question?”
30 Then he turned from him toward another and asked about the offer, and those people answered him just as the first ones had answered.
Now David’s words were overheard and reported to Saul, who called for him.
32 And David said to Saul, “Let no man’s heart fail on account of this Philistine. Your servant will go and fight him!”
33 But Saul replied, “You cannot go out against this Philistine to fight him. You are just a boy, and he has been a warrior from his youth.”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Now David’s words were overheard and reported to Saul, who called for him.
- KJV
- And when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed them before Saul: and he sent for him.
- WEB
- When the words were heard which David spoke, they rehearsed them before Saul; and he sent for him.
- ASV
- And when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed them before Saul; and he sent for him.
- DARBY
- And the words were heard which David spoke, and they rehearsed them before Saul; and he sent for him.
- BLB
- And the words that David spoke were heard, and they reported [them] to Saul, and he sent for him.
- ÅB
- Det kom ut hva David hadde sagt, og Saul fikk og høre det. Han lot ham hente,
- OTB
- Da ordene som David talte ble hørt, ble de rapportert til Saul, og han sendte bud etter ham.
- B1930
- Det kom ut hvad David hadde sagt, og Saul fikk og høre det. Han lot ham hente,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 22:29
Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will be stationed in the presence of kings; he will not stand before obscure men.
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