1 Samuel 17:33

וַיֹּאמֶר שָׁאוּל אֶל ־ דָּוִד לֹא תוּכַל לָלֶכֶת אֶל ־ הַפְּלִשְׁתִּי הַזֶּה לְהִלָּחֵם עִמּוֹ כִּֽי ־ נַעַר אַתָּה וְהוּא אִישׁ מִלְחָמָה מִנְּעֻרָֽיו ׃ ס

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him: for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.

In Context

32וַיֹּאמֶר דָּוִד אֶל ־ שָׁאוּל אַל ־ יִפֹּל לֵב ־ אָדָם עָלָיו עַבְדְּךָ יֵלֵךְ וְנִלְחַם עִם ־ הַפְּלִשְׁתִּי הַזֶּֽה ׃

34וַיֹּאמֶר דָּוִד אֶל ־ שָׁאוּל רֹעֶה הָיָה עַבְדְּךָ לְאָבִיו בַּצֹּאן וּבָא הָֽאֲרִי וְאֶת ־ הַדּוֹב וְנָשָׂא שֶׂה מֵהָעֵֽדֶר ׃

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Cross References

Numbers 13:31וְהָאֲנָשִׁים אֲשֶׁר ־ עָלוּ עִמּוֹ אָֽמְרוּ לֹא נוּכַל לַעֲלוֹת אֶל ־ הָעָם כִּֽי ־ חָזָק הוּא מִמֶּֽנּוּ ׃

1 Samuel 17:42וַיַּבֵּט הַפְּלִשְׁתִּי וַיִּרְאֶה אֶת ־ דָּוִד וַיִּבְזֵהוּ כִּֽי ־ הָיָה נַעַר וְאַדְמֹנִי עִם ־ יְפֵה מַרְאֶֽה ׃

Psalms 11:1לַמְנַצֵּחַ לְדָוִד בַּֽיהוָה ׀ חָסִיתִי אֵיךְ תֹּאמְרוּ לְנַפְשִׁי נודו הַרְכֶם צִפּֽוֹר ׃

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 17:32-40

David Meets Goliath. ( b. c. 1060.) 31 And when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed them before Saul: and he sent for him. 32 And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of him; thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine. 33 And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him: for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth. 34 And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear,… Read the whole commentary →

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