1 Samuel 17:41
39 David strapped his sword over the tunic and tried to walk, but he was not accustomed to them. “I cannot walk in these,” David said to Saul. “I am not accustomed to them.” So David took them off.
40 And David took his staff in his hand, selected five smooth stones from the brook, and put them in the pouch of his shepherd’s bag. And with his sling in hand, he approached the Philistine.
Now the Philistine came closer and closer to David, with his shield-bearer before him.
42 When the Philistine looked and saw David, he despised him because he was just a boy, ruddy and handsome.
43 “Am I a dog,” he said to David, “that you come at me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
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 the Philistine came closer and closer to David, with his shield-bearer before him.
- KJV
- And the Philistine came on and drew near unto David; and the man that bare the shield went before him.
- WEB
- The Philistine walked and came near to David; and the man who bore the shield went before him.
- ASV
- And the Philistine came on and drew near unto David; and the man that bare the shield went before him.
- DARBY
- And the Philistine came on and approached David; and the man that bore the shield was before him.
- BLB
- And the Philistine came, going and drawing near to David, and the man [went] who bore the shield before him.
- ÅB
- Og filisteren kom nærmere og nærmere bortimot David, og hans skjoldbærer gikk foran ham.
- OTB
- I mellomtiden kom filisteren frem og nærmet seg David, med skjoldbæreren foran seg.
- B1930
- Og filisteren kom nærmere og nærmere bortimot David, og hans skjoldbærer gikk foran ham.